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Whilst working on a recently upgraded SharePoint 2010 site (database attach upgrade) I attempted to modify an existing web part. As soon as the page went into edit mode I was presented with the following SharePoint error: “One or more field types are not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete these… Continue Reading →
Read articleTo export a list from a SharePoint site you can follow the steps below. Ensure that the user account performing the process is a member of the farm administrator group In Central Administration, on the Home page, click Backup and Restore on the left hand menu. On the Backup and Restore page, in the Granular… Continue Reading →
Read articleWhen using a virtual image, which does not have a network connection. You may experience problems with saving documents directly into a document library and the following error message may be displayed. “This file cannot be saved because there is not connection to this server. Check your network connection and try again”. To resolve this… Continue Reading →
Read articleIn the previous post in this series I covered the basics of using custom columns or metadata in document libraries. In this much shorter article I will take the concepts already covered and extend of them by introducing the lookup column type. Using the Lookup Column Type The lookup column type can be used to add metadata to… Continue Reading →
Read articleProbably the most commonly used features of SharePoint are the document management features. This series of articles will attempt to highlight some of the functionality that is available to users in configuring and managing document libraries. I would like to add that the following is not designed as a guide to best practise, but is purely… Continue Reading →
Read articleWhen branding a SharePoint site it is common to want to remove certain default Web Controls or Content Place Holders. However I came a across an instance today where I had commented out a number of place holders (specifically the PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea place holder) , the site compiled ok and allowed me to deploy it to a site…. Continue Reading →
Read articleFor the first time I have had to create a workflow against a calendar item, previously the workflows I have been writing have been against documents or InfoPath forms. A reasonably common occurence in these workflows has been to send an email out to users which would typically include a link to the document. Up to… Continue Reading →
Read articleIf when you upload a solution to the solution gallery in SharePoint 2010 you receive the following error. “This solution contains invalid markup or elements that cannot be deployed as part of a sandboxed solution. Solution manifest for solution ’64afe4f8-6a99-42e8-9845-43fc18cc49f8′ failed validation, file manifest.xml, line 10, character 4: The element ‘Solution’ in namespace ‘http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/’ has invalid… Continue Reading →
Read articleI came across an interesting bug whilst I was working on a project for a client which included a simple workflow. The workflow included a step which would pause until a particular time before re-commencing. However, once I had created and published the workflow I noticed that the workflow was not restarting when it was supposed… Continue Reading →
Read articleSometimes I just love application error messages :-). Today I decided to modify a web part on my local SharePoint site. So I loaded up SharePoint Designer 2010 and was presented with the “this website has been configured to disallow editing with sharepoint designer” message. This message confused the hell out of me, as I… Continue Reading →
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