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CAML Designer (Known as CAML Builder) is a great tool for generating CAML Query and some of the advanced CAML search result. This tool is created by SharePoint MVP Karine Bosch and Andy Van Steenbergen . You can download the tool from here . Some of the feature contains by CAML Designer. You can connect three ways:  using the server object model  using the client object model  using the SharePoint web services  UI support Ribbon  UI support for LookupId='True' (filter on the ID of a lookup value)  UI support for QueryOptions  UI support for Query all files and folders by using (ViewAttributes Property of the SPQuery Class)  Code snippets  The Server Object Model  The .NET Client Object Model  The web services  Drag and drop functionality  Problems  Not supported MOSS only works in SharePoint 2010.  Design issue : Query main Screen Scroll-bars missing  ex....

Web Part Life Cycle OnInit: Controls Initialization (happens earlier in the lifecycle - view state changes have not been done yet and tracking of it has not been turned on.) OnLoad: Occurs when the controls are loaded by the page load event. CreateChildElement: Create any child controls that controls contain. EnsureChildElement : Ensure that CreateChildElement Event is complete. Use this to guarantee that control exist it before referencing it. OnPreRender :  All controls are fully loaded on the page. RenderContents : Render Content Inside the Control OnPreRender All controls are fully loaded on the page. VewState is Loaed All control values are current ViewState is not saved and can still be changed Last chance to change the property of the controls OnPreRender Use Update any control property based on the other Professionalization properties. Get data from database Make web service calls Connect data binding Do any...

CAML contains following operators:  Eq: equal  Geq: greater than or equal  Gt: greatoer then  Leq: lower than or equal  Lt: lower than  BeginsWith  Contains  IsNull  IsNotNull  Includes (new in SharePoint 2010)  In (new in Sharepoint 2010)   I never tried to use the “IN” Operator. I thought most of my other friends do not know about this. So here is IN” Operator CAML Query.   <Where>       <In>          <FieldRef Name='ID' />          <Values>             <Value Type='Counter'>5</Value>             <Value Type='Counter'>6</Value>             <Value Type='Counter'>7</Value>          </Values>       </In>  ...

Implementing Ajax Tool Kit I used Ajax 3.0.30930.28736 dll for this project. Because as we know SharePoint 2010 working in .Net 3.5 Framework. Ajax dll 3.5 or more than that used .Net 4.0 framework. Custom Master Page contains Ajax Tool kit reference.  When feature activated custom master page applied to your SharePoint site. Use Visual Web Part contains   Ajax Tab  ValidatorCallout Control Following Ajax reference already added to the Master page. First register the Ajax Control Toolkit namespace in the masterpage file by putting the following line at the top of the file: <%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit, Version=3.0.30930.28736,  Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=28f01b0e84b6d53e" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit" TagPrefix="ajaxToolkit" %> Then remove the ScriptManager registration from the master page by removing the following line: <asp:ScriptManager id="ScriptManager" runat="se...

From Browser  Open SharePoint Site Navigate to page you are going set as Home page. Click to the home page Click Make Home page from ribbon under Page Actions Group. Property bag Feature Open visual Studio 2010. Create new empty SharePoint Project “SetHomePage”. Add new empty element “HomePagePropertyBag” Copy the relative page URL that you want to set as home page. Write the following lines your Properbag features.  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <PropertyBag Url="" ParentType="Folder" RootWebOnly="false"> <Property Name="vti_welcomePage" Type="string" Value="lib/TestWelcomePage.aspx"></Property> </PropertyBag> </Elements> SharePoint Object model Open visual Studio 2010. Create New Empty SharePoint Project “SetHomePageByCode” Add new feature...

To achieve this functionality we have to first hide the custom commands tab from event list. Open Visual Studio.  Create SharePoint Empty project. Add UserControl give it name CalendarFeature. Include dll in your project from Path : C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\ISAPI\Microsoft.Web.CommandUI.dll Write the following lines of codes in ascx file. protected   void  Page_Load( object  sender,  EventArgs  e)         {              SPRibbon  ribbon =  SPRibbon .GetCurrent( this .Page);              if  (ribbon !=  null )             {                 ribbon.TrimById( "Ribbon.CustomCommand...