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Which special Characters are not Allowed in SharePoint 2013\2016 Files\Folders?
I am working on SharePoint Admin and Development part. One of our customer is using SharePoint 2013\2016.
User is getting Special character issue while uploading file in SharePoint 2013\2016. We are searching for characters those are not allowed in…
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How to restrict a document library to a specific file type (extension)?
I have a SharePoint intranet site where I need to allow users to upload certain documents. These documents need to be only PDF files for example.
What is the simplest way to restrict the document library to only PDF (just checking the extension PDF…
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How can I disable the Document Library drag and drop function?
Before I start - I'm new to this SharePoint development lark and am slowly familiarising myself with it.
We're using SharePoint online and I have amended the SharePoint out-of-the-box document library to include some extra fields that are required…
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REST POST: How to add a list item with 'people and group', 'choice,' and 'URL' fields?
I am trying to create a form for a SharePoint Hosted app that will allow users to request a teamsite. The form writes to a list that is contained in the SharePoint site collection, from which a timer job will read and complete the teamsite…
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Sharepoint 2013 add css in a page layout
I'm trying to add my custom CSS file in my sharepoint 2013 page layout. I add it with the link tag or with CSSRegistration and when the page is rendered, the css does not appear in the source.
Also I don't know where I have to add my css in my html…
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How to avoid caching issue when using custom JavaScript and CSS deployed under _layouts?
On our farm, I'm deploying some JavaScript and CSS files under the _layouts folder.
I'm then referencing them, where it's required using a or a control :
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SharePoint Online - Move Site and subsites into another site
I have a site called PROFILES that is one level down from the home site. This site contains about 40 subsites.
I want to move the site and its 40 subsites into another site called RESOURCING which sits at the same level as PROFILES.
I know I can…
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Deployed Timer Job not taking new code when deployed
I've realized recently that, when re-deploying (either manually or through vs2010) my timer job feature package, the updated execute code is not being deployed. Strange yea. Essentially, I'll deactivate all features,retract my package, change the…
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how to send a link to the edit view of a list item from a workflow
Is it possible to go to the edit view of an sharepoint 2010 list item directly from email? I have a workflow that sends an email to a user to edit a list item. The link -at this time- takes them to the list. I would like for the link to take them to…
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Is there a way to securely encrypt content in SharePoint Online?
I need to encrypt (or at least digitally sign) a package of content that is sent from the SharePoint Online server, down to the browser, and then cross-site post (JSONP) the ecrypted content to another system that can decrypt (or validate the…
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Feature based XML vs. Object Model: Which is better for content type development?
I've been researching a few different ways to create content types and I recently discovered that you can use the Object Model to do this. All of the examples I have found online typically use XML files to create content types.
I'm curious if…
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How to check if code is running as sandboxed solution?
Is it possible to check, from within solution, if it was deployed as sandboxed or not, e.g. something like this:
if(this.IamSandboxedSolution)
// do something
else
// do something else
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Is there a free version available in SharePoint 2016?
Until SharePoint 2013, there was a SharePoint foundation version, which is free.
In the latest release (2016) it is deprecated.
Now in SharePoint 2016 or Office 365 is there something like SharePoint foundation which is available for free? I am…
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ProjectPolicy.SavePolicy() : server side giving error : The collection cannot be modified
Trying to modify ProjectPolicy Properties server side is giving me an error :
List availPolicies = ProjectPolicy.GetProjectPolicies(web);
ProjectPolicy policy = availPolicies.FirstOrDefault();
policy = availPolicies.Where(p => p.Name…
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Infrastructure knowledge for SharePoint developers
As a SharePoint developer I find that having a good understanding of the underlying infrastructure (such as Active Directory, DNS server, etc.) is very useful.
I must say I'm not that good when it comes to infrastructure. So what is a good starting…
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