Andrew May's WebLog

Office and SharePoint Developer Discussion from a Documentation Point of View

(Cross-posted from the SharePoint Developer Documentation Team blog.) By now you’ve probably been...

Date: 10/19/2009

For the last several weeks, I’ve been experimenting with using mind maps, both as a way of...

Date: 02/04/2009

(Cross-posted from the SharePoint Developer Documentation Team Blog.) By now you’ve no doubt heard...

Date: 12/11/2007

Now that I’m managing a documentation team, I just don’t get to blog about SharePoint developer...

Date: 12/04/2007

I’m happy to announce that the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK has been updated online on MSDN!...

Date: 04/26/2007

OK, we're back. Since it's now officially 2007, it seemed appropriate to focus my first entry of the...

Date: 01/12/2007

Ever find something wrong/incomplete with an SDK topic on MSDN, and wish you could slap a Post-It...

Date: 12/15/2006

Now that we’ve managed to get the Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server SDKs out...

Date: 11/21/2006

Something you might have noticed as you perused the updated Windows SharePoint Services or Office...

Date: 11/21/2006

So now that you've downloaded Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, you're ready to get serious about...

Date: 11/21/2006

So by now you no doubt know that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is available for download. But...

Date: 11/20/2006

For these four entries, I’m going to go over in detail how to construct and register a custom parser...

Date: 07/21/2006

For these four entries, I’m going to go over in detail how to construct and register a custom parser...

Date: 07/19/2006

Read part one here. In my last entry, I gave you a brief overview of what document parsers are in...

Date: 07/18/2006

Now that I’ve talked about the built-in XML parser, and how you can use it to promote and demote...

Date: 07/14/2006

Today I'd like to talk about how to store and manage XML forms (InfoPath and otherwise) in WSS V3....

Date: 07/10/2006

This is the final post in a five-part series on how to use the built-in XML parser in WSS V3 to...

Date: 07/07/2006

This is the fourth in a five-part series on how to use the built-in XML parser in WSS V3 to promote...

Date: 07/06/2006

This is the third in a five-part series on how to use the built-in XML parser in WSS V3 to promote...

Date: 07/05/2006

This is the second in a five-part series on how to use the built-in XML parser in WSS V3 to promote...

Date: 06/30/2006

I've just finished putting together a lot of information around how document parsers work within...

Date: 06/29/2006

I've got another conceptual poster for download. This one deals with document parsers, and how...

Date: 06/27/2006

So, a reader emailed me the other day, asking for more information on content type IDs: what they...

Date: 06/24/2006

Gotta love Beta documentation. Turn out that some of the material I wrote in the WSS Beta 2 SDK...

Date: 06/21/2006

Today I want to address a piece of SharePoint terminology that confused me no end when I first...

Date: 06/14/2006

I’m sure it comes as no surprise that Office InfoPath 2007 is the forms designer of choice for...

Date: 06/08/2006

Today I'm making another SharePoint technical poster available for download. This one details the...

Date: 06/06/2006

If you're interested in extending the enterprise content management features in Office SharePoint...

Date: 06/06/2006

The title pretty much says it all. For some of our earlier, internal technical events, I created a...

Date: 05/26/2006

One of the major new concepts in Windows SharePoint Services V3 is content types. They're a core...

Date: 05/25/2006

Well, as you've probably already heard, yesterday was a big day for us here, what with the Beta...

Date: 05/24/2006

Okay, so it’s been months since I last blogged. But that’s not because I haven’t been busy, or...

Date: 05/17/2006

Yesterday saw the publication of my penultimate article on Publisher 2003, 7 Things Developers...

Date: 09/01/2005

(Note: This is the third in a series of entries that aim to introduce experienced programmers to the...

Date: 05/13/2005

Note: This is the second in a series of entries that aim to introduce experienced programmers to the...

Date: 05/09/2005

I got an email the other day from a user who asked if the NewDocument event in Publisher actually...

Date: 05/04/2005

You know, sometimes it's the obvious things you miss. I was meeting a few days ago with the...

Date: 04/25/2005

Here's the second of two tips my manager shared with me concerning installing Windows Server 2003....

Date: 04/14/2005

A few months back, when I first moved over to working on Windows SharePoint Services, I decided to...

Date: 04/14/2005

If you've read his blog lately, or visited the Office Developer Center front page, then you know...

Date: 04/12/2005

At the risk of further poaching on John Durant's turf, it turns out I have another Rock Thought of...

Date: 04/12/2005

Here's an interesting little "gotcha" that was found by Saul Candib, the programmer-writer who is...

Date: 04/01/2005

Now that I've told you how I create the technical illustrations I use in my blog entries and MSDN...

Date: 02/24/2005

Several people have asked what program(s) I use to create the object model maps and other technical...

Date: 02/22/2005

In this series of entries, we're taking an in-depth at the OneNoteImporter manage class, which...

Date: 02/17/2005

In this series of entries, we're taking an in-depth at the OneNoteImporter manage class, which...

Date: 02/17/2005

In this series of entries, we're taking an in-depth at the OneNoteImporter manage class, which...

Date: 02/16/2005

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