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For SharePoint-specific questions, please see the SharePoint Stack Exchange (https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com) site. Use this tag for programming questions which may involve SharePoint. Microsoft SharePoint is a platform and a family of software products developed by Microsoft for collaboration and web publishing.

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Microsoft SharePoint is a software platform and a family of software products developed by Microsoft for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration.

SharePoint comprises a multipurpose set of Web technologies backed by a common technical infrastructure. By default, SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.

Products

This family of products include:

  • Microsoft SharePoint 2010
  • Microsoft SharePoint 2013
  • Microsoft SharePoint 2016
  • Microsoft SharePoint 2019
  • Microsoft SharePoint Online (Office 365)
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
  • Windows SharePoint Services
  • Microsoft SharePoint Foundation
  • Microsoft Search Server
  • Microsoft SharePoint Designer
  • Microsoft SharePoint Workspace

Documentation

Tag usage

The tag can be used for programming related questions which may involve implementation of SharePoint technologies. For SharePoint-specific questions, please visit the SharePoint Stack Exchange.

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Serialization in C# without using file system

I have a simple 2D array of strings and I would like to stuff it into an SPFieldMultiLineText in MOSS. This maps to an ntext database field. I know I can serialize to XML and store to the file system, but I would like to serialize without touching…
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Download file/folder from sharepoint using Curl/Wget automatically

I have been trying to use Curl and wget to download file from Sharepoint. I am planning to make it as Script which runs automatically everyday and download the file from URL. I tried using CURL with following command curl -O --user…
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Python - Download files from SharePoint site

I have a requirement of downloading and uploading the files to Sharepoint sites. This has to be done using python. My site will be as https://ourOrganizationName.sharepoint.com/Followed by Further links Initially I thought I could do this using…
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Authenticating Sharepoint site from background service and uploading file

I'm trying to authenticate up against Sharepoint so that it's possible for me to upload files onto a specific Sharepoint site. I'm trying to use an X.509 certificate to retrieve the access token, but I keep getting (401): Unauthorized. Here's the…
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What is the purpose of zones in sharepoint? (web application zones or authentication zones or how do they call it)

I can't understand the concept and, first of all, where it belongs. Is it solely a Shrepoint concept or more general like of ASP.NET or IIS level? Does it only affect authentication and if so how does it affect it? Or what effect does it have on an…
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Adding list items with SharePoint 2013 REST API

I'm trying to add a new item in a existing list using SharePoint 2013 with the REST API. There is pretty good documentation for this here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj164022(office.15).aspx#ListItems The list I am trying to add items…
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SharePoint : How can I programmatically add items to a custom list instance

I am really looking for either a small code snippet. I have a C# console app that I will use to somehow add list items to my custom list. I have created a custom content type too. So not sure if I need to create an C# class from this content type…
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How do I solve this error, "error while trying to deserialize parameter"

I have a web service that is working fine in one environment but not in another. The web service gets document meta data from SharePoint, it running on a server where I cant debug but with logging I confirmed that the method enters and exits…
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How to use credentials to connect to a SharePoint list using the Client Side Object Model?

I need to write an application to update a list on a SharePoint 2010 site. I found the "SPSite" which I can create with the URL, but I can't figure out how to specify with which user I want to connect. The user isn't the current windows user, and…
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SharePoint for a C# ASP.NET Developer

I've been asked to create a website in SharePoint within the next couple of weeks or so and I'm entirely new to SharePoint. Does anyone have any good examples/tutorials on how to do some basic operations such as creating custom forms, using basic…
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Where is the default log location for SharePoint/MOSS?

I found the answer after digging and thought I'd store it here. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\LOGS
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Get the content of a sharepoint folder with Excel VBA

Usually I use this piece of code to retrieve the content of a folder in VBA. But this doesn't work in the case of a sharepoint. How can I do ? Dim folder As folder Dim f As File Dim fs As New FileSystemObject Set folder =…
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Change SharePoint Library URL

How do you change the URI of a SharePoint library? Based on Google searching, most people say that changing the name of a library in Designer (via right click->rename) will result in the URI change, but it is only changing the name for me. I am…
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What does square bracket [] mean in the below code?

I got below code from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd584174(office.11).aspx for adding custom property in webpart tool pane. What does square bracket ([]) mean in the below code? [Category("Custom Properties")] …
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How to get request digest value from provider hosted app?

I am developing SharePoint 2013 Provider hosted app using javascript REST Api. In order to perform create (POST), or update (MERGE) operations on sharepoint items I need to set the 'X-RequestDigest' header with the request. When in…
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