Author Archives: Stu

Visual Studio Tools

This post is more of a reminder for myself than anything else, as I always forget the exact settings required when I move to a new role. The first setting is for listing the strong name key for the active … Continue reading →

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SharePoint WebPart Content Updater

I’ve recently written a small utility class for SharePoint and thought I’d share it with the community. The class allows you to automate the creation, modification or deletion of WebParts and their content on any number of SharePoint pages. It … Continue reading →

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SharePoint CAML Utility Helper

I’ve recently developed a project to assist with the dynamic generation of CAML queries in .NET projects and have hosted it in CodePlex. To view the C# source for the tool, or download the latest assembly, please follow this link. … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Database Information

Note: This post relates to SharePoint 2007. I’ve recently worked on a project that required direct access to the SharePoint content and Shared Service databases for reporting purposes.  Although accessing the SharePoint databases directly is generally a no-no and is … Continue reading →

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Site Usage Stats and Timer Service Fail to Initialise

I’ve spent some time trying to resolve an issue where the Site Usage statistics were not updating for a MOSS site, even though the log files were being successfully written to the file system as expected and wanted to share … Continue reading →

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