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Links (11/30/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 30, 2008

  1. SharePoint Pod Show
  2. SharePoint WCM – Quick start guide
  3. Use Microsoft Chart Controls for .NET Framework in a SharePoint web site
  4. Getting Query String Parameters with JavaScript in SharePoint
  5. Delete items of SharePoint recycle bin efficiently using – SPRecycleBinQuery
  6. Linq to SharePoint UserProfileManager
  7. Creating a Recent Hire WebPart using FullTextSQLQuery object and Linq (Part 1)
  8. Creating a Recent Hire WebPart using FullTextSQLQuery object and Linq (Part 2)
  9. Creating a Recent Hire WebPart using FullTextSQLQuery object and Linq (Part 3)
  10. Creating a Recent Hire WebPart using FullTextSQLQuery object and Linq (Part 4)
  11. Printing list and documents with SharePoint
  12. Displaying a number of items in a list
  13. Displaying a number of items in a list – Part 2
  14. Integrating SharePoint 2007 and jQuery [Part Two]
  15. Cool Navigation in SharePoint 2007 using jQuery – Teaser!
  16. SharePoint 2007 (MOSS/WSS) using Lists.asmx – GetListItems
  17. How to copy attachments from one list item to another
  18. Unit Test SPSite construction Exceptions with new Isolator method
  19. How to: Get the Item Id from a document URL
  20. Creating (provisioning) a list instance in SharePoint programmatically using the object model
  21. Creating a content type in SharePoint programmatically using the object model
  22. Where to draw the line between SharePoint Customisation and SharePoint Development
  23. Introducing the List Item Filter web part
  24. How To: Custom Web Part Properties (ToolPart)
  25. October 2008 CU is the new “baseline” for WSS/MOSS
  26. Enabling access to SharePoint data to a Silverlight application running outside the SharePoint context
  27. Setup and Install SharePoint 2007 Server (MOSS) on Virtual PC
  28. WSS FAQ additions and corrections CXXX – 23rd – 29th November 2008
  29. SharePoint Name.dll ActiveX Fix has been Featurized
  30. Building SharePoint Web Service Dynamically and Accessing the Documents
  31. SharePoint API: A Client-side Object ModelHubkey
  32. Locking Down SharePoint Designer
  33. Announcing SharePoint PowerShell Deploy on CodePlex
  34. Announcing SharePoint Site Configurator Feature on CodePlex
  35. Announcing SharePoint for the Web Development Series

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Typemock Isolator for SharePoint

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 24, 2008

Typemock are offering their new product for unit testing SharePoint called Isolator For SharePoint, for a special introduction price. it is the only tool that allows you to unit test SharePoint without a SharePoint server. To learn more click here.

The first 50 bloggers who blog this text in their blog and tell us about it, will get a Full Isolator license, Free. for rules and info click here.

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Links (11/23/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 23, 2008

  1. Lockdown WSS system pages on public SharePoint sites
  2. Writing a Custom Navigation Provider for MOSS
  3. Customer Questions – Email to SharePoint List Scale, Managing Inbound Email, and Migration
  4. Announcing Workflow Essentials for SharePoint
  5. Announcing SharePointReviews.com
  6. Creating a Calendar View with PowerShell
  7. Power User Toolbox: JavaScript for SharePoint – Pt4
  8. WSS FAQ additions and corrections CXXIX – 16th – 22nd November 2008
  9. Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint
  10. Microsoft Certification Master for SharePoint – My Involvement in Helping Create the Certification Content and Some Thoughts…
  11. Wie managed SharePoint den Datei Upload und Download ?
  12. MOSS 2007 Records Management Guide – downloadable book
  13. Records Management for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

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Links (11/20/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 20, 2008

