Capturing the Current User’s Manager in MOSS Using SPServices and GetUserProfileByName

I had a question today about how to get the current user’s manager and put the value into a Person or Group column in a list. This one only works in MOSS or SharePoint Server 2010 (not WSS 3.0 or SharePoint Foundation) because the UserProfileService Web Service is only available there. The code is relatively…

Script in Content Editor Web Parts (CEWPs) in SharePoint 2010

<UPDATE> 2010-10-27: After you read this, be sure to read Christophe’s follow-up to this post: About Scripts, Web Parts and Urban Myths. He gives some other specifics you’ll probably need. </UPDATE> One of the things I heard at SPTechCon several times was that in SharePoint 2010, it is no longer possible to put script into Content Editor…

A jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (WSS 3.0 and MOSS): Real World Example – Part 4

Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Way, way back in January, I wrote Part 3 of this series and said:  “In my next article, I’ll show what the multiple document metadata entry page (EditFormBulk.aspx) looks like and how it works. Teaser: Yes, it uses jQuery and my jQuery Library for SharePoint…

Using jQuery to Prefill and Disable Required Columns in a SharePoint Form

Here’s a question I got in the forums at the USPJ Academy today. It’s a nice simple question, but the answer points out a cool thing about SharePoint forms: the PreSaveAction. I was watching the excellent video posted by Marc Anderson: Enhancing the User Experience with jQuery – Chaining from Selector.mp4.  In this video Marc…