Category: SharePoint

  • April 2013 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 breaks Add Web Part dialog

    April 2013 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 breaks Add Web Part dialog

    A subtle change to a master page in the April 2013 Cumulative Update causes the Add Web Part dialog to render incorrectly. This article shows how to restore the functionality.

  • Security trimming the SharePoint Ribbon

    Security trimming the SharePoint Ribbon

    Using a simple control added to a Master Page, you can customize the Ribbon controls according to a user’s permission level.

  • For the love of Pete make your error message meaningful!

    While debugging some custom SharePoint code (not written by me, mind you) today I ran in to this little gem: Cannot complete this action. Please try again. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.MapUrlToListAndView(String bstrUrl, String bstrUrlToMap, Guid& pgListId, Guid& pgViewId) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.GetListFromWebPartPageUrl(String pageUrl) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.GetListFromUrl(String pageUrl) at MyWebPart.EventCalendars.EventCalendars.GetCalendarUrl(Uri current, Uri referrerUri) at MyWebPart.EventCalendars.EventCalendars.CreateChildControls() Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar company. […]

  • Migration for site failed: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    An unexpected error while converting a SharePoint web application to Claims Authentication revealed an unexpected cause.

  • Locked file in SharePoint Configuration Cache

    This post will deal with all of the following fantastic error messages: Access to the path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\<guid>\<guid>.xml is denied. File system cache monitor encountered error, flushing in memory cache: System.IO.InternalBufferOverflowException: Too many changes at once in directory:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\ It all began for me when attempting to do a routine clearing of the SharePoint configuration cache in the […]