I've followed following link to implement feature versioning:
http://sisharepoint.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/using-the-featureupgrading-event-to-upgrade-features-sharepoint-2010/
I am new to sharepoint and the requirement is to show the versions of features in my site. Is it possible?I am not able to see the version anywhere in the site. I can see appropriate version in the feature.xml file in feature folder of 14 hive. Just want to know that is it possible to see the versions of each deploy in sharepoint site also?If yes then where can I see it?
Thanks,
Priya
If custom solution fits your requirement then you can try following ways to find activated feature versions.
Use SPFarm.FeatureDefinitions
to get all activated features in the Farm -
SPFeatureDefinitionCollection farmFeatures = SPFarm.Local.FeatureDefinitions;
foreach (SPFeatureDefinition feature in farmFeatures)
{
....
}
To find a version of a particular feature
var spFarm = SPFarm.Local;
System.Version version = spFarm.FeatureDefinitions["YourFeatureName"].Version;
Use SPContext.Current.SiteFeatures or SPContext.Current.Site.Features
var siteFeatures= SPContext.Current.SiteFeatures;
foreach (SPFeature sf in siteFeatures)
{
variable = sf.Definition.DisplayName;
variable = sf.Definition.Version.ToString();
}
4 Use SPContext.Current.WebFeatures or SPContext.Current.Web.Features
var webFeatures= SPContext.Current.WebFeatures;
foreach (SPFeature webFtr in webFeatures)
{
variable= webFtr.Definition.DisplayName;
variable= webFtr.Definition.Version.ToString();
}
Hope this helps.
There's no way to see this in Central Admin or Site Settings. The point is to abstract away versioning from users. Users just know that a specific feature is available, not what version. I agree that it would be nice to actually be able to see this info without having to write a custom solution.
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I'm trying to upload images to sitecore using webclient.uploadfile() method by sending my sitecore address and the path of my local images.But I'm not able to upload it.I have to do this without any API's and Sitecore Instances.
The upload process would be the same as with any ASP.net application. However, once the file has been uploaded you need to create a media item programtically. You can do this from an actual file in the file system, or from a memory stream.
The process involves using a MediaCreator object and using its CreateFromFile method.
This blog post outlines the whole process:
Adding a file to the Sitecore Media Library programatically
If you're thinking simply about optimizing your developer workflow you could use the Sitecore PowerShell Extensions using the Remoting API as described in this this blog post
If you want to use web service way than you can use number of ways which are as follows:
a) Sitecore Rocks WebService (If you are allowed to install that or it is already available).
b) Sitecore Razl Service(It is third party which need license).
c) Sitecore Powershell Remoting (This needs Sitecore PowerShell extensions to be installed on Sitecore Server).
d) You can also use Sitecore Service which you can find under sitecore\shell\WebService\Service.asmx (But this is legacy of new SitecoreItemWebAPI)
e) Last is my enhanced SitecoreItemWebAPI (This also need SitecoreItemWebApi 1.2 as a pre-requisite).
But in end except option d you need to install some or other thing in order to upload the image using HTTP, you should also know the valid credentials to use any of above stated methods.
If your customers upload the image on the website, you need to create the item in your master database. (needs access and write right on the master database) depend on your security you might consider not build it with custom code.
But using the Sitecore webforms for marketers module With out of the box file upload. Create a form with upload field and using the WFFM webservices.
If you dont want to use Sitecore API, then you can do the following:
Write a code that uploads images into this folder : [root]/upload/
You might need to create folder structure that represent how the images are stored in Sitecore, eg: your images uploaded into [root]/upload/Import/ will be stored in /sitecore/media library/Import
Sitecore will automatically upload these images into Media library
Hope this helps
Option: You can use Item Web API for it. No reference to any Sitecore dll is needed. You will only need access to the host and be able to enable the Item Web API.
