Author Archives: Stu

Error Saving Site as Template

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Stu

The reason for this post is to hopefully help other users who may have come across the error generating solution files in temporary directory error when attempting to save a site as a template. I came across the above error … Continue reading →

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Custom Field with ECB

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Stu

This post describes how you would go about creating a new SharePoint field and control the URL it maps to and have it display the ECB (Edit Control Block) menu for the selected item. It may look like an ordinary … Continue reading →

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Auto Start SharePoint Timers

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Stu

The default timer schedules in SharePoint can be set too high when you’re in a development environment or are wanting to demonstrate functionality to clients. The Workflow timer has a default schedule of 15 minutes for example. Also, if you … Continue reading →

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Impersonate SharePoint User

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Stu

This is a post that I’d imagine most people who have been developing with SharePoint will be aware of but I thought it might be worthwhile blogging about. I’ve seen code where people have tried to impersonate a user to … Continue reading →

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Temporarily Disable SharePoint Events

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Stu

Just a quick post to demonstrate how you can disable events (item, list, web and workflow) for the currently running thread. There are many reasons why you may want to do this, one of which could be for a unit … Continue reading →

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