Archive for July, 2012

Difference between ‘Shadowing’ and ‘Overriding’ (Shadowing vs Overriding) – C#

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, C#, Tech Tips-.Net, Versus (vs) on July 29, 2012

This is a very quick Tech-Tips..! Actually Shadowing is VB.Net concept, in C# this concept called hiding! We will see this chapter later. 🙂

Shadowing : Creating an entirely new method with the same signature as one in a base class.

Overriding: Redefining an existing method on a base class.

  • Both are used when a derived class inherits from a base class
  • Both redefine one or more of the base class elements in the derived class

If you want to read more regarding this, just follow this MSDN topic.


class A
 {
 public int M1()
 {
 return 1;
 }

 public virtual int M2()
 {
 return 1;
 }
 }

class B : A
 {
 public new int M1()
 {
 return 2;
 }

 public override int M2()
 {
 return 2;
 }
 }

class Program
 {
 static void Main(string[] args)
 {
 B b = new B();
 A a = (A)b;

 Console.WriteLine(a.M1()); //Base Method
 Console.WriteLine(a.M2()); //Override Method
 Console.WriteLine(b.M1());
 Console.WriteLine(b.M2());
 Console.Read();
 }
 }

The output is : 1, 2, 2, 2

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SecurityException was unhandled by user code – VSTA, C#, InfoPath 2007

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, Active Directory, DirectoryServices, InfoPath 2007, InfoPath 2010, VSTA on July 18, 2012

I got this error, while I was developing a InfoPath form in VSTA (Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2008) . This was my enviornment:

  • Windows 7
  • VSTA 2008
  • InfoPath 2007

Scenario: I was trying to get the user information from Active Directory(AD) and then display in an InfoPath form. Here is the C# code I have written in the VSTA:

public void CTRL1_5_Clicked(object sender, ClickedEventArgs e)
 {
 string strUserName = System.Environment.UserName;

 string xpath2 = "/my:myFields/my:field1";
 XPathNavigator field2 = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator().SelectSingleNode(xpath2, NamespaceManager);
 field2.SetValue(GetOU(strUserName)); //Get Organization Unit(OU) from Acitve Directory(AD)
 }

This is the error message I have got: 😦

Solution: I have fixed this issue in a different situation, just read in my previous post.

Thanks. R./

Happy InfoPathing. 🙂

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InfoPath cannot grant access to these files and settings because the form template is not fully trusted. For a form to run with full trust, it must be installed or digitally signed with a certificate – InfoPath 2007 forms Security Levels

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, Active Directory, DirectoryServices, InfoPath 2007, InfoPath 2010 on July 18, 2012

After giving the Full Trust to the Form template (See here), we will be able to preview the InfoPath form and get information from other domains, or access files and settings on a user’s computer. But when we publish InfoPath form on SharePoint and try to access the from then you will be getting this error. 😦

Error:

Details:

Text format of the error:

Form template: file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\RajanihanthV\Desktop\XmlProc\InfoPath\ADInfo.xsn</pre>
The form template is trying to access files and settings on your computer. InfoPath cannot grant access to these files and settings because the form template is not fully trusted. For a form to run with full trust, it must be installed or digitally signed with a certificate.

If we need to access the form from SharePoint, we need to be digitally signed the form even it is fully trusted. This is pretty simple, but we have to do this process after publishing the form on SharePoint only. Here are the steps.

Step 1: Navigate to the Document (form) Library, where your form published

Step 2: Click Settings on the Document Library Settings

Step 3: Advanced Settings

Step 4: Edit Template

Step 5: Click the Form Options on the Tools menu

Step 6: Click Sign this Form Template and create or select certificate, then OK

That’s all. You can try and see. 🙂

This will work only for you (author), If you want give access to all users you have to get the digital signature from 3rd party vendors and signed the form.

Thanks. R./

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Request for the permission of type ‘System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesPermission, System.DirectoryServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a’ failed – InfoPath 2007 forms Security Levels

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, InfoPath 2007, InfoPath 2010 on July 18, 2012

When I was trying to display user information from Active Directory(AD) in an InfoPath form, I have got an error message saying that I don’t have permissions to access the Directory services. 😦

Details of the error message:

Text format of the error:

System.Security.SecurityException
 Request for the permission of type 'System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesPermission, System.DirectoryServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' failed.
at Template2.FormCode.GetOU(String username)
at Template2.FormCode.CTRL1_5_Clicked(Object sender, ClickedEventArgs e)
at Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Internal.ButtonEventHost.OnButtonClick(DocActionEvent pEvent)
at Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust._ButtonEventSink_SinkHelper.OnClick(DocActionEvent pEvent)

I have faced this kind of security level errors while creating a web parts using Active Directory(AD) and you can read this in my previous post.

