Trailblazer's Sharepoint Blog
SharePoint Solution Architect | SharePoint 2010, MOSS |
I was recently working on a client requirement to download all the content of a list/document...
Date: 02/08/2012
I was working on a custom solution with a client. This project has a high level of custom auditing,...
Date: 01/30/2012
SharePoint 2010 | Correct SharePoint behavior | "SharePoint displays users as DomainUsername instead of Display Name"
I have seen this behaviour a number of times in our client enviornments when some of your AD...
Date: 01/30/2012
SharePoint caches the content (Could be images, etc.) in two of its system folders. The cache is...
Date: 01/28/2012
I was recently working with a customer on FAST Serach Querying and they were using custom search to...
Date: 01/22/2012
I was recently working on a web part which had to copy the data in the datagrid to clip board....
Date: 01/21/2012
What if Visual Studio supported achievements, just like games on Steam, Xbox or PS3? Bragging to...
Date: 01/19/2012
I found an easy way to get the list of Sites and site collections just by using search. (No Code or...
Date: 01/18/2012
I must say that SharePoint 2010 has been absolutely awesome in integrating all my office client...
Date: 01/16/2012
Content types are one of the best things to happen for SharePoint as they allow better...
Date: 01/16/2012
I was recently hounded by a client's strange issue. The client had a Publishing Site which was...
Date: 01/12/2012
I have been working with Remote Powershell and it is amazing to use this. Just imagine I dont need...
Date: 06/09/2010
I was working on a requirement to run a SP 2010 powershell script from a remote machine on network....
Date: 06/09/2010
I was recently working on SPS 2003 issue where we wanted to redirect the user to a custom error...
Date: 05/13/2010
I had a recent requirement to find out the last accessed date of the sites in the web applications...
Date: 05/11/2010
I was recently working with Ajax controls in SharePoint. I created some ascx user controls and added...
Date: 04/13/2010
I was recently working on a requirement, somewhat weird (As developers would say) but made a lot of...
Date: 02/05/2010
I was recently working with a client who wanted to develop Workflows using VS 2008 on a 64 bit...
Date: 01/25/2010
As we know SP 2010 has introduced a way where we will now be able to implement OOPS principles for...
Date: 01/20/2010
I was recently working on a customer requirement to log Search Query API calls. OOB this is easy to...
Date: 12/30/2009
Event Handlers in MOSS have come a long way since their inception in SharePoint 2003. In MOSS, event...
Date: 12/30/2009
I was recently working on a PowerShell issue and found a new Graphical editor for developing...
Date: 12/30/2009
I recently had a strange requirement or should I say an issue where the client had created a user...
Date: 12/30/2009
So SP 2010 is out and we have finally got hold of the new version of SharePoint. Among the new...
Date: 12/30/2009
Recently, I got a requirement to define custom pages for a content type item. What am I talking...
Date: 06/05/2009
Recently I came across an interesting request from my customer, who wanted to add users to the “BDC...
Date: 06/04/2009
I recently was working on a very cool requirement where customer wanted to implement virtual earth...
Date: 05/25/2009
SchedulePicker Class (in the Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls namespace) is very handy when it comes...
Date: 05/25/2009
I was recently working on an issue where customer had a workflow which used to fail and error out...
Date: 05/25/2009
Recently I had a requirement from my customer where it was required to update a date time field...
Date: 05/25/2009
I recently downloaded the new SharePoint SDK – 1.5 (April 2009 version) and found that the BDC...
Date: 05/06/2009
You need to customize the CustomQuickAccess.xml to achieve the functionality. Curiously, the...
Date: 04/06/2009
Normally you would get requirements for uploading documents to the document library, but you would...
Date: 12/14/2008
Recently I had a strange query from one of my clients. The client had the OOB SharePoint recycle...
Date: 11/27/2008
Although it seems a very basic question, but I thought of blogging this as it is not as easy as it...
Date: 11/27/2008
If someone asks you, how to delete a WebApplication from the code API, the simple answer is to use –...
Date: 10/21/2008
Recently, I had a requirement from my Customer which required to add an AD groups’s user to the...
Date: 09/29/2008
The problem with Multi-Language MOSS is that the name of the Role Definition is localized hence if...
Date: 08/20/2008
I had a very strange issue recently for the SharePoint Search queries. I had a very simple...
Date: 08/15/2008
As a SharePoint developer, I feel one of the highlights of MOSS has been – BDC (Business Data...
Date: 08/10/2008
How to update 'tp_title' field of the UserInfo table of the SharePoint's Content Database from the OM code?
Last week, I got this fascinating requirement. The requirement was to update the 'tp_title' field of...
Date: 07/25/2008
In SharePoint one of the most used methods is - "RunWithElevatedPriviliges". The common...
Date: 07/21/2008
Workflow with a long processing time stopping abruptly with the message - "Failed on Start (Retrying)"
Recently I was working on a SharePoint Workflow issue. The workflow had just two activities in it -...
Date: 07/09/2008
Now you must be thinking, how can a SharePoint hardcore developer say something like this? But guys...
Date: 07/01/2008
The best part of the problem was that the customer wanted to restrict (And not filter) the user to...
Date: 06/24/2008
Actually, it may seem to be a very simple task to achieve. Just go to the specific list in the site...
Date: 06/18/2008
The normal solution for this would be to add the file into the file collection using the appropriate...
Date: 06/18/2008
So finally I have got hooked to the blogs phenomena and have decided to join the "Blog Bandwagon"....
Date: 06/14/2008