Archive for June, 2008

Searching SharePoint lists and document libraries with RenderAsHtml

This post describes how to create a SharePoint web part which uses the RenderAsHtml method of SPList and SPView to display list data to users. As well as this the article shows how to inject custom CAML queries into the view query and how to overcome some limitations of RenderAsHtml such as expanding groups via callbacks, sorting, and filtering. These limitations normally prevent the use of the GroupBy clause in views when using RenderAsHtml and also cause some of the usual toolbar functions such as sorting and filtering to fail.

The result is a SharePoint web part which can render list and document library data from any web part page.

16Jun2008 | darren | 9 comments | Continued

Using ASP.Net 3.5 to read an RSS feed asynchronously

This post shows how to create a custom ASP.Net control which uses the new System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace in .Net 3.5 to load RSS and ATOM feeds asynchronously via AJAX. The result is a server control and small javascript library that can be used on any ASP.Net page or hosted in a SharePoint web part. The use of the asynchronous load is useful for ensuring that there are no delays in page loading when slower feeds are pulled down- particularly useful on web sites or SharePoint home pages.

14Jun2008 | darren | 14 comments | Continued

Office Live chart demo updated

This is just a quick post to say that I’ve uploaded an Office Live Solution file (.olp) for the Office Live chart demo to the downloads section.

7Jun2008 | darren | 0 comments | Continued

Office Live version 2

A while ago I completed migration of my company’s justia solution to Office Live version 2. justia is a legal practice management system that was originally written in Office Live and uses a number of javascript libraries and external services to provide the functions it needs to operate.

7Jun2008 | darren | 1 comment | Continued

SharePoint Quick Surveys 1.0.2

Yes….hot on the heels of 1.0.1 is another release of the SharePoint Quick Surveys web part. This is a result of user feedback and makes a couple of small changes and fixes. Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to install the solution and try it out for me.

7Jun2008 | darren | 4 comments | Continued

SharePoint Quick Surveys 1.0.1

This is a quick post to say that I’ve placed version 1.0.1 of the SharePoint Quick Surveys web part in the downloads section. This is a small maintenance release to correct a couple of minor bugs.

5Jun2008 | darren | 0 comments | Continued

Changing names in file uploads

Quite a few people have been using the ASP.Net file upload module and have been asking if it is possible to save the uploaded files to different locations or with custom file names.
This is possible by changing your implementation of the IFileProcessor interface, specifically the StartNewFile method.

4Jun2008 | darren | 2 comments | Continued