Category Archives: Shorts

Loopback Check and 401.1 Error

SharePoint Short #18 If you’re developing a web service for SharePoint, or trying to access one of the SharePoint web services, through server code and get a 401.1 Unauthorized exception, it’s worth checking if the status of the loopback check, … Continue reading →

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Create Zip File

SharePoint Short #17 Not so much a SharePoint post, but can be used in a SharePoint project, so counts for me 🙂 Using the WindowsBase assembly provides access to the System.IO.Packaging namespace and the PackagePart class. Using this class to … Continue reading →

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Get Default Database Infomation

SharePoint Short #15 Looking for a quick an easy way of retrieving the default content database information, like the SQL instance (i.e. servername\instance)? string sqlServerInstance = SPWebService.ContentService.DefaultDatabaseInstance.NormalizedDataSource;string sqlServerInstance = SPWebService.ContentService.DefaultDatabaseInstance.NormalizedDataSource; or individually string sqlInstance = SPWebService.ContentService.DefaultDatabaseInstance.Instance; string sqlServer = SPWebService.ContentService.DefaultDatabaseInstance.Server;string … Continue reading →

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Editing SPView objects

SharePoint Short #14 Making a change to a SPView object directly will not work: listObject.DefaultView.Title = "new title"; listObject.DefaultView.Update();listObject.DefaultView.Title = "new title"; listObject.DefaultView.Update(); What you should do is instantiate a new variable from the view you want to make changes … Continue reading →

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