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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
Posted in Development, Tips
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
Hacking DocX files to fix Quick Parts in Word Online
Microsoft Word documents can have Quick Parts connected to SharePoint fields, so that the value of the field is displayed inside the document. But Word Online (still) does not fully support this. It will display Quick Parts with a a … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tips
Tagged microsoft word, powershell, quick parts, sharepoint online, word online, xml, zip
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Applying SharePoint Retention Labels Programmatically
So you’ve created and published Retention Labels in Office 365 and now you want to apply labels by CSOM code. It’s not very well documented. The following (crude) code should help you get started applying labels to both individual items … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged c#, compliance, csom, office 365, programming, retention, retention labels, retention policies, sharepoint, sharepoint online
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How to quickly get the Group ID for an Office 365 Group
Microsoft Graph typically requires us to use the Group ID when working with O365 groups and modern sites. But Group ID can be tricky to find since it is rarely displayed. Here are some ways I found to quickly get … Continue reading
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Tagged group id, microsoft graph, modern sites, office 365, sharepoint online
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Excluding external users from search results in SharePoint Online
Search in SharePoint Online returns both internal and external users by default. This may not be desirable. Here’s how to exclude external users from the search results. External users have account names containing #ext# which makes them easy to filter … Continue reading
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
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Tagged html, internet explorer, javascript, sharepoint, sharepoint 2016, sharepoint online
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Beware this limitation when using SharePoint Image Renditions
With image renditions you can specify a pixel size when requesting an image, and SharePoint will deliver the image scaled down to this size for you. This is great, because you don’t have to worry about your users pulling full … Continue reading