Links for 2007-06-28 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-28 [del.icio.us]

• Connect: Windows Home Server

Link - Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-29 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-29 [del.icio.us]

• Create custom field type in WSS V3 - jimyang's blog
• Steve Eichert - Solving A/BC + D/EF + G/HI = 1 with Ruby
• PainlessSVN - Subversion Server MMC Snap-In

Link - Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-27 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-27 [del.icio.us]

• Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog : Using Javascript to Manipulate a List Form Field
• JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: Change the fields in the current view of a listviewwebpart
• Zero Gravity

Link - Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-26 [del.icio.us]

• MAKE: Blog: Binary marble adding machine
  Matthias Wandel created an adding machine from wood, marbles and gravity. Pretty cool.
• ClearTrace - Read80Trace for SQL Server 2005 - ClearData Consulting, Inc.

Link - Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Generic Batch File to GAC Assembly DLLs and PDBs

::----------------------------------------------------------------------------
:: GACs assemblies located in the Assemblies folder - these have been stuck 
:: there by the following post-build event script on each individual project:
::	copy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)\Assemblies\$(ConfigurationName)\"
::	copy $(TargetDir)$(TargetName).pdb "$(SolutionDir)\Assemblies\$(ConfigurationName)
::----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ECHO OFF

:: Temporarily navigate to the Assemblies folder
PUSHD C:\Projects\YOURPROJECT\Assemblies\Debug

:: Call the GacAssembly subroutine once for each assembly
CALL :GacAssembly YOURPROJECT.BusinessLogic
CALL :GacAssembly YOURPROJECT.DataAccess
CALL :GacAssembly YOURPROJECT.Interfaces
CALL :GacAssembly YOURPROJECT.ServiceImplementation


ECHO Recycle the "YOURAPPPOOLNAME IIS Application Pool
%windir%\system32\cscript.exe c:\windows\system32\iisapp.vbs /a YOURAPPPOOLNAME /r

POPD
PAUSE
GOTO:EOF

::----------------------------------------------------------------------------
:GacAssembly
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO GACing the %1 assembly and its PDB file
ECHO -------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
@"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil" /u %1
@"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil" /i %1.dll
copy %1.pdb "C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\%1\1.0.0.0__YOURPUBLICKEY\"
ECHO.
GOTO:EOF

VS2005: Where is my Code Snippets Manager?

It appears that the Code Snippets manager in VS 2005 may or may not be hidden from view.  Normally it should be located under the Tools menu.  If you can't find it there, simply add it by selecting Customize from the Tools menu, then adding it as you would any other missing command.  In the customize dialog it is located (as it should) under the Tools category. 

Links for 2007-06-22 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-22 [del.icio.us]

• Tip/Trick: Cool UI Templating Technique to use with ASP.NET AJAX for non-UpdatePanel scenarios - ScottGu's Blog

Link - Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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MOSS: Creating a Custom View Page

When you use the schema.xml to define a View on a List, each View must have a unique value for the Url attribute.  Typically this is in the format Url="/Forms/MyCustomView.aspx".

If you need to add special content or logic to your custom view page, you can simply

1. Copy C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\Pages\viewpage.aspx into the same folder where you have your schema.xml file, and
2. Rename it MyCustomView.aspx.
3. In your List schema.xml file, in the View tag for your custom view, remove the SetupPath attribute.  This attribute would normally hijack the URL and point it to the Pages\viewpage.aspx
4. Modify MyCustomView.aspx as needed
5. Redeploy (as a feature or part of a solution - if the latter, don't forget to add MyCustomView.aspx to your solution's ddf file)

VS 2008 JavaScript Intellisense

Scott Guthrie has another great post on VS 2008, this time on JavaScript Intellisense:

Topics he discusses are:

• JavaScript Type Inference
• Intellisense for External JavaScript Libraries
• Adding Intellisense Hints to JavaScript
• Intellisense within External JavaScript files
• Calling Web Services using ASP.NET AJAX
• Creating Re-Usable ASP.NET AJAX Behaviors, Controls and Libraries

Read it all at VS 2008 JavaScript Intellisense

Technorati tags: visualstudio, javascript

Links for 2007-06-21 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-21 [del.icio.us]

• Virtual PC Guy's WebLog : Playing with the final version of VHDMount
• TrafficLand.com -- Georgia Ave (MD 97) and Olney-Laytonsville Rd (MD 108)

Link - Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-20 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-20 [del.icio.us]

• Study: greenhouse gas balance of different energy cropping systems
• ESA Online Journals - LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF NET GREENHOUSE-GAS FLUX FOR BIOENERGY CROPPING SYSTEMS
• AEI - Short Publications - The Soviet Collapse

Link - Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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7 Reasons For ASP.NET 2.0 Developers to Use VS 2008

VS 2008 can target both the 2.0 and the 3.0 (as well as the new 3.5) versions of .NET. But if you're not using 3.5, why would you want to use VS 2008?

