For the past several months, I’ve been experimenting with ways to use .NET reflection with the SharePoint API. As I’ve mentioned before, I believe that .NET attributes can not only make it easier to build great SharePoint applications, but can …
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Microsoft, IBM and EMC Announce new Enterprise Content Management Interoperability Specification
There is a new standards effort in the works that promises to unify the disparate ECM platforms currently available into a common set of interfaces. The Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification is the result of a collaboration between Microsoft, …
Continue readingCreating Tabbed Sections in an InfoPath Form
As we all know, tabbed controls make it a lot easier to enter data on a form. Surprisingly, InfoPath does not provide a built-in tab control. This leads to form designs that are much less intuitive than they could be.…
Continue readingThe Richest Man in the World
This week, Bill Gates will retire from Microsoft, so there is a lot of additional attention being focused on him right now, but a couple of weeks ago I got a rare opportunity to see for myself why everyone is …
Continue readingExtending STSADM with Custom Commands
The STSADM command-line tool has become a mainstay for SharePoint 2003 administrators. As a front-end for the SharePoint object model, it provides essential commands for managing SharePoint sites and users, backing up and restoring site collections and installing or removing …
Continue readingCareful When Working with Sealed Site Columns
SharePoint site columns offer a lot of functionality, but with that power comes a few caveats. One of these has to do with the way the sealed attribute works. To illustrate my point, consider the site columns that the Office …
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