RIA in Sharepoint: Silverlight with 3D Extended DeepZoom - so cool

submitted by dcarr 3 days, 13 hours ago

blog.domaindotnet.com — NOTE: There is an interesting contest to find an image in this. Check the post. Long story short, this is an effort to bring RIA to the SharePoint world. But not just RIA style usability, I believe we pushed the envelope even further by incorporating not only DeepZoom (SeaDragon) for ‘zoom in to the pixel’ resolution, but the 3D extensions not present by default (you have the essentials but only the amazingly talented people behind the Hard Rock Memorabilia site (vertigo) have shown this style of combined zoom/3d that we have seen in any largely deployed sample) read more...

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Lookup user info in a Workflow

patrikluca.blogspot.com — Business Requirement: Use the Name user property in an Email sent out by a Workflow Suppose following scenario: you have created a site based on the Help Desk template, one of the Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. With Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, you have added a Workflow to the Service Requests list which sends out an email each time a service request is changed to the Service Representative. Problem is that the user information in the email will be the Account, though you would prefer to have the Name in the email. read more...

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Restoring configuration database

patrikluca.blogspot.com — Problem Description: UpdatedConcurrencyException: The object MySiteCleanupJob Name=mysitecleanup Parent=SPWebService was updated by another user After restoring the configuration database of our SharePoint, we ran into problems: we were unable to change some settings on web application level in the SharePoint Central Administration. Investigating the SharePoint log files in the 12 hive revealed following error: UpdatedConcurrencyException: The object MySiteCleanupJob Name=mysitecleanup Parent=SPWebService was updated by another user. Determine if these changes will conflict, resolve any differences, and reapply the second change. This error may also indicate a programming error caused by obtaining two copies of the same object in a single thread. Previous update information: User: ********** Process:OWSTIMER Machine:********* Time:October 29, 2008 04:31:38.0000 Current update information: User: ********** Process:OWSTIMER Machine:********** Time:November 02, 2008 05:30:20.0593. read more...

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Why Sharepoint development sucks!

submitted by zorilla 1 month, 4 days ago

zorilla.dk — In this blog post on the zorilla.dk blog, Dan is sharing his frustrations with the Sharepoint platform. His main critique points is an inconsistent and developer unfriendly API, combined with an over complex platform in general. Please have a read, and see if you agree. read more...

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Customize SharePoint list form rendering in new, edit and display mode

patrikluca.blogspot.com — Business requirement: Hide list fields upon creation / modification of a SharePoint list item with the SharePoint GUI In a previous blogpost Hide list fields upon creation of a SharePoint list item, I talked about how to hide a SharePoint list field upon creation of a list item and to show it upon modification of that same list item. Unfortunately, this is something which cannot be achieved by using merely the out-of-the-box administration tools of SharePoint, but the SharePoint Tips Utility Pack could help you out. This great tool has some disadvantages: You can only run it on the SharePoint server itself. If you are a SharePoint implementator, you can set the properties of each field with this tool. Unfortunately, if power users of the SharePoint environment afterwards want to change anything to a field, they are not able to do this anymore (whereas they are able to change views,add content types or add columns on a SharePoint list you have set up for them by going to the appropriate settings forms). read more...

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How to trigger a workflow based on a non-empty Comments field?

patrikluca.blogspot.com — At an installation where I created a helpdesk functionality based on the Help Desk template, one of the Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, I was asked to create a workflow which sends out an email automatically when a comments is added to a service request. The email may not be sent out if the comments added was empty. read more...

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Getting rid of logon prompts when opening Office documents

patrikluca.blogspot.com — Problem description: You are prompted to enter your credentials each time you open a Microsoft Office document stored in a SharePoint document library Each time you open a Microsoft Office document, you are prompted to enter your credentials again, even if you check the box remember my password. For non Microsoft Office documents, such as PDF files, you are not prompted to enter your credentials. The credentials prompt is not taken into account apparently: if you choose Cancel in the prompted window without entering your credentials, the Microsoft Office document is still opened. read more...

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PowerShell & SharePoint - Quick Start

cglessner.blogspot.com — SharePoint and PowerShell are a perfect match. Here's the PowerShell profile I'm using on all my Sharepoint Dev. Boxes. A must have! read more...

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