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The Method of SharePoint, a study in SharePointology
In this blog post I will dig deep into the many faces of SharePoint, not just from a technology perspective, but more so from its softer side, the conceptual side, the approach, the method of its reach, and much more. I’ll call it SharePointology; A term I thought I can first introduce here on this…
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SharePoint can TXT while it drives – Configure SMS Text Messaging for SharePoint 2010
While for us, in some States, to TXT when driving is to break the law, SharePoint 2010 can do it while it drives and behind the scenes legally. See, in addition to sending Alerts via Outbound Email Servers using the SMTP protocol, SharePoint 2010 can send you TXT messages using Short Message Service or SMS.…
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Setting Up a Custom Event Log Installer with InstallUtil.exe and SharePoint 2010 Feature Receiver
Hi, If you’ve seen this error message before “The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security.”, you’ll know what I’m taking about. If not, that’s cool. In this blog post, I’ll attempt to show you how to setup a custom Log and have it display…
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Upload a File into a SharePoint Library using Copy Web Service
You probably seen something similar to what I’m about to show you all over the internet. I will be using the Copy Web Service. This service is used to add or copy files from disparate SharePoint sites to other sites or can be used to simply upload files to your SharePoint libraries. Information about this…
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One Option to Writing a Base Web User Control
Technorati Tags: ASP.NET Development Today I was looking into writing a base web user control to act as an abstract class for other controls. The reason is I had several forms I needed to build and all share the same set of arguments. I looked at creating an interface, but it didn’t cut it for…
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Before SharePoint Client Object Model – Using Web Services to Consume SharePoint 3.0 Data in WPF
Technorati Tags: SharePoint Development,WPF I am thinking about posting a few entries on how we would go about consuming SharePoint data. There are many options out there. I’ll start with the good old web services way. Using SharePoint ASMX web services will allow you to consume List and Site Data as well as do many…
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Convert Office Word Documents Stored In SharePoint to PDF Using Save As PDF Add In
A while back I was working on a project where we had to convert a massive amount of documents into PDF with minimal intervention. We looked at several products and compared their features as well as their pricing and value-add. Our budget was limited and this functionality was not really needed at all times. The…
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Content Deployment in SharePoint 2010 – A Brief Report
Content deployment in SharePoint 2010 has improved a bit. Some of the new improvements include the following two items A. SQL Server Database Snapshots (only available in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise) – This is a cool feature. It allows us to take a snapshot of the source content database before the export operation happens. This…
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Installing Language Packs on Windows 7 for SharePoint Server 2010 RC
A quick note on language packs for SharePoint Server 2010 RC. Language Packs for SharePoint Server 2010 RC are installed the same way you would install SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7. See “Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint Server” article on MSDN. Step 1- Extract the language pack using the *.exe /extract: switch Step…
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Code for blog entry: Delete and/or Recycle File versions in a MOSS 2007 Publishing Site
The following piece of code is for this entry http://johnnyharbieh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C1E28E97CCB39CC2!308.entry Well, due to some issues with Live Writer, see below, I’m going to go ahead and take some screen shots of some important parts in the code. Part One – Ensure that we have what we need and validate the site collection in question…
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