References:
Upload the files using it: http://www.sitecoreinsight.com/how-create-media-items-using-sitecore-item-web-api/
Enable Item Web Api: http://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sdn5/modules/sitecore%20item%20web%20api/sitecore_item_web_api_developer_guide_sc66-71-a4.pdf#search=%22item%22
I guess that is pretty much what you need, but as Jay S mentioned, if you put more details on your question helps on finding the best option to your particular case.
private void CreateImageIteminSitecore()
{
filePath = #"C:\Sitecore\Website\ImageTemp\Pic.jpg;
using (new SecurityDisabler())
{
Database masterDb = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions options = new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreatorOptions();
options.FileBased = true;
options.AlternateText = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
options.Destination = "/sitecore/media library/Downloads/";
options.Database = masterDb;
options.Versioned = false; // Do not make a versioned template
options.KeepExisting = false;
Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem mediaitemImage = new Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaCreator().CreateFromFile(filePath, options);
Item ImageItem = masterDb.GetItem(mediaitemImage.ID.ToString());
ImageItem.Editing.BeginEdit();
ImageItem.Name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
ImageItem.Editing.EndEdit();
}
}
This is regarding SharePoint 2010 Integration with MSCRM 2011.
While creating a record in CRM, trying to create a Custom Document location for that record and a similar folder in sharepoint, So that when user clicks on document link in the entity record it does not prompt user to create folder in Sharpoint (Trying to avoid sharepoint noise for better user experience)
I have implemented through post create asynchronous plug-in. (I did this through console program working fine). Build the plugenter code here-in and deployed to CRM.
When creating a record it error out with a message like "An internal server 500 error - Could not load the assembly with public key token etc…blab bla bla…”
But when I am debugging the plug-in it failed at the first line of command where I am instantiating sharePoint method Create client context of sharepoint, it says [System.Security.SecurityException]={“That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers”.}
As per google, per this issue it should be having one attribute “Allow partial users” in assembly info file. As per my understanding, this should be done in because the request goes from CRM plug-in to SharePoint dll. I mean share point dlls are not allowing request from my assembly. How can we change that?
I have referenced Microsoft.SharePoint.client.dll and Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll
What is the alternate to overcome this issue?
Appreciate if some one can help me ..Thanks In advance.
Here is my code for SharePoint
ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteUrl)
CredentialCache cc = new CredentialCache();
Cc.Add(new Uri(siteUrl), "NTLM", CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials);
clientContext.Credentials = cc;
clientContext.AuthenticationMode = ClientAuthenticationMode.Default;
Web web = clientContext.Web;
SP.List list = web.Lists.GetByTitle(listName);
ListItemCreationInformation newItem = new ListItemCreationInformation();
newItem.UnderlyingObjectType = FileSystemObjectType.Folder;
newItem.FolderUrl = siteUrl + "/" + folderlogicalName;
if (!relativePath.Equals(string.Empty))
newItem.FolderUrl += "/" + relativePath;
newItem.LeafName = newfolderName;
SP.ListItem item = list.AddItem(newItem);
item.Update();
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
Where I am passing the siteurl, folderlogicalname,relativepath and new foldername as parameters.
This works fine from my Console application. But when converted to CRM plug-in it gives the above specified issue
I've seen a similar issue before.
CRM plugins run inside a sandbox, so all assemblies and .NET libraries used must allow partial trust callers (since the CRM sandbox runs under partial trust). It works in the console because you are executing the code as a full trust user in that context.
This issue is not necessarily your code, but could be a dependency or a .NET library itself does not allow partial trust callers - in your case it sounds like the Sharepoint library is the culprit (but a stack trace of the error should reveal exactly where the cause is).
Since you don't have access to the source library causing the problem, to overcome the error you will likely have to create a wrapper. However, the problem is the wrapper cannot directly reference the problem library or you will get the same issue. So to get around this, you may have to create a web service which acts as your wrapper and then call the web service in your CRM plugin. This way the full trust code is executed by the web service (which is full trust) and then returns the result to your calling CRM plugin.
Here is more info on the error.
Thanks Jason. This works for me.
I Would like to add additional few points to the answer.
1. I have added the sharepoint dlls to the bin folder of CRM 2011 site.
2. Also deployed the same dlls in the folder whereever Async job is running to make my Async plug-in to work.
Thanks once again for the cooperation
I have some code (console app) running on a SharePoint farm machine, and I need the app to figure out the url of Central Administration site for that farm. I remember seeing some SharePoint API doing exactly that, but I can't find it now.
