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In order to display scroll bar in SharePoint list view web parts, a simple trick is to use jQuery. Following is the sample code that you can add in a hidden content editor web part that will add scroll bar in the given ID’s of the web parts on that page:   <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></scr... [More]

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A very nice and comprehensive post to show every possible (and latest) info regarding your SharePoint version related queries: How to Locate Version Info of SharePoint

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If you get stsadm –o preupgradecheck abort message saying something like “An error occurred while parsing entity name” then fear not and go to …\12\CONFIG\PreUpgradeCheck folder and look for the rules files. Now based on the error message, you can locate which rule went bizzerk. You can either fix your farm setting for example, may be aga... [More]

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“Document Center” in SharePoint solves a common problem: How to make specific files available to a large group of users without giving them access to other files. For example, in a project site with 100 files, one of these files is a final report and should be made available to all other users. Instead of modifying the permissions for this final re... [More]

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Regarding “SharePoint Foundation” and “SharePoint Server 2010”, the important thing to understand is that SharePoint Foundation is the foundation, and SharePoint Server is simply an optional add-on package of more advanced features. In fact, you cannot install SharePoint Server by itself, because installing it automatically also installs SharePoint... [More]

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To get a list of all SharePoint 2010 Power Shell commands, please do the following: In the SharePoint 2010 Management Console enter the following code Get-Command –PSSnapin “Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell” | format-table name > C:\SP2010_PowerShell_Commands.txt

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!New icon in SharePoint is used to indicate newly added list items. It is used as a visual clue for users. Default duration of this icon is 2 days. Fortunately, using stsadm we can update that duration or even get rid of it, if required. To Change Duration: You can run stsadm.exe by using the following syntax, where Number_Of_Days is the number o... [More]

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If you get 'AllowAutomaticASPXPageIndexing' attribute is not declared error while using SharePoint STSADM import and export or doing data migration using SharePoint content migration API, please make sure the service packs from the source and destination servers are same. Having different service packs could cause this problem. There is also a ho... [More]

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Xavor has recently launched its free 2010 SharePoint Migrator for SharePoint migration and restructuring needs. Looks pretty promising with all cool migration and restructuring features under one roof which appears to be free as well :-) Please see http://www.xavor.com/whatwedo/solutions/Sharepoint2010.aspx for details.

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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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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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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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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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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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Andrew Connell has written an excellent tip which will help you to identify the power shell cmdlet you are looking for in SharePoint 2010 with ease! How to find the power shell cmdlet in SharePoint 2010

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