Author Archives: Stu

Update WSP File

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #8 It’s easy to extract and make changes to a WSP file – use any compression program (WinZip, WinRAR, etc.) to extract it to your machine and you’re good to go. Once you’ve made your changes to the … Continue reading →

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Service Application Proxy Classes

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #7 Looking for a list of the currently available service application proxy classes? Run the following in a console app and et voilà: var proxies = from serviceProxies in SPFarm.Local.ServiceProxies from SPServiceApplicationProxy serviceProxy in serviceProxies.ApplicationProxies select serviceProxies;   … Continue reading →

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Managed Metadata Feature

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Stu

If you’re trying to add a managed metadata column to your site, you may see the text “The required feature is not enabled for this column type” in the Term Set Settings. section. The message is simple enough but does … Continue reading →

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Get CAS IPermission for exception

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Stu

If you’re working on a SharePoint solution that requires a custom code access security (CAS) policy, the following is an easy way of determining the permission(s) you need to add to the config. For this to work, you need to … Continue reading →

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Dynamically load JavaScript file

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Stu

Sometimes you don’t always want a JavaScript file to load. If, for instance, a control that utilises it is loaded by a page that already references the same JavaScript file, you wouldn’t want to load the script file again. Note: … Continue reading →

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