SharePoint Updates
How to create a udcx file for Main Data Connection in infopath?
For create a UDCX file for Main data connection, you may follow these steps as: Open your InfoPath form and clik on “Manage Data Connection…” under the Fields in the InfoPath form, and then in new pop up window, select your Main Connection and click on “Convert to Connection file” as: and then give your Data connection library’s path (on SharePoint site) in the textbox as: for example: http://sharepoint_site/DataConnectionLibrary/ABC_Main_Connection.UDCX and click on OK. After this you can see...
read moreSharePoint 2013 CAML Designer
SharePoint 2013 CAML query builder will be a great Tool for developers, it will help to build CAML query while using the Client Side Object Model in SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 CAML query builder with advanced features 2013 can be downloaded from the below...
read moreHow to publish SharePoint App to the Official App Store
In this post, I ‘ve given you the steps to go through the process of getting your app up into the Office app store so you can start making millions. Before you decide to submit your app to the store, you need to do a few things: Read the app store submission guidelines at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj220035.aspx. These highlight the conditions your app must meet before it will be accepted. Register for a Seller account. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj220034.aspx how an overview of...
read moreAuthorization and authentication for apps in SharePoint 2013
Authorization and authentication for apps in SharePoint 2013 OAuth in SharePoint 2013 In SharePoint 2010, the authentication to the site is based on Classic or Claims based or Anonymous Access but in SharePoint 2013, Microsoft come up with the new mode of Authentication called as OAuth. In case of SP sites, OAuth Process Flow is as follows, 1. User Signs in SP 2013–>Security Token is generated by Identity Provider–>Token is validated & allows the user to Sign in SP sites. OAuth is an open...
read moreHow to switch to Design view in visual webpart using Visual Studio 2010
In this post, you will learn how to enable or switch to Design view in visual webpart using Visual Studio 2010 I was creating a visual webpart using Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint 2010 in my sandbox server. After adding a Visual webpart to my project, it showed me the HTML Source page and there was no option for switching to Design page. Solution: To Enable Design View: 1. Goto Tools -> Options in Visual Studio 2010 2. Navigate to HTML Designer -> General 3. “Check” the option Enable HTML designer 4. Restart the...
read moreMicrosoft SharePoint Server 2013 installation scenarios are not supported
The following SharePoint Server 2013 installation scenarios are not supported: You try to install SharePoint Server 2013 on a drive that is formatted by using Resilient File System (ReFS). In this scenario, the installation fails, and the following error message is logged in the Setup log file: var>datetime::[940] Catalyst file system check failed: The path root D:\ is not NTFS datetime::[940] Showing message Title: ‘Setup Warning’, Message: ‘The install location must be on a drive formatted...
read moreGeolocation Field in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 has introduced a new field type called Geolocation for storing the latitude and logitude information from the end users and displaying it using Bing Maps. I am not very sure why SharePoint 2013 does not offer any UI to add the use this field, but they have provided nice step by step guide to add and use these fields programmatically. I am just summarizing the step taken to get this new feature working. 1. Add a valid Bing Map key to web or farm. “The Bing Maps key set at web level has higher...
read moreHow to Customize List View Web part XSLT using custom XSLT in SharePoint 2010
Tied up customizing the XSLT for a XSLT list View webpart? Want to customize XSLT list View webpart without detaching the page layout? Here is the solution :):) 1. Add your custom XSLT style in the attached file Custom.xsl–>Custom-XSLT 2. Upload it to the Style Library or any document library where you want to maintain 3. Add the List view webpart in the page 4. Edit the webpart. Under miscellaneous section, give the path of your custom xsl file 5.Click on OK. Now the list view webpart...
read moreUnable to create a content type – A duplicate content type was found
I found my problem, so if this can help some people some day. Looks like SharePoint have some problems sometimes to update a field in the content database. The field NextChildByte from the dbo.ContentTypes table is the problem. Lets say I create a content type with ID 0x010100ACEA2663B318874AA9192CA9AF678614 with Document as parent (0×0101). SharePoint will create an entry in the dbo.ContentTypes table. When I create an other content type with the first one as parent.. The ID of this new content type will be...
read moreUnable to connect to sharepoint site
After successfull installation of TFS, when trying to create a new team project, first few steps completes, but then it says “unable to connect to sharepoint site” and stops. In the server, Default Website is on port 80 : Displays sharepoint “Home”. Sharepoint admin is on port: 26442 : Displays “Sharepoint Central Admin”. TFS is on port 8080: Displays “Access Forbidden”!! when directly browsed from http://servername:8080. The team explorer successfully connects to the TFS with the same...
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