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1. In Visual Studio, include your SharePoint 2010 source project in the SharePoint 2013 solution. 2. In the code source files for user controls, change the SharePoint version from 14 to 15. 3. You can either use the new feature that is generated or bring the project items into an existing feature. 4. To bring […]
If you get the following error in a sandboxed Web Part: “The name initializecontrol() does not exist in the current context” Use <sharepoint:scriptlink > for .css and .js.
List based forms are considered browser based forms. Browser based forms can use the InfoPath Username() function to capture the current user account id. The limitation is that you can’t grab user profile properties with this method. Occasionally, you may have a requirement to switch views on a form based on the current user. You […]
Feature upgrades for farm-based solutions need to follow a lifecycle: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa543659(v=office.14).aspx
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/143025/get-item-version-history-in-a-dialog-box-on-a-webpart
Check out the following example which uses JavaScript to access and modify the UserCustomActions collection on your site collection: Inject JavaScripts into your master page with client-side scripts
Style guides from John Papa Angular Style Guide: A starting point for Angular development teams to provide consistency through good practices. https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide Style guide for Angular 2 https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/guide/style-guide.html
Resetting Administrator Password in Windows 2012 Yup, fine time to have a problem at the start of the new year! Other related: Boot from a DVD https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825052.aspx Download https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-r2
I was implementing the Business Data List Web Part on an External Content Type and realized I didn’t have any custom actions. The only way to create a custom action is to create it in Central Admin. My workaround for this is to add a link to a list form in an external list on […]
I am working in an environment where I am not able to deploy SharePoint-hosted add-ins. I wanted to test the ClientPeoplePicker in my environment with a simple Content Editor Web Part to get the user email. I tweaked the script at the following Microsoft article by setting the schema setting AllowMultipleValues to accept one selected […]