When you add a numeric field in SharePoint, it is still possible to type in alphanumeric values. Only when you press the “ok” or “save” button, the value is checked.
Author: Marijn
SharePoint loses attachment when trying to save without filling in mandatory fields
If you save a SharePoint item with an attachment while a mandatory field is blank, the page will error. But the attachments are gone! Here is a solution!
2 ways for Multiple filters on a (external) list without typing the whole thing – SharePoint 2007 / 2010
I am building a solution for a client where they can pick an item in an external list and they get to see a page with the rest of the data. The selection table, where you can pick the item, has 5 fields. All fields have to be able to be filtered in order to …
Hide the SharePoint ribbon on a page via simple CSS
On some pages I just want to hide the SharePoint ribbon. Right now I am working in a multinational who has a lot of different technologies at their disposal: Fill-in forms all have a very uniform look&feel, no matter what technology is behind it. When you want to make them in SP2010, the SharePoint ribbon …
Update content type or metadata for multiple items in a list/library in SharePoint 2010 / 2007
I blogged about the awesome SPServices library before. This time, I needed another functionality of this jquery lib: SPUpdateMultipleListItems. What this does is let you make a query to select one or more items in a list and give you the power to update some fields (or delete items). That is just great. Imagine you …
Hidden gems: SharePoint 2010 Circulation list and Phone Call Memo
Today I found one of the hidden gems in SharePoint. (yes, I realize this sounds like playing a game 😉 ) I was looking around to create a test site, and tried the “Group Work Site”. This gave me a quite cool site with a Group Calendar and the usual tasks, links, shared documents and …
SharePoint Adoption Kit 2010
End user adoption is very important in every aspect of work and in the development of new technologies. For a platform like SharePoint, which can bring a huge change in the mindset of users, you can better do this the right way. The good implementation of the technology is ofcourse very important, but getting the …
Getting started with jQuery for SharePoint: reference to the jQuery library
After my last few posts about JQuery, I had some remarks from readers asking me what I meant with “reference to the jquery file”. So I think it will be useful to write this post on how to start with SharePoint customization with Jquery. What is Jquery ? JQuery is a JavaScript library, created to …
How to disable the shared workspace column in Office 2003 by default
At my current client, we have lots of users still working in Office 2003. One of these users asked me if there was a way to get rid of the Shared Workspace column. Here is how: In Word 2003 go to Tools-> options -> general -> service options -> shared workspace uncheck ‘the document is …
Hide inactive buttons and tabs on the ribbon in sharePoint 2010 via jquery
First time when I was working with SharePoint 2010, I was amazed about the new look and feel. In a negative sense, that is! Everyone was feeling so happy and joyful about it, and I just couldn’t get it. We went from a clean look in SharePoint 2007, where all my options are hidden underneath …