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• One of more field types are not installed properly

  Posted: 27 Jun 2009 at 18:07 by ssa

  Here is another small tip. If you get the following error, change the field name that you are using in your SPQuery to the "internal" field name and that should resovle your issue. One of more field types are not installed properly Well, I won't...(read more)

• Reports: Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50

  Posted: 25 Jun 2009 at 22:50 by ssa

  Reports say Michael Jackson has died after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 50. It is indeed a very sad news. He was the king. I was a big fan of him. more)

• Small SPQuery tip (How to get rid of "Cannot complete this action" error)

  Posted: 20 Jun 2009 at 16:45 by ssa

  You try to run an SPQuery and get a "Cannot complete this action" error. I have seen users who think it's a permissions issue and they try to use elevatedprivileges. Remember, if you get this error when running an SPQuery object,the first...(read more)

• Tip: Don't use "&" in instance.xml when creating a WSP

  Posted: 01 Jun 2009 at 20:28 by ssa

  Here is a small tip for you. If you get a parsing error when compiling a WSP for one of your SharePoint lists and the list has data that uses "&", replace it with "&amp;". to get rid of the compile error. For example: <Field...(read more)

• FAST and SharePoint

  Posted: 02 May 2009 at 00:44 by ssa

  http://blogs.technet.com/vedant/archive/2009/01/24/fast-and-sharepoint-2007.aspx This blog post contains good information about SharePoint and FAST. True, there are not many blogs (developer's perspective) at the moment that are discussing this topic...(read more)

• SharePoint Saturday DC: Live Blogging

  Posted: 30 Apr 2009 at 15:09 by ssa

  Hi Friends, April 30 - 11:10 AM: I will be at the SharePoint Saturday DC on May 2nd. I will do live blogging and will try to cover as many sessions as possible. I have setup a flickr account for this event: http://flickr.com/photos/sharepointsaturdaydc...(read more)

• Congratulations to the First Microsoft Certified SharePoint Masters! (via SP Team Blog)

  Posted: 30 Apr 2009 at 14:51 by ssa

  http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/29/congratulations-to-the-first-microsoft-certified-sharepoint-masters.aspx...(read more)

• MVP Renewed for another year!

  Posted: 01 Apr 2009 at 15:46 by ssa

  Just got an email from Microsoft that my MVP award has been renewed for another year. Congrats to everyone who got renewed and to all the new MVPs!...(read more)

• Explorer view in big libraries does not load

  Posted: 12 Mar 2009 at 18:19 by ssa

  Explorer view in big libraries, that have huge number of documents, does not load. It gives you following error: After some time, you get the following network error:...(read more)

• Error: File not found

  Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 20:26 by ssa

  File not found I got this error second time in two months so I thought I would share my experience with the readers. As you may know, there could be several reasons for this error. If you google internet for this specific SharePoint error, you will find...(read more)

• 10 Best Practices For Building SharePoint Solutions

  Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 20:14 by ssa

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd458798.aspx Some tips about writing testable code and deploying SharePoint solutions!...(read more)

• InfoPath Tip: Managing older versions

  Posted: 21 Feb 2009 at 19:37 by ssa

  InfoPath Tip: Managing older versions Here is a small tip to manage older versions of InfoPath forms. This is a very simple tip and the solution is available out-of-the-box but unfortunately, InfoPath developers usually ignore this built-in feature and...(read more)

• VSTO 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services v3.0, v1.3 - Feb 2009 CTP

  Posted: 21 Feb 2009 at 05:13 by ssa

  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b2c0b628-5cab-48c1-8cae-c34c1ccbdc0a&DisplayLang=en...(read more)

• Sharepoint tools support in Visual Studio 2010

  Posted: 21 Feb 2009 at 05:12 by ssa

  http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2009/02/19/sharepoint-tools-support-in-visual-studio.aspx...(read more)

• New MSDN Article: Integrating External Document Repositories with SharePoint Server 2007

  Posted: 04 Feb 2009 at 13:03 by ssa

  MSDN has published a new article written by a fellow MVP Scot Hillier. This is an excellent article that shows how one can integrate external document repositories like Documentum, etc with SharePoint server 2007. It's not a web part but a complete...(read more)

• New book: Building content types in SharePoint 2007

  Posted: 04 Feb 2009 at 01:07 by ssa

  http://www.amazon.com/Building-Content-Type-Solutions-SharePoint/dp/1584506695/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221580433&sr=8-1...(read more)

• Nice post about Podcasting kit for SharePoint

  Posted: 03 Feb 2009 at 13:15 by ssa

  A nice post by Michael Gannotti about Podcasting kit for SharePoint: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/mikeg/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=1b3bbb8f%2D4b5a%2D4f72%2D94c4%2D94cb80bc3866&ID=1497 kit available on Codeplex: http://www.codeplex.com/pks...(read more)

• SharePoint Dispose Checker Tool

  Posted: 03 Feb 2009 at 13:03 by ssa

  SPDisposeCheck is a tool to help users check assemblies that use the SharePoint API. It provides assistance in correctly disposing of certain objects. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck...(read more)

• MS SharePoint conference 2009

  Posted: 03 Feb 2009 at 12:59 by ssa

  Microsoft SharePoint conference 2009 will be held in October this year in Las Vegas, NV. Technical content related to SharePoint 14 will be presented. http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/spc2009.aspx...(read more)

• Internet Explorer 8 RC1 available for downloading

  Posted: 27 Jan 2009 at 13:32 by ssa

  Internet Explorer RC1 can be downloaded from the Microsoft site now: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/ It will be available in 25 languages. What are web slices? Read more on Microsoft site (link above). Posted on SharePoint Blogs...(read more)