Convert DateTime to ISO8601 for use in SharePoint CAML queries
Ever wanted to create a CML query and insert a DateTime value? No such luck, DateTime values cannot be inserted directly, you need to convert the DateTime value to ISO8601 format and there is no...
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Using resources in SharePoint projects and CAML files
This article is an excerpt from my book “Building the SharePoint User Experience”. If you like to get more excerpts like this you can, just check out this post on the SharePoint book blog. While not...
View ArticleDebugging tips for SharePoint developers –...
During an encounter with a custom list template I got stumped by the continuous appearance of a COMException conveniently just called 0×80004005. I hate those guys. Now, I have done a few custom...
View ArticleDebugging tips for SharePoint developers – Nasty Exception from HRESULT:...
This really had me going for a while. I got this really weird problem the other night. I was setting up a metadata based document library with three SharePoint lookup lists. Basically there are three...
View ArticleWSS4: Is CAML really dead?
Gary Lapointe has just published some new information on WSS4 based on a few KB articles that Microsoft released just a few days ago. The KB articles relate to the upcoming SharePoint Service pack 2...
View ArticleBook is done – What happens now?
Well, sort of. I have written all the content, but there is still a lot to be done. Revisions, reviews, remakes, outtakes… The estimated date of release is still April, I’m afraid, and I’ll need every...
View ArticleJohn Holliday just made my day: CAML.Intellisense improves SharePoint...
If you’ve read my old post on getting intellisense in onet.xml, or about a gazillion other articles on the web, you know how to set up your system so that you get the default CAML intellisense based on...
View ArticleWSS4: Official Name and Release Date for Big Brother Announced
CMS Wire broke the news, and twitter spread the word: The official name for SharePoint vNext, is Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Yeah, that means a late release, at least later than what some people...
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