Direct from the horse's Scott Guthrie's mouth:

1. JavaScript intellisense
2. Much richer JavaScript debugging
3. Nested ASP.NET master page support at design-time
4. Rich CSS editing and layout support within the WYSIWYG designer
5. Split-view designer support for having both source and design views open on a page at the same time
6. A much faster ASP.NET page designer - with dramatic perf improvements in view-switches between source/design mode
7. Automated .SQL script generation and hosting deployment support for databases on remote servers

I for one am looking forward to it.

Technorati tags: visualstudio

Links for 2007-06-18 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-18 [del.icio.us]

• ASP.NET Resources - Download "ASP.NET AJAX Client Life-Cycle Events" Cheat Sheet
• K. Scott Allen : Spindrift

Link - Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-12 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-12 [del.icio.us]

• thekua.com@work » Speeding up Visual Studio 2005
• C# 3.0: The Evolution Of LINQ And Its Impact On The Design Of C# -- MSDN Magazine, June 2007
• SharePoint RPC Services via the URL Protocol - Jan Tielens' Bloggings
• <CodeJacked/> » Quick Tip: Assign a Drive Letter to a Folder (Windows)

Link - Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-11 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-11 [del.icio.us]

• Plan for software boundaries (Windows SharePoint Services)
• Delay's Blog : Silverlight "Surface" Demonstration [Silverlight implementation of Surface's "photo table" UI]
• PageMethods, well-defined URLs for your ASP.NET sites by metaSapiens

Link - Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-10 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-10 [del.icio.us]

• SqlServer 2005 paging: there IS a generic wrapper query possible - Frans Bouma's blog

Link - Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-09 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-09 [del.icio.us]

• New Almost Complete TiVo Codes List - TiVo Community & Store
• TiVo Blog » TiVo HME Applications
• pyTivo - Trac
• Remote Control - Duck Creek Software
• TiVo TrafficCam Viewer Application User Guide

Link - Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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What the Hell is That in My XmlDocument Tag?

So using the SharePoint Solution generator, if you attempt to reverse engineer a list containing a content type, you may see something strange in the XMLDocuments section (scroll right):

<XmlDocuments>
  <XmlDocument NamespaceURI="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms">
        PEZvcm1UZW1wbGF0ZXMgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly9zY2hlbWFzLm1pY3Jvc29mdC5jb20vc2hhcmVwb2ludC92My9jb250ZW50dHlwZS9mb3JtcyI+PERpc3BsYXk+RG9jdW1lbnRMaWJyYXJ5Rm9ybTwvRGlzcGxheT48RWRpdD5Eb2N1bWVudExpYnJhcnlGb3JtPC9FZGl0PjxOZXc+RG9jdW1lbnRMaWJyYXJ5Rm9ybTwvTmV3PjwvRm9ybVRlbXBsYXRlcz4=
  </XmlDocument>
</XmlDocuments>

 

Turns out that this is just the Base64 encoded version of the more common

<FormTemplates xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms">
  <Display>DocumentLibraryForm</Display>
  <Edit>DocumentLibraryForm</Edit>
  <New>DocumentLibraryForm</New>
</FormTemplates>

SharePointBlogs.com - Come Back!

As my two daily vistors may have figured out already, I have been doing some SharePoint work lately.  MOSS is a beast of an application; learning how to manipulate it is not a small task.  So to help with the process, I created SharePointSearch.info a while back; it's a Google CES that indexes SharePoint related blogs and sites.  One prominent SharePoint blog site, SharePointBlogs.com has recently gone dark, reportedly from hardware failures.

All I can say is, thank God for the Google Cache, cause practically every search I do on SharePointSearch.info points to SharePointBlogs.com.  Here's hoping they get back up soon...

