I was recently browsing the Web looking for some SharePoint Web site examples to see how different companies/individuals customized their SharePoint look and feel and I came across a site that was using a “User Group” template that I had not heard of. I did a little search and found this Community Kit for SharePoint. This is [...]

Continue reading...

Every once in awhile you happen across a Web site that you say to yourself – that is exactly what I’ve been looking for without realizing you were looking for it. That what this link is all about. I came across these maps of some of the SharePoint Object Models and wanted to make sure [...]

Continue reading...

SPSite Class
This class represents a SharePoint site. It will contain a collection of information for a single SharePoint site.The following are a few of the public properties I have used from SPWeb class to display the SharePoint Site details.

Name
Description

AllowAnonymousAccess
Is anonymous access is allowed for the site.

AllowUnsafeUpdates
Whether to allow updates to the database as a result [...]

Continue reading...

Using Visual Studio 2005, MakeCab.exe and MSBuild to Create Window SharePoint Services v3 Solution Files (*.WSP’s)
SharePoint Solutions Manifest Inside and Out
http://www.frontpages-web-hosting.net/forums/archive/index.php/f-6.html
http://aspalliance.com/1464_Deploying_ASPNET_Applications.all
Code Access Security – Creating a Policy File

Continue reading...

Fortunately Windows SharePoint Services V3 (SharePoint 2007) Object model offers a high level of backward compatibility with its predecessor(V2) , so we expect that most of our code written for previous version just work fine in new version as well. Microsoft has introduced a new class in Windows SharePoint Services V3 (SharePoint 2007) called SPContext. [...]

Continue reading...

Recently I was working on a classroom setup where the students would need to do labs. Having lots of experience in this area I thought it would be a good idea for me to create differencing disks for the students that way if they didn’t complete a lab or accidently messed up a lab they [...]

Continue reading...

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;
namespace WebApplication1
{
    public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {        }
        protected void GetSitesAndGroups()
        {
            string userList = SPEncode.HtmlEncode(TextBox1.Text) + ” is a user in the following webs:<BR>”;
            SPSite mySite = SPContext.Current.Site;
            SPWebCollection allWebs = mySite.AllWebs;
            foreach [...]

Continue reading...

Having worked with Virtual PC for several years now, I have had different challenges along the way. On the whole am very happy that I have a virtual environment and I don’t have to own 5 different servers to be a developer. If you are a Virtual PC user you need to read this blog [...]

Continue reading...

This is a great script to create a random number key that can be used on Web sites for validation. 
    private static Random _random = new Random();    public string RandomString(int size)     {      StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();       for (int i=0; i<size; i++) {          builder.Append(Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor(26 * _random.NextDouble() + 65))));          }            return builder.ToString();        } 

Continue reading...

Have you ever deployed an application and had it working for months, but then suddenly you get a call from your client, boss, or the Help Desk saying your application is broken? Well, for most of us developers this is a very familiar situation. From my perspective, if my code has been running bug free [...]

Continue reading...