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SharePoint Custom Current Navigation / PortalSiteMapProvider
I'm working on a custom current (left) navigation on a SharePoint solution.
What I need is that the root of the navigation is a variation web, the immediate child of the root web. All the sites and ...
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SharePoint 2007 - RunWithElevatedPrivileges - Pitfalls of using this
I have a strong gut feeling that using SharePoint RunWithElevatedPrivileges should be avoided like the plague, but need to convince some others as to exactly why. Here's what I have.
Spawns a new ...
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Sharepoint API - How to Upload files to Sharepoint Doc Library from ASP.NET Web Application
I am new to Sharepoint Server, Do we have any utility to upload files from ASP.NET application.
Could you please provide your valuable answers?
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When does one use Web Parts vs. Full blown ASP.NET application in SharePoint?
I'm still struggling with this question as I'm trying to get up to speed with SharePoint, coming from ASP.NET Web Forms. We're looking to use SharePoint exclusively for several reasons; one of the ...
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What SharePoint development concepts are the hardest for ASP.Net developers to understand?
I'm trying to put together SharePoint 2007 (and, eventually, 2010) training materials for experienced ASP.Net developers, and having done SharePoint for years, I don't really remember where the worst ...
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Taking /Pages out of the SharePoint URL?
A customer is asking if there is anything we can do to remove "/Pages" from his Internet-facing MOSS publishing site. Some Googling reveals that some clever use of HTTPModules may be able to hide the ...
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ASP.NET developer looking to get into SharePoint - 2007 or 2010?
I've been working with ASP.NET for about 5 years now and I'm looking to get into SharePoint development.
Would it make more sense to get up to speed on SP 2007 first or just dive straight into SP ...
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What does square bracket [] mean in the below code?
I got below code from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd584174(office.11).aspx for adding custom property in webpart tool pane. What does square bracket ([]) mean in the below code?
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Sharepoint WebPart
I'm new to developing in SharePoint and would like some tips please. I want to develop a WebPart. I understand that I effectively need to do this on a machine with SharePoint Server installed and ...
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What is the best way to handle all SPItem's on SharePoint web Application level?
What is the best way to handle all the newly added documents and items to the SharePoint lists and Document Libraries on Share Point Web Application Level.
My case is that I want to do some ...
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Adding a required field validator to a SharePoint webpart
I am writing a webpart for MOSS 2007. I need to validate a text field in that webpart, or which I am using th required field validator.
I am creating the required field validator as follows:
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Is it possible to debug IIS without affecting all users of the service?
This may seem like a silly question, but we are having an issue debugging IIS in a shared test environment and I'm hoping that someone out there can give us an answer.
We have a Windows Server 2003 ...
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.NET SharePoint development, what do I need?
Question: I'm an ASP.NET developer since about a bit more than a year now.
I'm thinking about changing the employer sometime in the future, and
I've seen familiarity with SharePoint development as a ...
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How to have http module on fire events only for specific page types
I have an http module on a sharepoint site and this module instantiates a custom class and add it to the session and does other initial things for my site.
However, I'm noticing that the http module ...
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Customized Sharepoint List Add/Edit page is slow to load
I have a list with about 3000 items in it. The editing page is taking forever to load but the rest of the site is fast. I thought it had to do with having a Lookup column on the page and using the ...
