This was a fun one to build. A client wanted to be able to see all of the related tasks for a workflow without having to do the two or more clicks it can take to get there using a standard SharePoint list view. By layering jQuery, SPServices, and jQueryUI, we were able to display the information in a…
I got a question on one of my other blog posts today called Determining if a User Is in a Permission Group with SharePoint’s Web Services: hi marc, do u know a good solution to hide something on a page for authorization concern ? js is not a good idea to secure something. there must…
SPTechCon was my first SharePoint conference back when I attended the San Francisco 2010 edition. That doesn’t seem so long ago, yet it really is in SharePoint time. (They say you’ll never forget your first girl, but in this case it’s my first conference, so… Yeah, if I have to explain it, it’s a stretch.)…
I got an interesting question today from the InterTubes, and I though it would make a good post. [Do you] you know of any resources/solutions to enhance the List’s “Export to Spreadsheet” function so that, once the data is opened in Excel, something would trigger VBA Macro(s) to start formatting the spreadsheet. “Export to Spreadsheet”…
I get frequent questions about how to elevate permissions when working with the SharePoint Web Services. The answer on this one is really simple: you can’t.This has come up multiple times in the comments on the survey I’m doing about SPServices right now. Yes, right now! Please fill it out if you haven’t already, and…
Over in the SPServices Discussions, @PirateEric was having a problem setting the value of a Rich Text column (RTE) in a SharePoint form. He was referring to my blog post Finding the Contents of a SharePoint Rich Text Column with jQuery – And Changing It, which I’ll stand by, but the jQuery there wasn’t cutting it….
As I mentioned in a prior post, I’ve put together a survey to find out how people are using SPServices, what they like, dislike, wish for, etc. If you’ve ever used SPServices, or even if you are considfering using it, I’d really appreciate it if you could respond to the survey, which is available here….
Last week (May 19-20) I spoke at SharePoint Fest Denver 2011 and also got to attend quite a few other sessions, which were, of course, educational and enjoyable. I have posted two solutions files (WSPs) for SharePoint 2010 to my Sympraxis Consulting Demos site which contain the two main demos I showed in my Developing in SharePoint’s Middle…
As I’ve written in the past, there are several types of “dropdowns” in SharePoint forms. Briefly, there are: “Simple” dropdowns – These are plain, old HTML selects; the type of dropdown you are most familiar with on the Web. SharePoint renders one of these when there are fewer than 20 options. “Complex” dropdowns – SharePoint…
Last week I had the privilege to hear the well-known author Dan Brown speak at a dinner for my alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy. You undoubtedly have heard about a little book he wrote called The Da Vinci Code. Not only is Dan a talented author, but he’s also a deep thinker on topics of…