Links for 2007-06-07 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-07 [del.icio.us]

• Andrew May's WebLog : What are Content Type IDs?
• Welcome to the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK
• Creating Content Types Based on Other Content Types

Link - Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Opening a Windows Help File Page in Firefox with IE Tab

To open a help file page (the url of which you can find by right-clicking the page and selecting properties) in Firefox, add the following rule to your IE Tab options:

/^mk:@MSITStore.*/

This should then open the page in an IE Tab within Firefox.

The reason you might want to do this is that you can then add local help file pages to your favorite online bookmark manager.

Technorati tags: firefox, extension, helpfile, howto

Links for 2007-06-06 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-06 [del.icio.us]

• Share This Point - Monday, July 17, 2006 Entries

Link - Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Opening an XPS file In Firefox with IE Tab

Microsoft's new XPS file format doesn't play too nicely with Firefox, in my experience.  If Firefox is your default browser, trying to open an xps document throws the browser into an infinite loop of dialog boxes and new tabs, not much fun.

You can fix this if you have the IE Tab extension for Firefox, but it won't work automatically, you have to make a slight change to the default configuration.

Open the IE Tab Options, and edit the first filter that was placed there by default:

Change

/^file:\/\/\/.*\.(mht|mhtml)$/ 

to

/^file:\/\/\/.*\.(mht|mhtml|xps)$/

XPS files should now open properly in an IE tab within Firefox.

Technorati tags: firefox, xps, ietab, howto

Links for 2007-06-05 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-05 [del.icio.us]

• news007.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x810 pixels)
• Amazon Web Services Developer Connection : Turbocharge Your ASP.NET Site With Amazon S3

Link - Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-04 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-04 [del.icio.us]

• How-to Enable Scheduled Publishing in a MOSS Collaboration Portal - Jan Tielens' Bloggings
• The SharePoint Helpdesk: Redecorate with MOSS
• Office SharePoint Server at Microsoft: 12TB and counting (Logged in as: austegard)
• Guide to making SharePoint XHTML Compliant - Zac Smith
• Master Page of Master Page Links » Sharepoint BUZZ - Blogging the Best of SharePoint 2007
• SharePoint Customisation - Sharepoint Scotland
• SapphireSteel :: Setting Up Ruby (and Rails) For Ruby In Steel – From Scratch
• ASP.NET.4GuysFromRolla.com: Rolling Your Own Website Administration Tool - Part 1
• ASP.NET.4GuysFromRolla.com: Rolling Your Own Website Administration Tool - Part 2
• Alin Constantin's Home Page

Link - Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-06-01 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-06-01 [del.icio.us]

• Write a simple control to refresh UpdatePanels from client side
• Wicked Code: UpdatePanel Tips and Tricks -- MSDN Magazine, June 2007
• MossMan's SharePoint 2007 Customization Blog : Sharepoint 2007 Customization Ramp Up - Part 3: Basic Customization
• Avoiding TABLE elements in your SharePoint pages - Patrick Tisseghem's Blog [MVP SharePoint]
• Service Station: Techniques for Contract-First Development -- MSDN Magazine, June 2005
• MOSS 2007 Design Component Relationships and Diagrams
• ASP.NET Site-Map Security Trimming
• Custom Security Trimming for Enterprise Search Results Overview

Link - Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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Links for 2007-05-31 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-05-31 [del.icio.us]

• CAML.NET - Simple yet Brilliant
• Products
• Reformatting XML retrieved directly from the SharePoint API - TheKid.me.uk
• MOSS Fan : Moving on with WebParticles 1
• Sharepoint Use Cases : Displaying the document URL in a document library column - part 2
• Martin's blog : Lookup Column Feature
• Customize the "NewForm.aspx" page for a SharePoint List | Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com
• Martin's blog : Create a Custom List Feature
• Martin's blog : Create a Site Column using a feature deployed via a solution package
• Custom SharePoint STSADM Commands - The Code Project - SharePoint Server
• How to programatically find list items within a folder | Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com
• JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: SharePoint 2007 How To - Create a custom list definition
• JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: SharePoint 2007 Tools Collection v1
• About .NET Blog Post - Publishing Content types and site columns using features - specifying required fields in the XML schema
• Nishand's Blog : The InfoPath form's 'Attachment control doesn't work with SharePoint Workflow forms.
• Random Thunks: Peering into the hidden world of MOSS's CAML
• Programatically create a SharePoint site based on a site definition | Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com
• Chris Johnson : Moving your MySite location in MOSS
• Design My Sites architecture
• Prohibit MOSS My Site creation
• Skinning MS SharePoint with standards ~ Authentic Boredom

Link - Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:00:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs)

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