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SharePont 2010 - Why is Inline Editing not working even when enabled for the...
One of my colleagues at Oakton had issues in that a SharePoint 2010 Custom List wasn't allowing editing inline. Even when modifying the view and enabling the "Allow Inline" editing property of the list...
View ArticleCSS Positioning Refresher - Relative vs Absolute vs Static vs Fixed -...
My current client is a media company who wanted branding done as part of a SharePoint 2010 Portal implementation project. One problem arose because their standard operating environment uses Internet...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 - My jQuery Scripts are Broken on the Publishing Portal...
I've had this problem many times in ASP.NET but never in SharePoint 2010. Today, one of our jQuery script implementations was failing on just a couple of the SharePoint pages - in particular the...
View ArticleSpecifying Sort Order When Querying the SharePoint List Web Service with CAML...
I had a couple of problems today with specifying the sort order of data returned from a CAML query via a jQuery AJAX call. It seemed that no matter what setting I put in, it always seemed to return an...
View ArticleFIX - I'm using the ASP.NET 3.5 Charting Controls in SharePoint 2010 to...
Internet Explorer seems to have to re-download the images generated by the charting control when printing them - if the Chart Image Handler (ChartImg.axd) setting is at deleteAfterServicing=true, then...
View ArticleError executing child request for ChartImg.axd when Rendering a Custom...
I deployed a custom SharePoint 2010 web part today that uses the Microsoft Chart Controls For ASP.NET 3.5. However, after deployment, I began receiving the following exception when it rendered within...
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SharePoint 2010 - Modifying the Core Search Results Web Part to Display...
I recently had a requirement from my client to have the following functionality in SharePoint 2010:a) The Search Core Results web part displaying sorted in Alpha orderb) The Search Core results part...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 - How to Get XML Sample Data for Debugging Web Parts that...
XSLT is the preferred technology for customizing the visual output of SharePoint Web parts (primarily as it is standards-based and non-proprietary). However, there is absolutely no XSLT debugging...
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SQL Master Data Services (MDS) - How to I retrieve the connection string from...
A question today from one of my Colleagues surrounded the retrieval of a value from an app.config file used by a Master Data Services Workflow Extender. Master Data Services (MDS) workflow extenders...
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TFS 2010 - How do I create email alerts when anything is checked into TFS,...
This is quite simple to do with the right tools installed on your development machine:1) Ensure that you have an SMTP Server Configured for your TFS box - as described on MSDN at "How to: Configure...
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My ASP.NET MVC Page (using Forms Authentication) is not Rendering CSS and...
I recently tried to deploy an ASP.NET MVC 4 mobile application (using jQuery Mobile 1.0) to one of the Oakton Amazon Web Services (AWS) web servers. This application used Forms Authentication.I span up...
View ArticleSonicWall VPN - "The peer does not allow saving of username and password" -...
There is a server-side flag in the SonicWall Firewall Administration Tool which prevents you from saving your username and password. By default this is on - and if you go to the settings for your VPN...
View ArticleJust passed the TOGAF 9 Certified Exam (Level 1 and 2) with 90% pass mark!
Just passed the TOGAF 9 Level 1 and 2 Combined exam with a pass mark of 90/100. Part 2 was particularly difficult as expected and really tests your knowledge well. In particular, it tested my knowledge...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 - People Picker works in Central Admin (for adding Farm...
I had a question from a colleague today as to why users from our main corporate domain were not showing up in the People Picker in SharePoint 2010. This has come up 3 times in the last week, so it...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 - When Hosting Custom WCF Services in SharePoint, SPContext...
The recommended way to expose a WCF Service through SharePoint 2010 is to NOT manipulate the Web.Config manually/through code to set your WCF bindings.Instead, it is recommended that you use one of the...
View ArticleSQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) - Options for Dynamically Setting Report...
I received a call from one of my colleagues in the Oakton Canberra office today who was working at a Federal Government department. He was using a SharePoint-integrated mode of SSRS.He wanted deployed...
View ArticleConsuming Twitter Feeds in .NET using the Twitter REST API and JSON
My current client had a requirement to provide a twitter feed as part of a SharePoint 2010 intranet site. Unfortunately the RSS feed is no longer an actively supported mechanism for consuming Twitter...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 - Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) Versioning
I've been seeing (and hearing) a lot of misinformation about the SharePoint 2010 Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) from people that assume it behaves exactly the same as it did in SharePoint 2007. This is...
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SharePoint 2010 - An easier way to hide Ribbon Items and Ribbon Dropdown List...
My client recently had a requirement to lock down the set of styles available to users whilst editing content (using the standard SharePoint 2010 Rich Text editor control). The rationale was that if...
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Preferred Microsoft technologies for creating a Lightweight Service Bus -...
I'm starting with a new banking client next week and I thought it was time to make sure all my preferred technology choices are still the latest and greatest on the block. This ongoing...
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