SharePoint Tip #19: Using JavaScript in Body OnLoad Event
When developing web parts or other controls that use JavaScript, it's quite common to need to call some function on the Body OnLoad event of the web page. The problem […]
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SharePoint 2007 Deployment: Creating and Using Features
Summary This third post is about creating and using Features in a general sense. Creating Features for each specific element will be the subject of later posts. Check the first […]
SharePoint 2007 Deployment: Features and Solutions
Summary This second post on my SharePoint Deployment Series is focused on the concepts of Feature and Solution. Check the first post SharePoint 2007 Deployment: Overview for an introduction and […]
SharePoint 2007 Deployment: Overview
I’m starting a new series of posts on SharePoint Deployment, since I believe it’s one of the hardest tasks on a SharePoint project. This first post will be updated every […]
Using Sandcastle to Generate Documentation
Sandcastle is Microsoft's documentation compiler. It uses reflection of source assemblies and integrates the XML comments placed in the code by the developer to generate comprehensive MSDN-like documentation. Actually, it […]
SharePoint Tip #18: Reading from and Writing to a User or Group column
Each field type has a different way to be read from and written to. The most used ones (single line of text, multiple lines of text, number, currency, date and […]
SharePoint Tip #17: Testing if an Office Document is Open
In a Document Library, when you create a new document using the New button (or edit one that already exists), SharePoint will open the proper client application (if it knows […]
SharePoint Tip #16: List Base Types
When defining a List Template, using a SharePoint feature, one needs to specify the Base Type attribute (see sample below). <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <ListTemplate BaseType="0" Category="Custom Lists" Name="ConfigurationList" DisplayName="Configuration List" Description="My […]
SharePoint Tip #15: Testing the Display Mode of a Web Part
When developing a web part (whether in WSS 3.0 or in ASP.Net 2.0) it can be important that it appears differently if the user is in edit mode. The simplest way […]
PPS 2007 Tip #2: The Excel Add-In Is Not Working
Attention: this post refers to the CTP2 version of PerformancePoint Server 2007. If, when opening Excel (2007 or 2003), after installing the PerformancePoint Add-In for Excel, you can't find the […]