Category Archives: SharePoint 2013

Handling pre-save action for publishing pages in JavaScript for SharePoint

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Bernado

In SharePoint 2013 it is fairly well known that you can catch and handle the pre-save action in JavaScript for list item forms by implementing the PreSaveAction() method. This however does not work for publishing pages as this method is … Continue reading →

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SPClientSideDeployment now supports deploying assemblies to GAC (On-Prem only)

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Bernado

While these days server-side solution looks as if it’s going out of fashion, the fact is quite a number of people are still dependent on them for various reasons. Back in the days when server-side solution was the only (practical) option, … Continue reading →

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Managed Metadata Service error: The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or Managed Metadata Web Service may not have been started.

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Bernado

This is a common error in SharePoint that has multiple possible causes. The full error message that you get when going to the Managed Metadata Service Application in Central Admin is: The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not … Continue reading →

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SPClientSideDeployment 3.1 brings support for minified JS/CSS and seamless dev-prod transition

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Bernado

I have just released version 3.1 of SPClientSideDeployment with added support for minified JS/CSS. You are now able to include minified files in the deployment package that the tool generates, and instruct the generated PowerShell script to use them during … Continue reading →

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Programmatically setting toolbar type for list view web part [SharePoint]

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Bernado

If you ever tried to programmatically set the toolbar type for a list view web part then you will find that this is not at all straightforward. There are actually quite a lot of posts about this on the net, and … Continue reading →

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Publishing deployment package with SPClientSideDeployment 1.1

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Bernado

With SPClientSideDeployment you can point Visual Studio to any environment and deploy your files to that environment. This is fine for development, but typically is not good practice for higher environments. Most organisations dictate that a package is given to IT Ops, … Continue reading →

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SPClientSideDeployment: a new productivity Visual Studio extension for SharePoint developers

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Bernado

New in 3.3: Added option to publish on deployment New in 3.2: Added support for deploying assemblies to GAC (On-Prem only) New in 3.1: Added support for minified JS/CSS and seamless dev-prod transitioning New in 3.0: Auto-deploy on save option and … Continue reading →

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No log entries in ULS Viewer for real-time monitoring mode [SharePoint]

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Bernado

Recently we found that if you are using the updated ULS Viewer (16.0.3129.1000) from Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=44020), and you have changed the default logging path in Central Admin, then you may find that the real-time monitoring in ULS Viewer does not show … Continue reading →

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Access Request inconvenience: approval form does not list SharePoint groups

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Bernado

When granting permissions to a user in SharePoint, it is almost always best to add them to a group rather than granting them permissions directly. The Access Request feature in SharePoint 2013 does a good job of promoting this for … Continue reading →

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“The exclusive inplace upgrader timer job failed” when running the Products Configuration Wizard in SharePoint 2013

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Bernado

I was running the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard to finalise the March 2013 PU and it failed at 10% of the last stage. I checked the error log and found that the error was: “The exclusive inplace upgrader timer job … Continue reading →

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