Archive for July 2011

Bug With SharePoint 2010 XSLT DateFormat Function

July 29, 2011

Yesterday I found out that there is a problem/bug using the XSLT ddwrt:DateFormat function. The problem/bug occurs when the regional settings is not set to English (United States). When a day got the value between 1 and 12, the ddwrt:DateFormat function will recognize this as the month. The month value will be used as the day.

Downgrade a SharePoint 2010 Visual Web Part to SharePoint 2007

July 27, 2011

When you need to downgrade/convert a SharePoint 2010 Visual Web Part to SharePoint 2007, you need to make the following changes to the user control to make it work for SharePoint 2007: In the Visual Web Parts User Control remove the following line: 1 <%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.Web.CommandUI, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> Change the version number of the following lines from 14.

Change the Active Directory User Password Through SharePoint

July 12, 2011

Give the user control to manage their password through SharePoint. When you want to use form based authentication for SharePoint authentication, one of the requirements could be that users can change their passwords from within SharePoint. Because this functionality is not OOTB available, you will need to create a custom web part or application page for it.

Fix: People Search Box Has Layout Problems When Used Outside a Search Center

July 8, 2011

A colleague discovered a layout problem when he was using the People Search Box Web Part outside a SharePoint Search Center. When you add the People Search Box Web Part to your page, the layout looks fine. Show image People Search Box The problem arises when you click on the Search Options link.