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Category Archives: Development
Show React dialogs fluently with hooks and promises
Suppose you have a React component that displays a modal dialog and returns the result:
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<Dialog message="Are you sure?" onClose={onCloseDialog}> |
The typical way to use it would be to have a state variable controlling if it should be displayed or not, and a function … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged components, development, dialog, hooks, javascript, modals, promises, react, typescript
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Searching with Microsoft Graph Client Library for .NET
Using the MS Graph SDK for .NET is convenient but I find the documentation and examples pretty lacking. So when wanted to use the Search endpoint it took me quite a while to figure out how to make it work. … Continue reading
Finding out what service created a SharePoint site
SharePoint is the underpinning data storage for many Microsoft 365 services. Sites are are therefore created under the hood by many services. Sometimes it it useful to know from where a site was created. We can actually find this in … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged microsoft 365, office 365, pnp, powershell, sharepoint online
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Starter project for AzureAD authenticated communication with ASP.Net Core 6 API, React SPA and console app
Setting up authentication for a new project is important but can be a pain since all the pieces must fit together perfectly. I recently struggled with one of my projects, and for future reference I decided to create a starter … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged api, asp.net core 6, authentication, authorization, azure ad, azure app registration, console, microsoft graph, msal, rbac, react, spa
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Read & Write MS Office custom properties with PowerShell
While working on automating Microsoft Word I needed to read and write custom properties in documents. I found several resources out there. Reading worked fine, but when writing custom properties they all crashed. I finally managed to fix it though, … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged cmdlets, COM, microsoft excel, microsoft office, microsoft powerpoint, microsoft word, powershell
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If Word randomly crashes when opening SharePoint documents
I’ve been working on a PowerShell script that automates Microsoft Word to open all files in a SharePoint library, modify the header and other properties and then save it again. I ran the script against 4000 documents and everything went … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tips
Tagged automation, cache, COM, docx, microsoft office, microsoft word, powershell, scripting, sharepoint online
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Excluding page templates in CAML queries
Typically, when requesting SharePoint pages we do not want to include templates, just normal pages. When saving a SharePoint page as a template, this is noted in a property called OData__SPSitePageFlags . With this information we can easily exclude templates by … Continue reading
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Tagged caml, modern sites, sharepoint online, sharepoint pages
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Where is “Tenant Wide Extensions” list when using Site Collection App Catalogs?
A fairly new feature in SharePoint Online is the ability to have Site Collection App Catalogs. Neat. Even “Tenant Wide” application customizers work (though they are of course scoped to only the site collection). Creating a Site Collection App Catalog … Continue reading
Transparent CSS borders with the inherited color
You can inherit CSS colors from parent elements using the inherit or currentColor keywords:
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.someClass { color: inherit } |
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.someClass { border-color: inherit } /* or using the shorthand: */ .someClass { border: 1px solid currentColor } |
But suppose you’d want to have a semi-transparent color. When setting colors normally you would simply use rgba() to specify the … Continue reading