.Net Authenticating with Twitter using RESTSharp One of the things I really enjoy doing as a developer is integrating with other systems. Not sure why, but its satisfying seeing an external feed of data flowing to where ever I
.Net Building a Twitter Connector in C# Previously I've built PowerShell based processes to bring in the user timeline feeds and push to Office 365/SharePoint Online solutions. However I now need to create a more advanced integration using c#
PowerShell Deleting Content Types and the "Content Type is still in use" error I was doing some pre-migration activities, removing Content Types and un-used lists from SharePoint Online. One of the sites had a lot of lists / libraries and subsites, and I couldn't track down where
PowerShell Clearing the Recycle Bins in SharePoint Online using PowerShell There comes a time, where manual clicking through the SharePoint navigation structure gets tedious. I found myself contemplating my life when Remote Desktoped to a slow, clunky workstation just to access SharePoint online.
SharePoint SharePoint 412 (Precondition Failed) when updating metadata using REST I have been working with uploading larger files lately with REST, and in an attempt to use concurrency control I stumbled on an annoying gotchya. I received an error along the lines of
SharePoint How to upload a file to SharePoint library using REST and jQuery I really struggled to find a good example for this. An MSDN example shows how to do this using the App model, but what about from something running directly in your SharePoint site?
iOS Xamarin Error - AMDeviceSecureInstallApplicationBundle returned: 0xe8008015 I found that for no clear reason that I was receiving the following error trying to deploy to my iPhone 6 plus device, using iOS 12.1. AMDeviceSecureInstallApplicationBundle returned: 0xe8008015 This I've found
SharePoint SharePoint Designer 2013 - The version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation running on the server is more recent than... Unfortunately, from time to time, I have to use SharePoint Designer. However after renaming my account I started getting this error: Server error: The version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation running on the server
PowerShell PowerShell Script: Fix a SharePoint Lookup Field Sometimes, normally after deploying a field, the List Id or the Web Id of the field definition can be wrong. Maybe its pointing to your Dev or UAT environment. In any case I've
SharePoint Online PowerShell Script: Show or Hide a List Field in SharePoint using CSOM There are times when you might want to make a field in a list hidden or un-hidden, after you have provisioned it. Here's a script I put together to solve this issue with
.Net LightVx - A fluent validation framework Here's a write up on a validation framework that I've been working on. It works great for me validating user input and is also useful in Web Services and Web API projects. All
Azure CORS and Azure Functions The evolution of Azure Functions is getting pretty exciting. The Precompiled functions are easy to create and debug and we can use Attributes to specify the bindings, as apposed to the function.json
Ethereum Building an Ethereum Mining Rig I've always had fun building desktop PC's, and for the past while Small Form Factor builds have been my focus, but recently I thought I'd try building a Crypto Mining Rig. This type
UWP Universal Windows Project - Raspberry PI Access denied to path on the device In the past I ran Mono on the original PI but with the Windows IoT Core and Universal Windows Projects, I thought I'd get back into programming on these small devices as I
Unable to upload files to the Style Library in SharePoint Online At some point Microsoft changed the default settings for "Allow users to run custom script" to Prevent. This means that we can't upload files to the Style Library or obviously run
SFF The Ultimate Developer Machine (U-HEDT) Recently I put together my ideal workstation build. As a software developer, I spend a lot of time with power hungry software like SharePoint, VMWare, SQL Server and Visual Studio to name a
SharePoint Uploading ListItem Attachments to SharePoint using JavaScript As I was building a custom form for a SharePoint 2013 client side solution, I ran across the following error when I tried to use JSOM to upload a file attachment: Object doesn't
SharePoint Script dependencies with using LoadMultiple with SharePoint I often use Script editors or Content Editor Web Parts linked to an Html file to launch a client application in SharePoint. My base approach to all these apps is to: Register all
SharePoint Solved: Incorrect Date Values in SharePoint Display Templates I found an annoying issue where the date rendered from the Display Templates in one of the Office 365 sites was always out by the timezone. Initially I thought maybe the regional settings
SharePoint Enhance your Search results with a Post Processor There are many ways to optimise your SharePoint search results. Here's a list of common optimisations I'll look at for any Intranet or Document Portal: Search Verticals Best Bets Promoted Results Search Refiners
SharePoint SharePoint Search - Diagnosing Managed Properties If you've ever worked with SharePoint Search, you've probably scratched your head wondering why your very simple query is not working. You know that you've mapped your managed property to a crawl property.
When SharePoint Designer won't login Clear SharePoint Designer Cache using PowerShell In a PowerShell window run: Remove-Item "$([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE"))\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache\*" -Recurse Remove-Item "$([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("APPDATA"))\Microsoft\Web
.Net Adding WebAPI to an existing MVC.net app with authorization So I needed to add a WebAPI to an existing MVC.net 5 web application. I also needed to add Authorization and hook into the existing security model. Here's the steps I took.
SharePoint Twitter Web Part for SharePoint 2013/2016/Online Bringing Social Feeds into a SharePoint Intranet is something a lot of people need. I've put together a solution to show a Twitter Feed. If you are looking for a Facebook feed see
SharePoint Facebook Web Part for SharePoint 2013/2016/Online Note: Due to security changes in the Facebook API, this approach may not work with new app registrations. When building Intranets with SharePoint I often get asked to provide the companies Facebook feed
