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Content Type of Documents set as folder on in SharePoint Library

Posted by GeorgeH on February 19, 2011

I have a document library with both version control and content approval enabled. The library uses one custom content type for documents and is configured to include the "New Folder" button on the Ne... [read more]


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InfoPath - Find the minimum date in a repeating table

Posted by GeorgeH on January 23, 2011

I had an InfoPath form, where I needed to copy the earliest date that appeared in a repeating table to a separate Date Field in the main data source. With the assistance of the following article, I w... [read more]


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Developing Sustainable Solutions in SharePoint

Posted by GeorgeH on January 23, 2011

Using SharePoint's rich set of capabilities and easy to use site creation and management tools, it makes it possible to throw together a few sites with lists, libraries and workflow when developing bu... [read more]


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Custom TOCWP Styles / CSS & Background Images

Posted by GeorgeH on September 24, 2010

The article below details the process required to override or replace default styles used by Table of Contents Web Parts (TOCWPs) displayed on SharePoint sites. Using these methods, it is possible to... [read more]

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Master “Roll-Up” Calendar in SharePoint 2007

Posted by SharePoint Jon on September 9, 2009

This post simply references a video I recorded for a customer.  I was asked to build and demonstrate one approach to consolidating six calendars that were maintained independently across the orga... [read more]

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Workflow: Next Approver is my VP

Posted by Laura Rogers on October 28, 2010

Title: Workflow: Next Approver is my VP Body: Many times in approval workflows, the first approval needs to go to the employee's manager, and then the next approval is supposed to go to the VP of that... [read more]

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Resetting SharePoint 2010 Themes

Posted by Gary Lapointe on August 20, 2011

One of my current clients is a local school district here in Denver and we (Aptillon) have recently helped them release a new public facing site for the main district office as well as all the schools... [read more]

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SharePoint 2010 Search 'Dogfood' Part 3 - Query Performance Optimization

Posted by enterprisesearch on June 10, 2010

  Hello again and welcome to the SharePoint Server 2010 Search series of blog postings dedicated to detailing the lessons I have learned in the process of hosting our dogfood system.  In thi... [read more]

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Video Demos of My InfoPath Approval Process & Workflow

Posted by Laura Rogers on November 23, 2011

Title: Video Demos of My InfoPath Approval Process & Workflow Body: You may have seen my webinars or presentations about approval processes in SharePoint, or my rants about the difference between ... [read more]

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ECMAScript - Get Site Collection Server Relative URL

Posted by Antonio Lanaro on March 31, 2011

To programmatically obtain the Site Collection Server relative URL, with JavaScript Client Object Model. INTRODUCTION: One is working with the following Site Collection “http://myserver/mysite... [read more]

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Show a document library hierarchy in a tree view

Posted by Antonio Lanaro on April 17, 2011

To programmatically build a tree view that shows a specific document library. Solution: To achieve this goal, SharePoint offers the classes: - SPHierarchyDataSourceControl - SPTreeView With SPHie... [read more]

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Tombo in Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted by jannemattila on November 27, 2009

Few years ago my friend showed me interesting application called Tombo. Author of Tombo describes it like this: TOMBO is yet another NotesTaker works on Windows/Windows CE (taken from here). It means ... [read more]

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Developing Sustainable Solutions in SharePoint

Posted by Daniel S on January 23, 2011

Using SharePoint's rich set of capabilities and easy to use site creation and management tools, it makes it possible to throw together a few sites with lists, libraries and workflow when developing bu... [read more]

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SP2010: Fixing Javascript / Ribbon errors

Posted by jsiegmund on October 21, 2010

I had some users complaining about their Ribbon not working. When looking more closely, SharePoint was generating lot’s of JavaScript errors in IE8. I had no clue why (still don’t have rea... [read more]

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How to use SharePoint 2010 Chart Web part to display SharePoint list data in various chart type such as pie, bar, area etc

