Author Archives: Bernado

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About Bernado

Based in Australia, I am a freelance SharePoint and Dynamics CRM developer. I love developing innovative solutions that address business and everyday problems. Feel free to contact me if you think I can help you with your SharePoint or CRM implementation.

Tip for deploying workflow template with InfoPath task form

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Bernado

Maybe because I’m a newbie, but I ran into a lot of problem trying to deploy a workflow template with an InfoPath task form. The trick is in your feature receiver and your feature properties (in the XML definition). The best … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Evil #4: Document Information Panel always defaults to first content type in the library

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Bernado

A SharePoint Evil is an issue/error that is so ambiguous and misleading that Google will shows 50 hits, with 10 different suggested solutions, and none of them work for your particular case. (So the described below may not work for you … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Information Panel, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Evils | 7 Comments

SharePoint Evil #3: Can’t view BCS External List: Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible HTML editor such as Microsoft SharePoint Designer. If the problem persists, contact your Web server administrator.

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Bernado

A SharePoint Evil is an issue/error that is so ambiguous and misleading that Google will shows 50 hits, with 10 different suggested solutions, and none of them work for your particular case. (So the described below may not work for you … Continue reading →

Posted in BCS, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Evils | 1 Comment

How to find ID of site column using the SharePoint UI

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Bernado

You can work out a number of things by looking at the various out-of-the-box URLs in SharePoint. For example, to work out the ID of a content type, go to the content type gallery, hover over a content type, and … Continue reading →

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Can’t disable customErrors in SharePoint

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Bernado

There are 3 setting changes you need to make to the SharePoint web.config to show the real error messages and call stack – rather than the out-of-the-box message that is often very vague and unhelpful for troubleshooting. The other day … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Evil #2: The URL ‘[url]’ is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web – The 2nd Scenario

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Bernado

A SharePoint Evil is an issue/error that is so ambiguous and misleading that Google will shows 50 hits, with 10 different suggested solutions, and none of them work for your particular case. (Eeerr.. so what’s described below may not work for … Continue reading →

Posted in SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Evils | 10 Comments

SharePoint Evil #1: The URL ‘[url]’ is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Bernado

I’m compiling a list of evil SharePoint errors: those errors that are so ambiguous and misleading that Google will shows 50 hits, with 10 different suggested solutions, and none of them work for your particular case. Here is #1: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Content Types, Custom Fields, Lookup Columns, SharePoint, SharePoint Evils | 3 Comments

How to pass parameters/config data into custom Expiration formula

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Bernado

When developing a custom Expiration formula in SharePoint you may want to pass in parameters/config data for the formula, e.g. only expire items where field X has value Y. The method that you needs to implement for your formula has … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Management Policy, SharePoint | 2 Comments

Where is that damn FormServerTemplates web folder?!?!

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Bernado

I am starting out on creating and deploying InfoPath forms to SharePoint 2010. I search around on the web and they all talk about the FormServerTemplates web folder or the Form Templates library, as this is where the form should … Continue reading →

Posted in InfoPath, SharePoint | 1 Comment

How to “unexpire” an item so that it will be processed again by the Expiration Information Management Policy

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Bernado

In SharePoint, when an Information Management Policy is executed on an item and Expiration is enabled, and that item is deemed to be expired, then the item will not be evaluated for Expiration again at the next evaluation time. When an item … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Management Policy, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010 | 6 Comments