There is an neat article in today’s Sunday Boston Globe entitled Click here…You just captured a book (or Click to Translate in the online version). It describes the way that the reCAPTCHA project takes advantage of the typing that we all do in those little windows that ask us the type the characters we see…
While researching the issue I mentioned in my previous post, I ran across this neat thing at CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/lookupwithpicker/Wiki/View.aspx. Here’s the brief description: Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007 lookup control with element picker for custom list.This control is useful if you need to choose lookup data from large lists. This control supports single and multi select…
I’ve seen lots of posts discussing this, but no workarounds. Here’s the situation: One list (List 1) contains a list of values that are calculated (say ColumnC = ColumnA & ColumnB) Another list (List 2) uses ColumnC above as a lookup for one of its columns If you go into Datasheet view for List 2,…
I’ve posted about this application before. It helps my client manage their inventory of sports tickets which they can use with their clients and vendors. They have a regulatory reporting requirement to maintain information about who uses the tickets and what their relationship is. In this case, we wanted to be able to count the…
This is one of those things that I can never find — I know it’s there somewhere, but it isn’t where I expect it. Formatting your code ensures standardized usage of indentations and spaces. It also adds and removes lines near the brace characters that delimit code blocks. This is especially useful if you find…
It’s a simple little thing to put into your DVWP, but by adding this little snippet of XSL: you can automagically get the little icon we’re all so used to seeing if an item has been created within a fixed set of time. The ddwrt:IfNew function simply tests to see if the date you pass…
I’m working at a client that is developing a highly complex application which is using SharePoint to store some of its content. The application is written in C# and contains a lot of CAML to go grab content from SharePoint, of course. We realized the other day that while the developers are working in an…
Try to use English column names (like "Finding Filed By" rather than "FindingBy"). It’ll make your UI nicer to look at. Also beware of the fact (you’ve no doubt noticed this) that there are actually two names for each column, the display name and the internal name. For instance, if you create a column called…
There’s an interesting article on SharePoint over at the Computerworld Web site:SharePoint challenges IT as the Excel, Access of the day. The most interesting part to me is the is the unflattering comparison between the evolution of SharePoint and Lotus Notes usage in the enterprise: "Departmental users used those tools to build applications that collect…
Paul Galvin has written a very nice article over at the new SharePoint Magazine about how to set up daily email task reminders just using SharePoint Designer. The article is well written and shows how you can get something done that you might have been sure you needed to go to Visual Studio to accomplish….