SPMetal Error: Web cannot be found when URL has spaces or %20
Today, while trying generate a model, using SPMetal, I found out that SPMetal does not like spaces in the web URL. After trying the URL in quotes with the space and again with %20 in the string for...
View ArticleSPMetal Error: Invalid File Name
A fairly obvious one this, but I thought I would just blog it anyway. When trying to generate some data model classes using SPMetal I received the error “Invalid File Name”. I opened up the SharePoint...
View ArticleFor security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document
I received the above message on some SSRS reports when the reports were using a shared data source and accessing a custom built, SharePoint, web service, in the ISAPI folder, . However, the following...
View ArticleSharePoint NewForm.aspx overwriting existing data.
Bizarre one this: Using SharePoint 2010’s new Modal Popup functionality a link had been created from a tab control to launch the new form for the list items associated with the tab. However, every time...
View ArticleChecking if SharePoint Event Receivers are attached to a list using PowerShell.
After deploying several event receivers to a variety of lists I found that one of the event receivers did not seem to be working, but instead was firing a old version of the DLL. So, to check that it...
View ArticleCould not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.ReportingServices.UpgradeScripts,...
Came across the above error on all the reports served through SharePoint in integrated mode. Not sure why this happen, but you seem to be able to resolve it by restarting the reports service. Go to the...
View ArticleSharePoint, SSRS and Kerberos
Scenario: SSRS, in SharePoint integrated mode, is calling a custom web service located in the SharePoint ISAPI folder access through _vti_bin. This service is using LINQ 2 SharePoint to query multiple...
View ArticleCustom SharePoint Web Service has no WSDL or DISCO
One I’ve been meaning to blog for a while, but just never got round to it I came across an error when Creating a Custom web service for SharePoint when trying to deploy the web service to the ISAPI...
View ArticleRedeploying a SharePoint solution package
Okay, before anyone comments on the simplicity of this posting. It merely t allow me to get the script easily in the future. What’s the purpose of it? It basically retracts a solution and waits until...
View ArticleDisplaying SharePoint rating field in a DataGrid
One of my latest challenges was to display one of the new SharePoint 2010 social fields in a datagrid. At first this was just to display the field, but after the client seen the mouse-over...
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