With the release of SharePoint 2010 we got a whole load of useful REST services. For example, we can read data from any list or library using ListData.svc and we can do some clever stuff with Excel Services using ExcelRest.aspx. These features make it easy to enhance the user experience by using tools such as [Read More →]
Charlie Holland Freelance SharePoint Consultant, Author and Trainer
Using the Notifications Framework in a SharePoint 2010 AJAX enabled Web Part
August 29, 2011 — chahollThere’s quite a lot of decent content out there about creating AJAX-enabled Visual Web parts in SharePoint 2010. Such as http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg620536. However, when it comes to creating a standard web part with AJAX, content is a bit more sparse. (Who needs the pain of manually constructing UI’s I hear you say! There are some legitimate [Read More →]
Upgrading Themable stylesheets in SharePoint 2010
June 8, 2011 — chahollHere’s an interesting situation that I’ve stumbled upon lately. Let’s say you have a feature in SharePoint that deploys a themable stylesheet (i.e. to {SharePointRoot}\Template\LAYOUTS\1033\STYLES\Themable\). If you’re doing a clean install of the solution with the feature, all works well. However, lets say you release version 2 of this feature and update the solution using [Read More →]
Programmatically determine if FAST is configured in a SharePoint 2010 web part
May 17, 2011 — chahollI’ve been doing a lot of work with search in SharePoint 2010 recently. Particularly with regard to optimising functionality where FAST is available. Here’s a quick tip on how to determine whether FAST is currently configured for your web application. From any front end code, (eg: a webpart, field control or custom application page), use [Read More →]
