Hi all. During digging into different sharepoint \*.debug.js files I also investigating into sp.ui.dialog.debug.js. Out of the box modal dialog framework has some number of methods for manipulating dialog window, but some methods (that might be useful) missed. For example programmatically maximize or restore dialog window. Here is a couple of extension...
Hi all! You clicked ribbon buttons a lot in SharePoint 2010. Sometimes, you as developer are interested in what code is executed when particular button is clicked. I’m going to show how you can easily find particular js handler for any ribbon button. For example, imagine you want to find what code is fires when you click “Edit HTML Source” drop down button.....
Hi all! Sometimes during spdevelopment you may need to dig into OOB SharePoint javascript files and look how they work. As you may know, under layouts folder in 14 hive there are also debug versions of javascript files. When you are debugging you solution in visual studio by pressing F5 it might automatically replace standard js files with it debug versions,...
Hi all! Today I’m going to show example of how to write clean and understandable code when using feature upgrade. Of course, solution which we are using is not perfect, but it rather solid, easy to use, easy to read, easy to extend. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or event better and cooler solution – you are welcome in comments :). Ok, lets...
Hi all! This is my revisited post from this one. I am going to show how we can call and test feature upgrade methods directly in visual studio. Lets start. We need visual studio and CKS Dev extensions. CKS Dev adds additional deployment steps into your sharepoint project. Among them Upgrade Solution. This command simply run Update-SPSolutioncmdlet(or may be....
Hi all! Based on this sharepoint.stackexchange question. May be in some reasons you want to disable all drag-and-drop event for your calendar list. I don’t know if it possible through C# code, but it’s possible through javascript. In or through code (don’t forget about proper disposing): And that’s it. This code disables drag and drop for events for month,.....
Hi all! May be you are already familiar with sharepoint 2010 script on demand feature. Recently I was playing with it and want to show some examples and explanations how it works. There is a server control, that is responsible for rendering scripts on demand - ScriptLink .This control has 4 significant properties: LoadAfterUI, Name, OnDemand and Localizable....
If you need to quickly get field internal name or type from UI, you can get it from any list form - new\\edit\\view. You must select html element, that contains specified field value, and in html comments you can see field's display name, internal name, and field type. As on screenshot below, I use Firebug in Firefox: Or Web Developer tools in IE:
Recently I posted about accessing lookup fields in item event receivers and about some pitfalls when you are using it. Next part is about using PeopleEditor (or people picker as it sometimes called). Let's add new field to our list and see what will happen in event receivers. First, ItemAdding: In AfterProperties you can see "7". "7"?! Why? Because...
Hi! Recently I was playing with synchronous item event receivers and lookup fields and found some interesting behavior in different situations. I'll try to describe some pitfalls that I faced when develop item receivers for SharePoint. So, lookup fields. When you try access to a lookup field in such events as Adding or Updating you may to have lookup value.....