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Feature1.EventReceiver.cs
EventReceiver1.cs
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My favorite SharePoint 2010 trick is how to deal with the out of the box functionality of the global and left navigation links. As many frustrated SharePoint 2010 users have experienced, the functionality shown in the below image is annoying and not easily fixable. The image on the left shows what happens when you right click on the global navigation and the image on the right shows what happens when you right click on the left navigation. Clearly this is not the expected menu which appears.
After much research I have come up with an easy trick to deal with this. I have also discovered the underlying issue and will post the details below in the hopes that a permanent fix can be found. If you take careful note of the position of the (enlarged) cursor, you’ll see that it is positioned to the left of the link I want to open. By clicking slightly to the left (or right) of the link that you want to open, you will get the correct link menu!
So why does this issue happen and why does this solution work? I believe the root of the issue is a design conflict between SharePoint 2010 and Internet Explorer. Utilizing Internet Explorer’s “F12 Developer Tools”, you can see that the text of the link is contained by not one but two span tags. I think it has something to do with this but I am currently unable to confirm. If anyone has any insight into this issue, please let me know!
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Scenario: You are running a SharePoint 2010 Farm patched to Service Pack 1 (SP1). You install a Trusted Identity Provider (TIP) but the Provider and Claims do not show up in the People Picker. Installation went fine and you can authenticate with a user who’s claims have been issued by the TIP; however, you cannot find users or claims via the People Picker. It is not known when this issue started showing up prior to SP1, because it appears to have worked after RTM; I can only confirm (from both talking to other SharePoint experts and repeated testing) it is definitely an SP1 issue.
Solution: Install a SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Update (CU) on top of SP1. In my specific instance SP1 was rolled into the SharePoint 2010 installation ISO but no CUs were installed after. I have solved my issue by installing either the June 2012 CU or the December 2012 CU. Detailed results below.
Thank you to Danny Jessee (@dannyjessee) for helping diagnose and solve this issue.
Image 1: Central Admin screen shot showing patch level. 14.0.6029.1000 is Service Pack 1 (SP1). Note: It was bundled in the installation ISO and not all running services are shown.
Image 2: Web Application Authentication Selection page in Central Admin. No Trusted Identity Providers are currently defined.
Image 3: Created a custom Win Form to register my custom Security Token Service. Based on this Microsoft article and this blog from Liam Cleary.
Image 4: I ran through both previous articles and registered my STS using both Powershell and a custom Win Form. In both cases I still had to manually upload my certificate even though it should have been done automatically via code or script.
Image 5: Now my custom TIP is registered with SharePoint and I have selected it for my Claims Based Web Application.
Image 6: SharePoint 2010 Sign In Selection Options. I chose STSWebSiteForSharePoint.
Image 7: I am now authenticated via my custom TIP and STS.
Image 8: Finally the issue appears. Note the absence of users and claims from the TIP. Also note that the user which I am logged in as does not show in the results.
Image 9: I have now installed the SharePoint 2010 December 2012 Cumulative Update.
Image 10: SharePoint People Picker working correctly!
SharePoint 2010 and Geolocation Data
Code and White Paper coming soon…
The MCTS: SharePoint 2010 Application Developer exam (70-573) covers a wide range of skills. The following tips are sure to help with your studying and in your development environment. Please leave comments with your favorite tips and tricks.
SPMonitoredScope
“Monitors performance and resource use for a specified scoped block of code.” – MSDN
This feature is incredibly useful and outputs right to the developer dashboard!
Tobias Zimmergren’s blog post is a great simple explanation. - HERE
SP.UI.Notify.addNotification(strHtml, bSticky)
“Adds a notification to the page. By default, notifications appear for five seconds.” – MSDN
This is the way to add a SharePoint notification to the page. In 2010 it shows in the upper right corner for 5 seconds and then disappears. This is the default action however you can have the message stay until you remove it by changing the bSticky parameter to true. The Method returns the ID of the notification, which you will need to remove it later.
SPListItemVersionCollection.RecycleAll
“Recycles the version collection except for the current version. The RecycleAll method moves the version collection into the recycle bin of the Web site. To delete the version collection permanently, use the DeleteAll method.” – MSDN
Anita Boerboom has a great blog showing you how to use this. – HERE