Posted by Somnath Matere on January 27, 2012

In this post, I will show how to use SharePoint 2010 chart web part to display SharePoint list data in various chart type such as pie, bar, area etc.Step 1: Create a SharePoint lis... [read more]

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How to use SPSecurity.Runwithelevatedprivileges Method in Sharepoint 2010

Posted by Somnath Matere on January 25, 2012

In this post, I will explain in which scenario we need to use SPSecurity.Runwithelevatedprivileges method in sharepoint customisation.There are many times when we need our code to ... [read more]

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FAST Search for SharePoint Relevancy - Part 1

Posted by Eric Belisle on January 13, 2012

Topic: FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Relevancy. Subject: Understanding Relevancy and FS4SP.Problem: When I perform a search the items are not returned in the order I expect?Respo... [read more]

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Easy Reporting off of SharePoint Data

Posted by Laura Rogers on January 13, 2012

Title: Easy Reporting off of SharePoint Data Body: Yes, it's sometimes tedious installing and setting up SQL Server Reporting Services on your SharePoint server. but that's not wha... [read more]

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How to find the folder URL to use with SPFile.MoveTo(string)

Posted by Dan Parker on January 12, 2012

The folder URL is in the RootFolder parameter that you see in the address bar when you are viewing the folder. This is counterintuitive to me, because the SPList.RootFolder object... [read more]

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SPTechCon in February-Sessions & Book Signings

Posted by Laura Rogers on January 11, 2012

Title: SPTechCon in February-Sessions & Book Signings Body: The SharePoint Technology Conference is coming up soon! I'm looking forward to seeing you all there! ... Category... [read more]

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Two FREE Webinars!

Posted by Laura Rogers on January 10, 2012

Title: Two FREE Webinars! Body: Hi, I just wanted everyone to know about two webinars. One is coming up this week, and the other has happened in the past and is available as a rec... [read more]

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Create new web application button is disabled in sharepoint 2010 install on windows 7

Posted by Somnath Matere on January 9, 2012

1. Navigate to control panel.2. Click on System and security 3. Click on Change user account control settings under Action Center4. Set the scroll bar to never notify and click ok.... [read more]

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InfoPath “Save Draft Form Functionality - A Better Way

Posted by Laura Rogers on January 2, 2012

Title: InfoPath Save Draft Form Functionality - A Better Way Body: There are a couple of buttons in InfoPath forms by default called Save and Save As. I never ever (ever) like to ... [read more]

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My Top 10 Popular SharePoint Posts in 2011

Posted by Laura Rogers on December 29, 2011

Title: My Top 10 Popular SharePoint Posts in 2011 Body: To wrap up 2011, here are the most popular posts on my blog site. These posts were not necessarily written this year, but... [read more]

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New InfoPath Book and more!

Posted by Laura Rogers on December 28, 2011

Title: New InfoPath Book and more! Body: Last month, our new book hit the shelves! It is called ... Category: conference # Comments: 0 Attachments: http://www.... [read more]

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Updating SharePoint 2010 User Information

Posted by Gary Lapointe on December 23, 2011

One of my clients recently had an issue where a particularly high profile user (CEO) had their title spelled incorrectly in Active Directory; unfortunately the ... [read more]

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Workflow-How to Set Task Fields

Posted by Laura Rogers on December 20, 2011

Title: Workflow-How to Set Task Fields Body: When assigning tasks in SharePoint workflows, you may have noticed that each task that gets assigned has one field ... [read more]

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SharePoint & Office 365: Simple permissions governance

Posted by Laura Rogers on December 8, 2011

Title: SharePoint & Office 365: Simple permissions governance Body: In SharePoint and SharePoint Online with Office 365, permissions have always been one of... [read more]

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Show or Hide SharePoint Ribbon Tab based on User Permissions

Posted by Johan Olivier on December 7, 2011

This week I wanted to figure out how to show or hide a custom developed SharePoint Ribbon Tab based on the permissions of a logged in SharePoint user. I have a... [read more]


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