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On-premise SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2016 will have a configurable option to allow calculated columns: SharePoint support article about calculated columns Some alternate solutions here: Stack Exchange: Calculated columns are gone
These two references are excellent sources of information regarding the PowerShell commandlet Update-SPSolution for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013: SharePoint 2010 Web Parts in Action by Wictor Wilen Chapter 7 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer Reference by Paolo Pialorsi Chapter 8
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