Jun 4, 2012

The file reached the maximum download limit. Check that the full text of the document can be meaningfully crawled

Scenario: When the users are trying to upload large size files in the portal, they are getting the following error and they are unable to upload large size files to the SharePoint site.  The file reached the maximum download limit. Check that the full text of the document can be meaningfully crawled Also, the Search results are not showing some of the files in the search results. Solution: I...

The filtering process could not be initialized. Verify that the file extension is a known type and is correct

This is one of the common issues in the Microsoft Search Server 2008. In the Search Server logs in the Search Server Administration, the following errors are logged: The filtering process could not be initialized. Verify that the file extension is a known type and is correct Also the search is not showing the results of some office documents which are having embedded links in it. Solution: Installing the...

Creating and Deploying Custom Web Part in SharePoint

In this article, we will learn how to create a Custom Web Part in SharePoint using Visual Studio. After reading this article, you will learn the following:   Ø  Creating custom web part using visual studio   Ø  How to use Labels, Rich text box and Buttons (with events) and validation...

May 23, 2012

Error: The language-neutral solution package was not found.

While using Visual Studio, you may get the following error “The language-neutral solution package was not found.” Solution: There are three ways you can fix this problem: 1. This may be caused due to the CACHING issue in the Visual Studio and hence restarting the Visual Studio will help you in fixing the issue. 2. Sometimes the solution you are trying to update will not get updated properly. Hence...

May 16, 2012

Chart Controls in ASP.Net

I was looking at creating chart controls for implementing in the .Net web applications. I didn’t like to use the 3rd party tools or any freeware tools. Well, while browsing found a cool feature provided by MICROSOFT for the same. In this article, we will have a look at the CHART CONTROLS in .Net applications. Pre-requisites Ø  Visual Studio 2008 SP1, Link to download Ø  .NET Framework...

Windows System Shows Blank Screen after logging in

Scenario: I have faced many situations like after logging into the Windows Operating system machine (Especially Windows 7 and Windows Server which I have faced); it takes more hours showing a BLANK SCREEN without showing the desktop. It wasted my time more. So I was searching for a solution which...

May 14, 2012

Change the Color of a Column in a List in SharePoint

In this article, we will know how to change the color of a column based upon the values in the column. It is something like “Color Indicator” in SharePoint. Scenario: We have a custom list used for Project Tracking. In the list, we have column named STATUS for tracking the...

May 10, 2012

Remote Blob Storage (RBS) in SharePoint 2010

In this article, we will know about a new feature in SharePoint 2010 which allows the remote storage in SharePoint. What is Remote BLOB Storage?      Ø  BLOB – Binary Large Object Ø  Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) is a library API set that is incorporated as an add-on feature...

May 9, 2012

CAML Query to Get Data from SharePoint List

To know about the Basics of the CAML query read this article. To know about using CAML query builder to create CAML queries, read this article. In this article, we will learn how to use CAML query in Microsoft Visual Studio Scenario: I have a custom list named “Product List” with the columns named Title, Price, Quantity and Is Available. I want to retrieve the products with price...

The list cannot be displayed in datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons in SharePoint

I was easily changing my list view by edit in data sheet view and in standard view.  After sometime, when I tried to edit a SharePoint list in DATASHEET view, I got the following error which doesn't allow me to view the list in the datasheet view and shown up a error as shown...