  1. Simple data access pattern for SharePoint lists
  2. SharePoint DataLayers
  3. SharePoint Data Access Layer Part II
  4. I’d wish I knew about the SPPersistedObject a bit earlier..
  5. Automatic removal of lists when deactivating ListInstance feature
  6. Integrating SharePoint 2007 and jQuery [Part One]
  7. Cool Web part – Content Type Toolbar
  8. jQuery and SharePoint – Free “Search on this Page” web parts
  9. Custom fields with custom properties – important link
  10. SPWeb.AllUsers vs. SPWeb.Users
  11. Creating a Custom CAS Policy File For SharePoint
  12. Yet Another Color Coded SharePoint Calendar
  13. How to add the site title to a page layout or masterpage in SharePoint
  14. Understanding Record Management Feature Part 4 –Expiration Policy
  15. Understanding Record Management Feature Part 5 – Auditing
  16. Creating a SharePoint list from an Excel spreadsheet
  17. QuickTask WebPart
  18. SP: GetSPUser
  19. Get a Valid SharePoint File Or Folder Name
  20. Log file filling up with “Preserving template record” – been getting the same error, any thoughts?
  21. Creating MOSS 2007 SP1 ISO Image How-To
  22. Add a user programmatically to a User Group in SharePoint
  23. How to change a multi line text field to allow unlimited length in a document library
  24. How to iterate SharePoint List Fields using SharePoint web service?
  25. How to extract aspx files out of a SharePoint content database
  26. Configuring Scopes Dropdown

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Links (11/16/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 16, 2008

  1. Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide and SharePoint 2007
  2. It’s in There – Automatically Maintained System Columns in SharePoint Lists
  3. Complete CAML Schema Documentation
  4. How to set Item-level Permissions in the List programmatically
  5. Office SharePoint Server 2007 Technical Library Released
  6. Improving MOSS Search Accessibility
  7. 260 Characters – And I Mean It!
  8. SharePoint infrastructural updates fail
  9. The MAX_PATH in SharePoint
  10. Using the People picker – how to specify what can users choose
  11. STSDEV and Windows Server 2008
  12. SharePoint Elevated Privilege without RunWithElevatedPrivelege
  13. Leverage SPUtility.ValidateFormDigest() for CSRF mitigation
  14. How to remove Site Actions and View All Site Content
  15. How to create a List/document library view programmatically
  16. Understanding Record Management Feature Part 1 – Document Information Panel
  17. Understanding Record Management Feature Part 2 – Labeling
  18. Understanding Record Management Feature Part 3 – Barcode
  19. Empty/Blank IIS Manager When SharePoint Timer Throws Error
  20. Understanding Calendar Columns in a SharePoint List Calendar View
  21. How to retrieve the contents of a file in SharePoint no matter its location?
  22. SharePoint: Changing a MOSS Publishing Welcome Page Programmatically
  23. SharePoint: Create MySite Programmatically
  24. SharePoint: change current site collection’s master page
  25. Activating Features at Different Scopes Using STSADM
  26. Deactivating Features at Different Scopes Using STSADM
  27. InfoPath – Looking from a caliber (non functional requirement) perspective
  28. Customize the QuickLaunch menu and show it on top of the site as TopNavigation menu
  29. SharePoint and the Seven Words
  30. SharePoint Security Access Check Codeplex
  31. TechEd EMEA 2008 Developer – Session Recap
  32. Limiting the Page Payload with IIS HTTP Compression
  33. WSS FAQ additions and corrections CXXVIII – 9th – 15th November 2008
  34. Guide to SharePoint workflow development
  35. Open Text brings case management to SharePoint

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Links (11/12/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 12, 2008

  1. **** A better way to obtain fields values of an SPListItem
  2. Announcing SPDisposeCheck tool for SharePoint Developers
  3. Storing Secrets in SharePoint 2007
  4. Unit Testing SharePoint – Getting into the Object Model
  5. SPLongOperation and Threadabortexception
  6. Findability and SharePoint – Part V
  7. MOSS, Windows Server 2008 and SQL 2008 Gotcha – “An exception of type System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException was thrown”
  8. VS2010 – New SharePoint Features
  9. WSS/MOSS October 2008 cumulative updates are now available
  10. SharePoint Event Id 5214
  11. SharePoint Exception Errors: Event ID 6398, Event ID 6482, Event ID 7076
  12. Paging large content in SharePoint using jQuery
  13. How to check if a SPFile exists in a document library
  14. Part 2: View drop down not showing
  15. Update on setting ReadOnly status on an SPSite
  16. How to rename AD Group Name in Site Collection
  17. Easily Making the Data Form Web Part reusable
  18. Understand SharePoint Permissions – Part 1. SPBasePermissions in Hex, Decimal and Binary – The Basics
  19. Understand SharePoint Permissions – Part 2. Check SharePoint user/group permissions with Permissions web service and JavaScript
  20. Introducing the Microsoft Certified Master and Certified Architect for SharePoint
  21. SharePoint 2007 and ZIP indexing
  22. SharePoint 2007 Design Tip: Top toolbar display in Firefox
  23. Force vertical scrolling in web parts

