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Category Archives: Development
Popup opens as new browser window in Edge and Internet Explorer
Problem: Opening a popup with JavaScript in Edge or Internet Explorer results in a new browser window instead of a popup window. For example:
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var popup = window.open("https://www.duckduckgo.com/", "DDG", "height=640,width=960,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,status=no"); |
Communication between the new window and originating site is not possible either, since both popup (above) … Continue reading
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Tagged development, edge, internet explorer, javascript, popups, programming
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Internet Explorer: ScriptImports is undefined
Today I spent way too much time on hunting down a bug that occurred in Internet Explorer 11 running our intranet solution on SharePoint Online / 2016. The problem showed itself by throwing the following error in the console: The … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged html, internet explorer, javascript, sharepoint, sharepoint 2016, sharepoint online
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How to backup and restore tables in Azure storage
There is currently no built in solution for backing up tables in Azure Storage, but we can easily do it with the help of a tool called AzCopy which is provided by Microsoft. Below is a PowerShell script I built … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged azcopy, azure, azure storage, backup, csv, powershell
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Extending the JavaScript console with history recording
The browser JavaScript console is a web developers best friend. Using console.log() is essential for debugging your web apps. But there are a few annoyances. Two things that bother me for a while are: Reloading the page clears the console. … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged browsers, console, edge, internet explorer, javascript, programming
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Solution to Azure AD App not able to use given permissions
A client I’m working with had trouble adding permissions to their Azure Active Directory Application (AAD App). We added application permissions to allow the app to read all users’ full profiles, read directory data and read O365 unified groups, but … Continue reading
Heads-up if you use ADAL.JS on a site added to the “Trusted Sites” zone
When working on a SharePoint Online solution that is using the ADAL.JS library for authentication, a customer reported strange problems. In our solution, our site sends the client to the authentication authority (Azure AD), which authenticates the client and forwards … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tips
Tagged adal.js, authentication, azure ad, cookies, iframe, javascript, security, sharepoint online, trusted sites
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Downloading OneDrive documents as PDF
As part of automating a build process I needed a way to download the product documentation from OneDrive and save as PDF files for shipping with product. The result is this PowerShell script with two cmdlets, one that takes an … Continue reading
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Tagged docx, microsoft word, onedrive, pdf, powershell, sharepoint online
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A drag-and-drop GUI made with PowerShell
The script below shows how to create a simple WinForms GUI in PowerShell, where you can drag and drop files and folders and then process these with PowerShell commands when you click the button. I’ve pieced this together using various … Continue reading
Think twice before uploading assets to Sharepoint Online
Here’s a heads up if you are uploading assets such as CSS files to SharePoint Online. In a solution I’m working on we have an “Alternate CSS” file that we upload to the master page gallery. It contains the following … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate css, cloud, css, microsoft, pitfalls, sharepoint online, warning
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Converting a CSV file to RegX with PowerShell
If you need to convert a CSV file with terms to a RegX file for use in your .Net project, you can use this simple PowerShell script:
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$items = Import-Csv "C:\strings.csv" -Delimiter ',' -Encoding Default [System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter]$resxWriter = New-Object System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter("c:\strings.resx") $items | ForEach-Object { $resxWriter.AddResource($_.Name, $_.Value); } $resxWriter.Close() |
The script assumes your CSV file contains two columns, “Name” and “Value”, … Continue reading