Console Application FileNotFoundException – The web application could not be...
After creating a console application to connect to SharePoint through the API, the following error can occur: The Web application at http://intranet.local could not be found. Verify that you have typed...
View ArticleReusable content: overview of where it was used / inserted
OOB there is no way to get an overview where reusable content was used. When content editors change such a content item, they often want to see if the pages where it was inserted are still correct....
View ArticleAccess denied on RDP-session or authenticated web sites?
Check the time of the server… if the time of the server is e.g. in the future and you connect from a 2008 R2 server to a 2008 R2 server, you get a logon failure. After checking the AD-account etc. I...
View ArticleSPSiteDataQuery no results?
When you execute a SPSiteDataQuery with some filter-fields and you receive no results, while you expect some, please add the filter-fields also to the view-fields….
View ArticleElements of type ‘WebTemplate’ are not supported at the ‘Farm’ scope
I tried to create a web template from scratch through Visual Studio 2010. This article explains it in full detail. After creating an empty element, adding it to a feature, I got the following error:...
View ArticlePage Layouts in Master Page Gallery not updated after a deployment
The problem: Visual Studio 2010 solution, modules with Page Layouts, etc. Changes in Page Layouts were not updated after deployment. Old version kept on showing up. Tried the following things: Manually...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 custom masterpage: Ribbon disappearing?
Case: custom masterpage, moved around the ribbon, site actions, etc. Testing: clicking on ribbon tabs hides ribbon totally. Because I moved everything around, but kept the id’s of default v4...
View ArticleContentIterator : SPQueryThrottleException
When querying a list with more than 2000 items, you can use the ContentIterator class which should eliminate the SPQueryThrottledException. Don’t forget one thing: Add the columns in the WHERE-query to...
View ArticleProgrammatically enable rating on SharePoint 2010 sites
If you want to enable the new Rating feature in SP2010 through your custom webtemplate, you have to do two things: Add site collection feature to your onet.xml (<SiteFeatures>): <Feature...
View ArticleError deploying BDC feature
When deploying e.g. an external content type through a feature, everything could look fine on your development machine. However, when installing on another server, you could run into the following...
View ArticleSPSiteDataQuery: The property Query contains an invalid value.
Just ran into the following issue: created a big query, which was working fine. Made a minor change and ran into the following exception: The property Query contains an invalid value.]...
View ArticleHow to correctly log search results clicks by calling RecordPageClick in...
Scenario: Office 365, we have implemented an autocomplete search experience where search results pop up automatically when the user starts typing. We use jQuery autocomplete, and fire Search REST API...
View ArticleHow to properly embed a Yammer poll in SharePoint or Office 365
We had the requirement to embed a Yammer poll in SharePoint. This poll would be shown on the homepage of an Office 365 portal. With the Yammer WebPart deprecated, there are two options: Use the REST...
View ArticleHow to get a Yammer Like counter on your page
We have an Office 365 portal and our client wanted to have a Yammer Like button. Alright, that’s easy! Add the Yammer Embed Like and we are done. The client came back and said: Ah that looks good, but...
View ArticleAngular ADAL JS + SharePoint REST API in non-root site collections
I’ve been struggling with the following. I’m building a SPA Office Add-in, which communicates with Office 365, using the (awesome) ADAL JS libraries. My app queries the SharePoint Search and downloads...
View ArticleTechNet is wrong; You CAN add add-ins to Word Online
After some confusion and discussion on Yammer and TechNet forums, I found out that TechNet has published an article that has incorrect information. According to this article you cannot add Add-ins to...
View ArticleADAL Cordova, Android => Loading?
We are developing an app for Cordova. It will authenticate against Azure AD, and we are using the ADAL library for Cordova. To test this is working, we did a proof of concept, and thas was all working...
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