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Office 2010 BETA is not Sharepoint 2010 BETA compatible!?!?

I’ve recently installed Office 2010 BETA and now when I tried to create a new document via Sharepoint, below is what I get: Hm….has anyone had this problem before? Cheers, Tommy

Disable Approval on Publishing Site Template

In MOSS 2007/2010, when you create a root site collection you can select the OOTB Publishing Site template. By default it enables approval workflow on the Pages list. In MOSS 2007 we also have Collaboration Portal site template which we don’t have on Sharepoint 2010. This template is a publishing template except it doesn’t enable Approval Workflow on the Pages list. I personally […]

Sharepoint 2010 Beta – What Can Be Improved – Part 6 – Sharepoint Designer 2010 Beta Workflow Doesn’t Work Correctly

It simply….FAILED! I created a test document library called Test Document Library. I then created a SP workflow and associated with the list. I uploaded a new document, the workflow didn’t trigger. Fine, it might be because I haven’t set the “Start workflow automatically when an item is created”. So I went back to […]

Sharepoint 2010 – Clever – Has Re-Ghost Page Functionality

Microsoft has done a good job adding the functionality to re-ghost a modified page/file. Go to the URL below: http://yoursharepointsiteurl/_layouts/reghost.aspx Or alternatively you can access it from Sharepoint Designer 2010. Click on the site then on the ribbon click Reset to Template. Cheers, Tommy

Upgrade Add-In for Sharepoint Visual Studio 2010 Project Template

Hi everyone, On my previous post: http://www.tfsconsulting.com.au/sharepoint-2010-beta-what-can-be-improved-part-2-visual-studio-2010-custom-deployment-steps/ I mentioned about how the deployment step configuration on Sharepoint VS 2010 BETA project template does not allow you to upgrade your solution. Well, I’ve managed to develop the add-in based on Microsoft’s article. Really, to be honest, I ripped their code completely out of this […]

Sharepoint 2010 List, Content Types and Columns – What’s the Verdict?

We all know that content types, columns and list are the core or the “heart” of Sharepoint. I bet that there will be at least one content type or column that we need to create on every Sharepoint project we do. I had a lot of problems before with MOSS 2007 especially when attaching […]

Sharepoint 2010 Beta – What Can Be Improved – Part 8 – Save and Restore Site to/from WSP Does’t Work Properly

I tried to save a site as WSP and then when I restored it I get the following error: This error was caused by a workflow that I attached to a list of which it has custom Collect Data from User task. I tried to collect 2 fields from a user: – Manager Approval […]

Sharepoint 2010 Beta – What Can Be Improved – Part 2 – Visual Studio 2010 Custom Deployment Steps

In Visual Studio 2010 you can actually modify the deployment configuration and steps. By default you will get the following: – Default – No Activation Default With the default one, when you do “Right Click -> Deploy” VS will then retract your solution, re-deploy your latest solution and re-activate the features. No Activation […]

ElementFile vs ElementManifest

I just noticed that when you add a linking Module in your VS 2010 for your custom Feature project, and when you add a file into the module, VS 2010 automatically marks it as a ElementFile. When I tried to develop custom content types and fields, I needed to add 2 XML files into the module (eg. ContentTypes.xml and Fields.xml) and they have […]

How to Change From Sandboxed Solution to Farm Solution

PLEASE FOLLOW YUBIN’s COMMENT BELOW. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP YUBIN. I’ve arrived at a stage where I wanted to create my own custom Sharepoint solution using Visual Studio 2010. When I created a new blank Sharepoint project it asked me whether I want to deploy the solution as a Sandboxed Solution or a Farm Solution. […]

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