Writing to the ULS in SharePoint 2010
Here’s a quick, easy, 3 step method to log your custom events to the ULS while writing a SharePoint 2010 solution: Add a reference to Microsoft.Office.Server (located in C:\Program Files\Common...
View ArticlePost BUILD videos now available online
I just returned from BUILD in Redmond, WA this past week, and I can safely say this was one of the best developer events I have ever attended! Great content, knowledgeable speakers, an ample supply of...
View ArticleWindows 8 Enterprise error code: 0x800F0906 “Windows couldn’t connect to the...
I fought with this one for nearly 8 hours today, attempting to install SSMS from SQL 2012. This requires that the .Net Framework 3.5 and 2.0 be activated in Windows Features. Sure, there’s a checkbox...
View ArticleStop and restart specific item workflows in SharePoint 2010 Using Powershell
While sending our company in a paperless direction, I found that as I published updated workflows to a library old versions were not only still running (as expected) but becoming corrupt, almost like...
View ArticleCustom App Preferences in Windows Phone 8 C#
I wanted to be able to determine the volume state of the Windows Phone 8 device, and searching around on the internet proved useless, not to mention the fact there’s a couple of settings in the SDK...
View ArticleFilenames and WebDAV in SharePoint 2010
This is more of a reminder to myself than anything, and you may already be aware of this, but in case this issue is new here’s what helped me: While taking our enterprise in a paperless direction, one...
View ArticleDbProviderFactories section can only appear once per config file
Recently I came across this error while doing some housekeeping and updating some old websites to .Net 4.0: HttpException: Failed to generate code. The ‘DbProviderFactories’ section can only appear...
View ArticleSurface RT Metro apps won’t launch
Just the other day I applied the most recent mandatory firmware update to my Surface RT, and let it restart. I thought nothing of it until this morning when I tried launching my usual morning apps...
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Connecting a SharePoint 2010 List to external database table
I’ve done this plenty of times and never documented it, and one of these times I’m going to be working on something else, have to build one real quick, and forget how I did it, so i’m writing it down....
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 compatibility in IE9
SharePoint 2010 is not fully compatible with IE9. To the best of my knowledge this is due to SharePoint’s heavy dependency upon DOM expandos and other features which were available through IE8, but are...
View ArticleUpdate SQL table with SharePoint Excel file data automatically
This is probably an extremely rare circumstance, so I’m writing it down so I don’t forget how I did this. I recently built a simple solution for my company called “Work & Win”. Basically it’s a...
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SSRS 2008 functionality in IE9, IE10
Seems lately browsers update faster than the web solutions, or at least faster than we can update the web solutions to keep up with the browser changes. Maybe it’s just me… Regardless, my company very...
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Windows 8.1 RTM on Surface Pro
Today I installed Windows 8.1 RTM on my Surface Pro, and so far I’m pretty happy. I decided to list what I believe to be some pros and cons to consider when updating your Windows 8 system: Pros: Mail...
View ArticleSharePoint Saturday Phoenix 2013
If you attended my session on Connecting a SharePoint list to a SQL table for CRUD ops, thank you for coming! If you missed it, or if you wanted to review it again, my girlfriend was kind enough to...
View ArticleClosing one chapter, opening another
For the past 19 years, I have worked in Native American gaming. I remember starting out in February of 1995 working at Harrah’s newest casino on the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation south of the (at that...
View ArticleSQL Saturday #279 – Phoenix
Here is the video from my SQL Saturday #279 session on developer best practices & good habits to help DBAs keep the server healthy and secure. Please excuse the fact I was dealing with a sinus...
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Windows 8.1 Update 1
Today at Build 2014 Microsoft announced the availability of Windows 8.1 Update 1 on April 8th to the general public, but it’s available now to MSDN subscribers. Not wanting to waste any of the precious...
View ArticleThe data source control failed to execute the insert command
While working on a custom form the other day, we noticed the form that was working fine was suddenly throwing the following error: “The data source control failed to execute the insert command” Without...
View ArticleManage Created & Modified info on custom form in XSLT
Just wanted to write this down so I don’t forget how to do this, if this helps someone else out even better! If you’re wanting to access the Created By, Created On, Modified By and Modified on...
View ArticleRead a SharePoint list using JavaScript
There are countless ways to read data from a SharePoint list, and also myriad methods to do this in JavaScript, but I’m going to document this one way as a place to get started, and a published...
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