I've seen a bunch of hacks people are using for that, like looking it up in Windows registry, but I need a way via SharePoint API.
in C#
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication centralWeb =
SPAdministrationWebApplication.Local;
To expand on the answer from #RDeVaney:
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication centralWeb =
SPAdministrationWebApplication.Local;
string centralAdminUrl = centralWeb.Sites[0].Url;
Here is the code from msdn, please refer if it can answer your question
SPWebServiceCollection webServices = new SPWebServiceCollection(SPFarm.Local);
foreach (SPWebService webService in webServices)
{
foreach (SPWebApplication webApp in webService.WebApplications)
{
if (!webApp.IsAdministrationWebApplication)
{
get the URL here
}
}
}
Is there any way to do WSS 3.0 site provisioning? My client's requirement is attributes as variables that will be defined in XML format: Organization Name, Logo, Address, User and Role information. The client should be able to install this web application to any WSS production server by just defining the attributes in the XML file.
Is it possible to to write a utility to parse that well defined XML and provision the site accordingly?
It's possible to provision sites from the object model, but creating entirely customized sites is beyond the scope of a single question. To get you started, you should take a look at the SPWebCollection.Add as well as the SPSiteCollection.Add.
To create a site collection and some subsites into one of your web applications, you could use something like this:
var farm = SPFarm.Local;
var solution = farm.Solutions.GetValue<SPSolution>("YourSolution.wsp");
var application = solution.DeployedWebApplications.First();
var sites = application.Sites;
using(var site = sites.Add("/", "Root Site", "Description", 1033, "YOURTEMPLATE#1", "YOURDOMAIN\SiteCollectionAdmin", "Site Collection Admin", "admin#yourcompany.example")) {
using(var rootWeb = site.RootWeb) {
// Code customizing root site goes here
using (var subSite = rootWeb.Webs.Add("SubSite", "Sub Site", "Description", 1033, "YOURTEMPLATE#2", false, false)) {
// Code customizing sub site goes here
}
}
}
Yes, there are more than one.
Take a look at SharePoint Solution Generator which is in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions.
You may create a site with all requirements of yours (pages, lists, document libraries...) and then generate a VS project that will create a SharePoint feature with all of your site. Then you may deploy that feature to any WSS production server.
You may alter the VS project to implement the logic to read your attributes from an additional xml file.
If the structure of your site is plain or you can save it as a template you may also write a small console application that reads the attribute xml file and create the site.
Create a regular solution, or use the aforementioned solution generator to generate the .wsp file. Then create a small console application, that expects the variables you mentioned as parameters.
With the code listed above, provision the new sitecollection from that solution, and store the entered parameters (Company name etc.) in the site in a list, or in the SPSite.Properties propertybag, from which you can then read them in custom webparts etc..
The SharePoint Data Population Tool available on CodePlex allows you to define sites with XML.
I have a sharepoint event handler which I want to activate for a single list, not all the lists in the site. How do I go about this?
Got the answer. We need to run this code, maybe in a console app. I still didn't get how to remove the event handler once it has been added though...
string siteUrl = Console.ReadLine();
SPSite site = new SPSite(siteUrl);
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
string listName = Console.ReadLine();
SPList list = web.Lists[listName];
string assemblyName = "Issue.EventHandler, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=89fde668234f6b1d";
string className = "Issue.EventHandler.IssueEventHandler";
list.EventReceivers.Add(SPEventReceiverType.ItemUpdated, assemblyName, className);
Just that list or that list in each site ?
I have been testing the code that run when the event happens and I have used a nice little tool from u2u, which allows me to add or remove event handlers per list.
This MSDN article is a nice primer.
Another alternative is the "SharePoint Events Manager".
Events Manager is a Feature for SharePoint that allows administrators to manage events attached to their site's lists and document libraries directly using their browser.
This simple feature enables management of events on lists and document libraries through a new item on list settings menu.
You can view, add and delete events, and even find automatically interesting classes and events from an assembly name.
You can download this feature here, and install it using "stsadm -o addsolution -filename GatWeb.SharePoint.EventsManager.wsp".
This feature is localized in french and english.
I recently gave a talk at our Sharepoint SIG about this very problem. The slides and tools are available here.
You can
write a console app to do this
write a features that uses the code in your console app to deploy to the proper list
use PowerShell
use Brian Wilson's admin tool
You can use this code for removing event handlers:
for (int i = 0; i < olist.EventReceivers.Count; i++) {
olist.EventReceivers[i].Delete();
}
Take a look at the code that comes with the tool from u2u that I posted earlier. It is a convenient tool when you are working with event handlers.