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Links (11/9/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 9, 2008

  1. Get SPUser object from SPListItem
  2. Getting IIS7 on Windows Server 2008 ready to Install SharePoint
  3. Using the KeywordQuery Class to Get a List of Departments
  4. Using the KeywordQuery Class to Get a List of Department Employees
  5. 2009 Best Practices SharePoint Conference and the 25 Most Common SharePoint Server Design Questions
  6. Beginners Guide to SharePoint 2007 Workflow Development – Create an InfoPath Web-Based Form
  7. Developing a InfoPath Solution using a Solution Package
  8. What makes for good SharePoint Documentation?
  9. Learning Track: SharePoint for Developers – Part 1
  10. Using PivotTables to Analyze Data From a SharePoint List
  11. Power User Toolbox: JavaScript for SharePoint – Pt2
  12. SharePoint application guidance is here
  13. Advanced SharePoint and Reporting Services web part
  14. How to test the Mail Settings for a SharePoint Web Application
  15. Get ListItem from Lookupfield in SharePoint
  16. RemoveWebPartToolbar – Procedure
  17. Remove WebPart Toolbar in SharePoint
  18. SharePoint QuickLaunch order change
  19. Disable SharePoint Quick Launch in Feature
  20. Create new view to SharePoint list
  21. Create SharePoint Group
  22. Create New Folder to SharePoint List
  23. Break SharePoint List Roles and add new role
  24. WSS FAQ additions and changes CXXVII – 2nd – 8th November
  25. QuickTask WebPart
  26. Page Versioning v2

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Links (11/5/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 5, 2008

  1. Patterns and Practices SharePoint Guidance
  2. Adding an ‘Up Folder’ button to a SharePoint List View Webpart
  3. Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site
  4. Creating a feedback or contact form for a SharePoint website
  5. Provisioning Content Query Web Part querying subsites in a structured and repeatable way
  6. Redirect to a custom page after entering item in SharePoint List
  7. Programmatically setting the content type while creating a list item
  8. BB13: SharePoint 2007 Creating SharePoint Applications with Visual Studio — Sample Code
  9. Application Design and Development based on SharePoint 2007 (Part 1)
  10. A Note on Content Type Inheritance
  11. Reference list for SharePoint internal field names
  12. Storing metadata in SharePoint Lists vs. SQL Database
  13. A tip when looking at the SharePoint content DB
  14. Using centrally managed SharePoint data connection files with InfoPath 2007
  15. ASP.NET Application Code Into SharePoint: The User Control/Page Layout Technique
  16. SharePoint Site mind map
  17. Findability and SharePoint – Part III

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Links (11/2/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on November 2, 2008

  1. **** Updating Content Types and Site Columns That Were Deployed as a Feature
  2. **** Attaching debugger to w3wp.exe using nice and easy keyboard shortcut
  3. Setting the AfterProperties of a DateOnly Field
  4. Retrieving a URL field from a list
  5. Updating lists, columns and content types in SharePoint
  6. Calling a WCF Service from a SharePoint Workflow (using Visual Studio)
  7. Don’t Set Your SharePoint App To Full Trust
  8. Quick Tip: Configure Security to Allow Admins to Access any My Site in SharePoint
  9. Quick Tip: Use “IsDocument:1” to Trim Search Results
  10. WSS FAQ additions and corrections CXXVI – 26th October to 1st November 2008
  11. Webpart’s Summary Toolbar view in list definition
  12. Customizing the Application master page
  13. SharePoint Config database Log file too big – reduce it!
  14. Best Practices for Enterprise User Scalability in SharePoint
  15. MOSS 2007 BDC Wrapper webpart
  16. Isolator Feature Focus: Faking Collections – … adds the ability to fake values that will be returned from custom collections (anything that inherits from IEnumerable as long as it is not in mscorlib – for example – sharepoint lists)
  17. Adding Rounded Corners to an InfoPath 2007 Form

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