http://www.sigurbjorn.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 21 May 2009 20:49:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been working on a fairly extensive SharePoint project the last few weeks and I think I've taken my SharePoint knowledge to another level. There might be a post or two from what I've experienced and solved in this current project. Later... http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=37 I finally found a great article about debugging in SharePoint over at elumenotion.com. He talks about how you can debug your SharePoint project (or any other project I think) with your dll file in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). Check it out and be sure you set your <compilation debug="true">. I got ... http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=36 Description While activating a feature that contains list instances I get an "Unknown error" message in the SharePoint UI. Log Entry The element 'NameOfListInstance' of type 'ListInstance' for feature 'MyCompany.SharePoint' (id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000) threw an exception during activation: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. My solution After a lot of debugging I ... http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=29 I found a create post about storing custom configuration values for your SharePoint solutions. Check it out at Chris O'Brien's blog http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=23 Ok so here is my scenario: I'm developing a custom SharePoint solution that includes ... a custom content type numerous fields including RichText enabled fields list template a custom control template for my new/edit/display forms The problem: Everything was rendering perfectly except my RichText fields. The solution: Define your field and reference it in the ContentType xml file <Field ID="{D5C2A287-02B5-47b1-9865-AC8300A00E86}"        ... http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=21 I got this beautiful error message earlier when trying to activate a custom feature I'm working on. "Value does not fall within the expected range." Did a google search and found out that there might be something wrong with one of the XML files. After a good hour and a half ... http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=20 This is the first part in a series of walkthroughs specially written for developers beginning SharePoint development. I'm also a beginner and after a few weeks of reading books, blogs and watching countless screen-casts I've finally got to that point where I'm familiar with the fundamental elements and environment of ... http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=35 My name is Sigurbjörn Guðjónsson, and I live in Reykjavík, Iceland. I recently started working as a developer for Focal Software & Consulting (www.focal.is). My job description is a .Net developer and I'm currently working in the SharePoint environment. I was first introduced to SharePoint late last June so I've got ... http://www.sigurbjorn.com/?p=34