Nice way to store Connection strings for external databases in Secure Store SharePoint 2019

How to store credentials? It’s always a question because nobody wants to demonstrate the passwords, neither for the databases, nor for web services or anything else. SharePoint has a built-in tool to store a sensitive data – technical user accounts, databases or any data like this.  Here is how to create variables in the secure […] Read more»

February 6, 2024. Aleksei

SharePoint

Determine with C# if a user exists in the SharePoint group or in the included AD Group

Class to determine if a user is in the SharePoint group or is in the AD Group, which is added to the SharePoint group. So, the admin access to a custom SharePoint module is that everybody, who exists in the admin group, has more data. The admin group is a SharePoint group, which contains SPUsers […] Read more»

January 26, 2024. Aleksei

SharePoint

Fix the error for SPFX development ‘Access to XMLHttpRequest at … from origin … has been blocked by CORS policy’

While the development SPFX for SharePoint 2019 once the loading of the webpart at ‘workbench.aspx’ page stopped. SharePoint server is installed at my virtual machine, the development of SPFX is local. At first I totally could not understand what’s wrong. But soon started to look for the reason. Read more»

January 11, 2024. Aleksei

SharePoint

8 steps to add SVC service to SharePoint on-premises solution programmatically

When you make a SharePoint 2019 on-premises solution, you can make not only SPFX solutions, but also old-school WSP-solutions. It allows you not only to use SharePoint API, but also to use your own API services. With SharePoint 2019 you can use WCF service. For example, it’s a good way when you develop an application […] Read more»

January 2, 2024. Aleksei

SharePoint

Get Author Email from SharePoint Rest API request

If you want to get the Author login from the SharePoint object, for example, list item, you should use ‘expand=Author’ in the query. It’s necessary, but not sufficient. There’s one more option, which you must use. Read more»

November 15, 2023. Aleksei

SharePoint

How to find and use FluentUI Icons in SPFX applications

Icons make a better view to any application. And for a developer it’s always a problem to find how to use Icons and especially where to find them. If you work with SharePoint Online solutions, this will help you (and also me) to find a place of icons and how to use them. As far […] Read more»

November 10, 2023. Aleksei

SharePoint

Fix System.UnauthorizedAccessException with C# code for SharePoint on premise service

I developed a service for SharePoint 2019 (on premise) and this service should move files from document library to an external storage. The client part is made with SPFX solution – command set. It added buttons to the interface of the document library. Read more»

October 10, 2023. Aleksei

SharePoint

How to adapt SharePoint online workbench.aspx for a full width solution

When you are developing SPFX application for SharePoint online, you use a page https://{sharepoint_url}/sites/{some_subsite}/_layouts/15/workbench.aspx. For non-fullwidth webparts it fits normally, but if you need to create a wide or full-width webpart, it’s not very comfortable. Read more»

August 31, 2023. Aleksei

SharePoint

Rename SharePoint List Field with PNP

While writing the script to create lists for my solution for SharePoint Online I had to rename Title field in a list. It’s not so obviously as just to create a new field. Read more»

August 8, 2023. Aleksei

SharePoint

RestAPI to get Properties of SharePoint image

You can get properties of an image from SharePoint library with RestAPI The request looks like this: https://realdevtips.com/sites/Euro2024/bestboat/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/Euro2024/bestboat/VoteLib/Team2/Regal.jpg')/Properties The result is XML from which you should extract the values you want to use. Read more»

August 3, 2023. Aleksei

SharePoint