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WSS Rant – Linking to the latest version of a sharepoint document considered harmful. (Lessons 6 and 7)
SharePoint does not have persistent hyperlinks for all document revisions. More specifically – SharePoint has two methods for linking to documents: the canonical path and the revision paths. The canonical path is the latest copy of the document at the Read More...
WSS Rant - finding out what changed is much more difficult then it should be. (Lessons 4 and 5)
In my previous rant I made this statement (quoted out of context): Migrating WSS content to TFS? Piece of cake. Just enumerate each WSS change and replay the action in TFS. If you are doing an incremental migration then just enumerate those changes that Read More...
The SharePoint client object model, chevy pickups and three important lessons.
If I could do it all over again I would take auto shop class in high school. I didn’t know it at the time but I really enjoy automotive technology. I have bought several text books used in automotive tech classes and read them cover to cover several times. Read More...
I'll be talking about migrating WSS document libraries to TFS source control for a while
As Matt has mentioned on the TFS Migration blog we’re working on a migration toolkit and, specifically, a sample converter tool to keep WSS document libraries in sync with a location in the TFS source control server. One of the most common questions I Read More...
"Lord I was born a ramblin' man" ... and it was killing my productivity.
This week is the one year anniversary of my move from the Fargo, ND office and the Business Framework team to the Durham, NC office and the Team Foundation Server Version Control team. I’ve spent the last few days reflecting on the last year. This is Read More...
Three easy steps to a sane tomorrow...
This week is the one year anniversary of my move from the Fargo, ND office and the Business Framework team to the Durham, NC office and the Team Foundation Server Version Control team. I’ve spent the last few days reflecting on the last year. This is Read More...
When CAPTCHA goes wrong ...
I was using a website today and they wanted to make sure I was human and not some automotronic roboform hell-bent on spamming the Intra-Web with ... well ... who knows what the kids are spamming for today with their rock-and-roll music and dual-core processors. Read More...
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