How to change hard coded URLs in InfoPath form templates, Universal Data Connection (UDC) files, and content types for specific scenarios in SharePoint

15. February 2010
Microsoft has provided a very neat tool which allows a SharePoint farm administrator to change hard coded URLs in InfoPath form templates, Universal Data Connection (UDC) files, and content types in SharePoint for specific scenarios. You can download this tool using following URL: Tool to change hard coded URLs in SharePoint

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How to Pick Right Color for Web Development

10. February 2010
Choosing rights colors can be a very tedious task if you are not a professional web designer. Yet, being in web development, every other time or so we have to choose colors for our work and choosing right ones can make a huge difference in the overall impression of the work. To make life a bit easier, following color theory based articles can be u... [More]

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Optimize Code Performance in SharePoint

9. February 2010
Always remember to avoid creating and destroying objects unnecessarily in code, as this may require that extra queries be made against the database. In the following example, separate objects for the “Tasks” list must be instantiated each time the indexer is used to set properties and the method for updating is called. This is not a recommended p... [More]

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Common SharePoint Foundation Terms Every SharePoint Developer Must Know

9. February 2010
Here is the brief definition of various SharePoint terms which one should know as a SharePoint developer. Alerts: Alerts provide a framework for automating event-driven e-mail or Short Message Service (SMS) notifications that are raised in response to specific events or that run on a schedule. Alerts can be attached to items as granular as list o... [More]

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Claims Based Authentication in SharePoint 2010

8. February 2010
SharePoint Server 2010 includes new model, strong and flexible authentication works with any corporate identity system, including Active Directory based, LDAP-application specific databases and new user models such as LiveID centric identity.This model uses authentication and requires a new product, code-named Geneva. Claims based authentication im... [More]

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Tips to rise early in the morning

7. February 2010
Rising early and make use of the morning time has always been a challenging task for software engineers and I am no exception. Lately, I have been able to come up with few tips that has helped me a lot in rising early. I would like to share these tips with you guys which might be equally helpful. 1. Don’t make getting back in bed an option ... [More]

Thought Process

[Resolved] Cisvc.exe Takes High CPU Usage.

4. February 2010
Indexing Service ~ this service always has been a major resource hog. I NEVER recommend having this service enabled. Remove the function by the "Add / Remove Programs" icon in the control panel (Windows Setup Programs). It uses about 500 K to 2 MB in an idle state, not to mention the amount of memory and CPU resources it takes to INDEX the drives. ... [More]

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CA XOsoft WANSync Real Time Replication Tool

1. February 2010
WANSync is a information protection solution that uses asynchronous real-time replication to provide cost-effective disaster recovery capabilities for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft IIS webservers, file servers, and other applications on AIX, Solaris, Red Hat and both 32- and 64-bit Windows. XOsoft offers disaster re... [More]

Software Review

SharePoint datasheet view error: The list is displayed in standard view. It cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons

25. January 2010
Problem Statement Your datasheet view suddenly stopped working and displayed following error. “The list is displayed in standard view. It cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons: A datasheet component compatible with Windows SharePoint Services is not installed, your browser does not support ActiveX cont... [More]

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NAS vs SAN

19. January 2010
NAS provides both storage and a file system. This is often contrasted with SAN (Storage Area Network), which provides only block-based storage and leaves file system concerns on the "client" side. SAN protocols are SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, ATA over Ethernet (AoE), or HyperSCSI.Despite their differences, SAN and NAS are not mutually exclusive, an... [More]

Technology

What is RAID?

19. January 2010
RAID is an acronym first defined back in 1987 to describe a redundant array of inexpensive disks, a technology that allowed computer users to achieve high levels of storage reliability from low-cost PC hard disk drives, via the technique of arranging the devices into an array for fail-safe redundancy."RAID" is now used as an umbrella term for compu... [More]

General

Dell Froot Concept Computer without Keyboard & Monitor

18. January 2010
  The Dell Froot concept while oddly named aims to be environmentally friendly and save the planet with two projectors. One for a virtual keyboard, and another for the monitor. Pretty great idea and a great space saver to boot. It was designed by Pauline Carlos as part of a sustainability contest from Dell. The colorful case is constructed... [More]

Freely Generate Thumbnails of Your Website

18. January 2010
Want to have Thumbnails of your website ? Now its very eaisy, and quite free, check out www.bluga.net and add your link there.   Bluga.net WebThumb provides a white-label web service API for generating web thumbnails and full size snapshots of websites. WebThumb offers more features and quicker response times then any other service. Rea... [More]

Google friend connect is not showing up when using firefox or chrome.. how to fix it?

10. January 2010
i was having same problem, and fixed it with this simple code which i added in Header.php file.   <script>window.JSON = { parse: function(st){  return st.evalJSON(); }, stringify: function(obj){  return Object.toJSON(obj); }};</script>

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How to add no follow rel for comments in wordpress ?

9. January 2010
You need to look at my code and edit your code accordingly, before that please read post carefully and create a backup of file functions.php 1.Open the functions.php file in ur current theme and put these code within php tags. What it will do: 1. Will add ‘no follow’ as rel in url , if comment contains any url. 2. Will ad ‘exter... [More]

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