Author Archives: Stu

Error Running SharePoint Unit Tests on 64 Bit Machine

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Stu

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The Web application at http://localhost could not be found. Verify that you have typed the URL correctly. If the URL should be serving existing content, the system administrator may need to add a new request URL mapping to the … Continue reading →

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Unified Logging Service Class

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Stu

Looking for a simple class to add the ability to write to the Unified Logging Service (ULS) for your SharePoint 2010 project? Then the following should provide a good starting point for you. Full source code for this example is … Continue reading →

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Workflow Activity – Part 2

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Stu

This is the second part of the custom workflow activity creation tutorial. For the first part please go here. Now that we have a workflow activity defined, the next step is to add a new project to Visual Studio.

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Workflow Activity – Part 1

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Stu

The object of this post is to provide a walkthrough on creating a custom workflow activity for SharePoint 2010 and deploying it as part of a custom sequential workflow. Start by creating a new empty Class Library project.

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Trim Sound File

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Stu

Totally off-topic post today. I was looking for a quick and easy way of trimming an MP3 yesterday on my Mac (yes, I use a Mac for SharePoint dev) and stumbled across a free way of doing this with QuickTime. … Continue reading →

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