At SharePoint Conference 2011, I showed off a great looking advanced search
application using Silverlight 4. This application queried the Search web
service at /_vti_bin/search.asmx to retrieve results and display them
directly inside the application. A couple of years ago, I demonstrated how
to build an advanced search application with Silverlight 3. This
application is very similar to that one except that I take it a step further
and show you more of the possibilities of what the user interface could look
like.
The code you will see today was intended for Office 365 / SharePoint Online
but will work quite well with SharePoint 2010 (and to a degree SharePoint
2007). Everything from the pervious article pretty much applies. We
create a reference to search.asmx, we build an XML input document, and then
we make an asynchronous call to the web service. One thing... (more)
At my Search talk at SPC11, I demoed how to build a Silverlight application
that could query search in SharePoint Online. I also built a separate
application that could query people search, but I haven’t posted on it yet
until today. To query people search, we have to know a few things about how
SharePoint operates. It all starts with understanding the scopes
involved. If you take a look at your Search Scopes link in your site
collection settings, you’ll see a similar list to the one below.
What’s funny here is that SPO actually returns item counts for the entire
(non-parti... (more)
So I’ve been living under a rock again and I had never gotten around to
checking what’s new in Visual Studio 11. The Developer Preview has been
around a while and I wanted to check it out today and was surprised to see
some new SharePoint development features that I am really excited about. If
you have been following me, you know I have been doing some work with Office
365 and SharePoint Online, so when I read about the new Publish feature in
Visual Studio 11, I had to check it out. Let’s start by creating a new
project with a simple web part. We’ll look and what’s new and se... (more)
Visual Studio 11 adds a new feature that makes working with Silverlight in
SharePoint 2010 a bit easier. The new Silverlight Web Part feature
automates deploying your Silverlight applications to SharePoint and can
really save you a bit of time. We took a look at how the Visual Web Part
works in VS11 a while back. Now, let’s see what happens when we use
Silverlight.
To work with Silverlight,you can either create a new project or simply add a
new item to an existing project. I’ll start by creating a new project by
choosing the item SharePoint 2010 Silverlight Web Part. Remem... (more)
Sometimes, it is good to get back to the basics. This may seem like a
simple task for many of you, but there are many who don’t fully understand
what is behind setting up a file share and the required permissions. Years
ago, I always thought I understood how this worked. However, after taking
some formal Windows Server training about 10 years ago, I discovered there
was more to it than I thought.
You probably already know how to get started when it comes to folder
sharing. You right click on the folder and go to properties. You can also
start by clicking on Share with. Whe... (more)