The standard SharePoint 2013 top navigation menu just wasn't blowing my hair back. There are some decent examples of how to style the top menu but nothing close to what I was looking to do. I wanted a Mega Menu type layout without heaps of flair which was simple to implement and easy for others …
So how can you display sections of your form based on where the item is in the approval process? Easy, some basic XHTML, a querystring parameter and javascript. The idea was have an Edit Item List Form that would show or hide sections based on when the item was in the approval process. I started …
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I needed a way to programmatically get all of the workflows from all site collections and webs. PowerShell looks to be the best answer. This script returns all items in all sites, webs and lists with workflow attached from the application level. It then outputs a file with a pipe separated list of everything.
In the real world it's nice to have a refresh cycle for your development farm. Usually it needs to happen after a large development project or some business process improvement. The problem is how to update your development site so that it mirrors your current production farm. One answer is to use the publishing infrastructure, …
After completing an in-place upgrade Excel Services was unable to open workbooks in the browser. I was confident I had everything configured properly. When trying to open a workbook in the browser I got the nondescript Error – Workbook cannot be opened. There was nothing in the server application log and the SP logs didn’t …
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There was some differences between my development farm and production farm after doing an in-place upgrade to SharePoint 2010. As a result I had some troubles with Excel Services. I was having trouble getting web parts to connect or open spreadsheets in a browser. Basically it came down to two things after making configuration changes: …
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So you upgraded your MOSS 2007 farm to SharePoint 2010 instead of doing a new install? Yeah me too…ouch. I had a database that didn’t get upgraded (MOSS_SSP_SEARCH_DB). I decided to rebuild the service applications where I could which included search. The object was still referenced in the configuration database and was creating a configuration …
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