Monthly Archives: January 2011

Workflow Due Date as Next Business Day

In a recent workflow, I was challenged with making sure that when tasks get assigned, they are never due on a weekend or holiday.  The following is the solution that I came up with.  It entails creating a lookup list of every day of the year.  This way, not only can we ensure that we don’t assign tasks to be

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Pass Default Value From Web Part Page to New Item

Another name for this post could be “Master-Detail Items” This is a question that is asked all the time, and there are several examples to explain the concept.  For example, if I have a web part page with a list of projects, and on that web part page, the lists of tasks and issues associated with that project are displayed. 

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SPTechCon in San Francisco 2/7–2-9/2011

It’s almost time for the SharePoint Technology conference again!  This time it’s in San Francisco: I’ll be presenting the following sessions at this conference, and will be looking forward to seeing you there! I’ll also be working in the SharePoint911 booth, so come stop by and say HI. Half Day Workshops W9-AM New! InfoPath Immersion InfoPath is an application that

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Virtual SharePoint Saturday EMEA coming up!

Live Online SharePoint Saturday EMEA is back on January 22nd, 2011. This is the second annual SPSEMEA and promises to be a huge event with over 30 sessions, 4 simultaneous Live Meeting Channels and a public text chat room open to participants and speakers. Registration for SPSEMEA is free to the global SharePoint Community. The sessions will be recorded and

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InfoPath: An Important Skill to Have

Quick post.  Back in November, I wrote this article for the BZ Media site called SPTechWeb.  My article is about InfoPath and how awesome it is and why you should learn how to create forms with it. So, here’s the link to the article itself: InfoPath: An Important Skill to Have In the enterprise version of SharePoint 2010, InfoPath is

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SharePoint 2010: Data View Web Part Series

In SharePoint 2010, all views in lists and libraries are XSLT list view web parts.  This means that you can edit views from the browser or from SharePoint Designer 2010.  This video is the first in my series of SharePoint 2010 data view web part videos.  I show you some basics about how to compare the old school data view web

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