I was working on a WCF web service that is hosted by SharePoint 2010 that provisions a users My Site and I kept getting this error message when trying to run the service: In searching the issue, I found a workaround on the MSDN forums that works quite well: set the current HttpContext to null. [...]
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SharePoint 2013 RTM and Office 2013 RTM Available on MSDN
SharePoint 2013 RTM and Office 2013 RTM are now available for download on MSDN. John ChapmanHello, I’m John Chapman. I am a SharePoint Developer for NewsGator living in Denver, Colorado. I develop solutions using ASP.NET, C#, jQuery, SQL, SharePoint, etc, and I thrive on the challenge of writing code to overcome the impossible, annoying, or [...]
[SharePoint 2013] MSDN Reference Documentation Now Available
Published yesterday, July 16th, the preliminary MSDN documentation for SharePoint 2013 is now available: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj162979(office.15).aspx. The SharePoint Server 2013 preview can be downloaded from TechNet at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh973397. Microsoft’s guide to setting up a testing environment can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sharepoint/ee554869(v=office.15). Happy Coding! John ChapmanHello, I’m John Chapman. I am a SharePoint Developer for NewsGator living [...]
[SharePoint 2010] Custom Actions Default Locations and Group IDs
Custom Actions in SharePoint can be added to virtually every part of the SharePoint interface. Finding a complete list of the locations to reference in the Custom Action ELEMENTS.XML file has been a bit cumbersome. The MSDN article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802730.aspx) has some, however it appears the writer simply took the SharePoint 2007 list and added the [...]
[SharePoint 2010] Change Diagnostic Log Storage Location
One of the options I wish that could be configured during the installation of SharePoint 2010 is the location to store log files. Since it is not, you can set the location after the fact using PowerShell. To change the log location, simply open up the SharePoint 2010 Administrative Shell (PowerShell) and enter the following: [...]
