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Link: SharePoint slow spin-up times…
29 May 08 06:14 PM | jannemattila | 1 Comments   

I accidently found myself on this page: SharePoint 2007 Quirks - Solving painfully slow spin-up times . After reading that article I was forced to test that. And my stsadm experience was really fast after that! So this link deserves a link post even if Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, tips and tricks

CRM 4.0 (or SharePoint or custom application) and DebugView
07 May 08 10:04 AM | jannemattila | 3 Comments   

Every now and then I’m find myself trying to solve same issues over and over again :-) That’s why I found myself (again) using DebugView as my debugging assistant at remote box. If you don’t know what DebugView is then you should definitely try it out. Read More...

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Custom SharePoint application and System.IO.FileNotFoundException
23 February 08 10:55 PM | jannemattila | 1 Comments   

Question: I have normal user access rights at SharePoint but I'm administrator of the physical SharePoint box. I don't have access rights to SharePoint databases but I still need to run few lines of code against SharePoint. I have created small console Read More...

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CRM 4.0, SharePoint and ASP.NET Trace
23 February 08 08:12 PM | jannemattila | 3 Comments   

Sometimes I tend to forget how much stuff is built into .NET Framework. Framework gives you nice set of features that you can use without writing a single line of code. ASP.NET Trace is one of them. I know that it's nothing new but I think that it's still Read More...

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Catching unhandled exceptions in SharePoint
04 February 08 06:13 PM | jannemattila | 19 Comments   

If you have done some dev stuff with MOSS you have most likely seen this: " An unexpected error has occurred. " is something that you probably don't want to see at your browser.... you want to have customized error page. In ASP.NET application you normally Read More...

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MOSS: Backup and restore and missing Timer job definitions
31 August 07 01:44 PM | jannemattila | 12 Comments   

If you have your SharePoint application running on Server1 and you decide to move it to Server2 with backup and restore... you'll (may) end up having application at the Server2 that doesn't have all the necessary timer job definitions. There is however Read More...

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How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools to XP or Vista
16 August 07 06:42 AM | jannemattila | 84 Comments   

I got email from Philip Edney with a hint that how you can install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions (VSeWSS) for none-Windows 2003 server OS. Of course since that's not supported you'll have to do small registry hack Read More...

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ISA + MOSS: makes life a lot easier for FBA
23 July 07 08:48 AM | jannemattila | 6 Comments   

I have explained this same story couple of times so I thought that I'll write shortly this to my blog and refer to it whenever needed :-) ( Side note: I have discussed this topic with my colleagues and I think that we share thoughts on this one) Web is Read More...

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Free the SPWeb!
29 June 07 05:30 PM | jannemattila | 7 Comments   

Every SharePoint developer knows that you need to free resources that you have used... like SPWeb (and others too!). Most often freeing up the resources are easily managed with the nice using -statement like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 using ( SPSite site = new Read More...

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Adding functionalities to pages by inheriting PublishingLayoutPage
14 April 07 12:37 AM | jannemattila | 30 Comments   

If you have worked a lot with MOSS you probably know how to make new page layouts. But if you create new page layouts you might sometimes wonder that how could I add some common functionalities to my page layout pages. One example could be localization. Read More...

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MOSS and Site column deployment with features + missing curly brackets in guids
20 January 07 12:42 PM | jannemattila | 3 Comments   

I had nasty expience with Site column deployment this week and I thought I share it with you. I was doing normal Site column deployment with Features. It's nothing new and it's well documented in many places. I have done it before and I thought that it Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, tips and tricks