Using SPUtility.SendEmail (SharePoint way) Try Dim thisWeb As SPWeb = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context) Dim toField As String = “someone@microsoft.com” Dim subject As String = “Test Message” Dim body As String = “Message sent from SharePoint” Dim success As Boolean = SPUtility.SendEmail(thisWeb, True, True, toField, subject, body) Catch ex As Exception ‘ handle exception End Try More …
UPDATE: Find the 2010 version here !! Struggling to find a good way to display a url in a list (output generated by the codeplex listsearch project), I found this solution from PathToSharePoint. Normally, when you use a calculated column to create a dynamic link, you get the full url, like “http://www.test.com?id=9876”, when you want …
The indexing of PDF’s at a client was not working. Together with a coworker (tnx Robbert Kloosterman) we fixed it by changing a registry value. Round up: 1. install PDF iFilter for 64 bit 2. install the icon (easy fix: ttp://www.codeplex.com/SharePointPdfIcon) 3. start – run – regedit 4. go to “\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OfficeServer\12.0\Search\Applications\{site GUID}\Gather\Portal_Content\Extensions\ExtensionList 5. add …
I used this codeplex project at a client this week: a very easy way to install the PDF logo on a SharePoint Server. Simple “next-next-finish” type of installation, saves you some time. For a detailed explanation on how to add the icon manually, click here.
At work we got a request to help someone out who was configuring a large workflow in SP Designer 2007 for a large BioTech company. We quickly got stuck with the activities that are ootb, but my coworker pointed me to these 2 solutions with extra activities !! 1. SPDActivities on Codeplex by unclepaul84 This …
So, you created this big portal for your suppliers, customers or other in SharePoint. You have implemented FBA but now you want to search in this extensive list of people ? Continuing on the FBA Codeplex solution by Stacy Draper, adding just a few lines of code can do this for you ! The FBA …
I ran into a question from a client, who was working with FBA. He wanted to simplify his portal for extranet users, so he wanted to display a log out link on his page. It turns out the solution is really simple: just create a link to the _layouts/signout.aspx page in a content editor webpart. …
The guys over at McKinsey put together a piece about the types of knowledge workers matched to a tagcloud of E2.0 functionalities. The graphic’s multilevel approach to improving collaboration is based on the following steps: 1) classify workers by their workflow profile – the daily activities they do to perform their job 2) match new …
Martin White on the Intranet Focus Ltd blog created an Information Charter. This charter is to set a strategy from the directors to the employees on their commitment to ensure that information will be available. The Board of Directors are committed to ensuring that 1) All our employees are confident that they can find …
Every Manager needs a dashboard, and every Program Manager needs a project dashboard, so he can view in an instance what projects are running good, and what projects need corrections. Ofcourse you can build something like that in SharePoint, with nice KPI’s, but that is quite easy, so you dont need me to tell you …