Salaudeen Rajack's SharePoint Experiences!
Requirement: Upload a File to SharePoint Library using PowerShell We had a PowerShell script code to generate Large Lists reports in D:\Reports, and now want to periodically upload them to a document library “Reports” in my Admin site. So, scheduled a PowerShell script to do so. Here is my PowerShell code to…
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Requirement is to Restore all the Items deleted before last week from Recycle bin, which were already deleted from End-User Recycle bin (1st Stage Recycle bin).
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Another frequent requirement is to display Lists/Libraries from Root site to Sub-site or Sub-site to Root site, and in some cases from Cross-Site collection. While this can be fulfilled by Web Services, Custom Web Parts, etc, here is the simple jQuery method to display SharePoint list from another site collection or a…
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Here is the quick way to implement Maintenance page in SharePoint, during scheduled down times/upgrade/service pack patching: Create a new app_offline.htm file in IIS Root folder of your SharePoint site. Place some descriptive text/images to the file, Make sure the file size is at least 512 bytes (otherwise, you will get 404…
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Often in development we may have to deal with SharePoint Views programmatically. Here I’m sharing the code snippets from my recent project to handle views programmatically. Creating a New View Programmatically: Add/Remove fields to an existing View Programmatically: Get the Fields from View Programmatically: Delete Existing View Programmatically: PowerShell Script to Create…
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In my last post Allow only Certain File Types to be Uploaded in SharePoint Document Library using Event Receiver I developed an Event receiver to prevent files other than PDF from being uploaded to a document library. So when a user tries to upload a file other than PDF they’ll get an…
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Requirement: In a Project collaboration SharePoint site, had a requirement to allow users to upload only PDF files to a Document Library and prevent all other files from being uploaded. Solution: Our requirement is basically to prevent files from being uploaded other than PDF, isn’t it? So let’s jump to visual studio…
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SharePoint 2013 preview officially launched with great features. Here are some useful URL’s to get started: SharePoint 2013 Home: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/fp142366 Download SharePoint 2013 Preview: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973397 SharePoint 2013 system requirements: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/hardware-software-requirements-2013 SharePoint 2013 IT PRO Training: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/fp123606 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/fp142374Â SharePoint 2013 Preview discontinued features: https://officepreview.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/discontinued-features-and-modified-functionality-in-microsoft-sharepoint-2013-preview-HA102892827.aspx SharePoint Designer 2013: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30346 SharePoint Foundation 2013 Download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30345
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Requirement: Had to customize the Top navigation with bunch of provided internal/external links as part of a branding project. Solution: Designed a feature to programmatically add links to top navigation bar. when activated, feature will add bunch of links to the top navigation bar. Customize navigation programmatically in SharePoint: In another SharePoint…
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There are limits in the number of columns we can create in a SharePoint list. You may Get “Column Limit Exceeded” when You add a new column to a SharePoint List. This is because of the column limitations. Column limits in SharePoint 2003/2007 List: With Windows SharePoint Services, you can create the…
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