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Getting the world stored procedure free.
Lately I’m focusing myself on the ease of use of my code. I prefer that it is easy to read and maintain. I don’t mind if it’s not the best performing piece of coding. As long as it is logically...
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Tool: SPDisposeCheck v1.3.1
The Sharepoint team released a handy tool that helps you detect incorrectly (read: not) disposed objects. It provides assistance in correctly disposing of certain SharePoint objects to help you follow...
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New release: SPDispose v14.0.4762.1000
We have discussed the SharePoint 2007 SPDispose tool here before. A new version is now available with SharePoint 2010 support and a Visual Studio add-in. In addition to dispose guidelines they have...
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Tools: dotPeek. The free decompiler.
Good news!! JetBrains released the first version of their free decompiler tool, dotPeek. Since the February 2011 the .NET community was looking forward for a new free decompiler tool after RedGate...
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NLog configuration file to log like Log4Net.
Here is a NLog config file that generates a similar log file layout as with the (default) Log4Net settings. This NLog configuration also includes the date in the log file name to mimic the Log4Net...
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SharePoint 2010 language pack downloader.
Ran into this helpful tool on Codeplex today. The SharePoint language pack downloader (http://sp2010dl.codeplex.com) Manually downloading all the needed language packs from the Microsoft site can be...
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SP2013. Adding breadcrumbs
For some reason breadcrumbs are disabled in the default SharePoint master pages. Luckily it is very easy to add them. Add breadcrumb Simply add this snippet to your master page or page layout...
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SharePoint 2013. Content Search web part.
The content search web part is just brilliant. Not only does it let you aggregate, filter and find content and their metadata. The new way of styling with the new display templates is a huge relieve...
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SharePoint 2013. Where is my dll?
Sometimes it is a lot handier to just update one of the dll’s in the GAC rather than go through the pain of deploying an entire SharePoint solution. In fact it’s one of the key features that makes the...
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Shrink log databases on SQL Server
Ran into a problem where my SP2013 standalone development machine was running out of disk space. The reason turned out to be 61GBs of database log files. Here is small script for shrinking SQL Server...
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SharePoint 2013 tools.
My SP Toolbox. A quick overview of the tools I regularly use while creating solutions for SharePoint. Boost productivity and limit debug sessions. SharePoint Manager The SharePoint Manager 2013 is a...
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Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned
When writing search queries in C# code you sometimes get the following error. “Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned. If the issue persists, please contact your...
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Overview of all SharePoint 2013 updates
I compiled a list with all the updates and fixes of the (4) SharePoint 2013 CU updates . Useful if you are wondering if certain ‘strange’ behavior is a known fixed issue. You can download the list...
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Introducing errors with memoryLimitMegabytes.
Introduction Many posts inform you about limiting the amount of memory of the SharePoint 2013 Search component by setting the “memoryLimitMegabytes” attribute to a number higher than zero. Most of...
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“Ask me about” property.
If you want to search or disable the refinements of the “Ask Me About” property from the user profile, look for Managed property “Responsibilities“. Or the crawled property “SPS-Responsibilities”....
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SharePoint 2013 list of all CU updates
A quick update on my “Overview of all SharePoint 2013 updates” article. Last September I created a PDF file with an overview of all the issues fixed with the SharePoint CU updates. I updated this file...
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SharePoint online predefined managed properties.
The amount of refiners you can define in SharePoint online is limited. You basicaly need to link a property to a predefined managed property and set an alias. Found an overview of the predefined...
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Setting site collection sharing by code
Introduction Set the site collection sharing (capabilities) properties in SharePoint Online by using clientside code. Sharing Capabilities With SharePoint Online you can set the “Sharing properties” of...
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The request uses too many resources
Introduction While developing a CSOM app for SharePoint Online I encountered an error: “The request uses too many resources” My problem I got this error while removing some webparts from a wikipage...
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