Ideas that work
Back in MOSS 2007 the onet.xml file had to be edited to disable editing in SharePoint Designer. This option was a setting for everybody and all aspects at the whole site collection, no exceptions here. Fortunately this is much better in … Read More »
Instead of CAML you can also use a search query by using SQL or keyword syntax to search the SharePoint environment client-side by using the Search web service. The SPServices library supports the Query operation to do this. Hereby I … Read More »
On SharePoint lists you can receive email notifications when items change in a list, the ‘Alert me’ function in the Actions menu of a list. In some occasions there are multiple lists where the data in it is interesting to … Read More »
Today I am playing around with the dialog framework and simple ribbon buttons. I want the user to select one or more items from a list and update the Status field for all the items selected. The user can edit … Read More »
While investigating and playing with the dialog framework of SharePoint 2010 I really missed some intellisense of the client object model for the javascript(ECMA) code. It seems real easy to enable intellisense and saves a lot of time! First create … Read More »
A very easy way to retrieve the guid of a list with SPServices:
Let’s adjust the previous model to enable adding new items and edit existing ones. Open the previous project and open the design view of the model (.bdcm). In the BDC Method Details window select ‘Add a method’ and ‘Create Creator … Read More »
On Codeplex the SPServices library is available. This is a jQuery library for SharePoint Web Services. One of the functions available in the library is the SPAutoComplete: http://spservices.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=%24%28%29.SPServices.SPAutocomplete The SPAutocomplete lets you provide values for a Single line of text column … Read More »
In the first part, BCS model – some basics , I talked about the items Visual Studio creates for you, the meaning of these items and some about renaming files. The next step is to create a simple model to show … Read More »
It is possible you receive one the following messages after you deployed a BCS solutions to your SharePoint environment: — Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible HTML editor … Read More »