Basically InfoPath provides three security levels for forms, they are:

  • Restricted
  • Domain
  • Full Trust

The security levels determine whether a form can access data on other domains, or access files and settings on a user’s computer. If you need more info about this, just click here.

When we design/create an InfoPath form, the minimum trust level will be assigned in-default and which is not enough to access the Directory Services. So we need to change the trust level to access the information.  These are the simple steps to change the Trust Levels in InfoPath,

Step 1: Open the Form template in Design Mode

Step 2: Click the Form Options on the Tools menu

Step 3: You will be getting the following window and the security levels automatically determined

Step 4: Unchecked the check box, give the permissions to ‘Full Trust’ and then click OK

That’s all, you can access the Directory Services programmatically and display in your InfoPath form.  Sometimes you will be getting another error after fixing this (probably after publishing to SharePoint), to solve this problem we just need to specify the digitally signed certificate for this form. Check out the error message here.

Thanks. R./

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Difference between ‘ref’ and ‘out’ parameters (ref vs out) – C#

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, Tech Tips-.Net, Versus (vs) on July 14, 2012

  • Both are treated differently @ runtime but same in the compile time, so can’t be overloaded.
  • Both are passed by references except ‘ref’ requires that the variable to be initialized before passed.

ref:

class Program
 {
 static void M1(out int i)
 {
 i = 1;
 i += 1;
 }

static void Main(string[] args)
 {
 int j; //Not assigned
 M1(out j);
 Console.Write(j);
 Console.Read();
 }
 }
}

The output is : 2

out:

class Program
 {
 static void M1(ref int i)
 {
 i = 1;
 i += 1;
 }

 static void Main(string[] args)
 {
 int j=0; //Assigned
 M1(ref j);
 Console.Write(j);
 Console.Read();
 }
}

The output is same: 2, but we have to assigned the variable before used otherwise we will get an error.

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‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Form’ does not contain a constructor that takes 0 arguments – SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, Client Object model, SharePoint 2010 on July 13, 2012

To fix this issue, just click here. Thanks, R../

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How to get the list of folders and subfolders from a SharePoint document library

Posted by Rajanihanth in SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, Tech Tips-SharePoint on July 13, 2012

There are many ways to get files & folder details from SharePoint (programmatically) but my manager asked me to provide the list of folders and sub folders from a SharePoint document library urgently. So I wanted get an idea to provide the information quickly, after spending few minutes on the web and found this post (I know about the DIR command but didn’t think about the SharePoint UNC). Yes, we can get the details using DOS command with UNC path. 🙂

First of all, we want to know about UNC and the DIR command.

UNC: Universal Naming Convention, a format for specifying the location of resources on a local-area network (LAN). Read more about this here.

Syntax: \\<servername>\<sharename>\<directory>

DIR: Display a list of files and subfolders. Read more about this here.

Syntax: DIR [pathname(s)] [display_format] [file_attributes] [sorted] [time] [options]

To get SharePoint UNC path, just remove http: from the SharePoint url and replace the forward slash with backslash. So my document library path is:

http://ServerName/doccenter/Administration/StepBiStep

then it’s UNC will be like this:

\\ServerName\doccenter\Administration\StepBiStep

Okay.. we will see the steps here, I have created a document library (StepBiStep) for testing purpose.

Step 1: Open the cmd prompt

Step 2: type the following statement in the command-line and press Enter key.

DIR /B /A:D / S [UNC Path] > [File Name]

– /B -Bare format (no heading, file sizes or summary)
– /A:D -Folder file attributes
– /S -Include all subfolders
– [UNC Path] -The path, which you want to get all the folders and subfolders
– [File Name] -A text file name to store the folder details

So our command is looks like this, I have used a text file (FolderLists.txt, which is located in C: drive) to store the details.

DIR /b /A:D /S \\ServerName\doccenter\Administration\StepBiStep > c:\FolderLists.txt

Step 3: It will take few minutes to generate the list. You can open in a Notepad and see..!.

That’s all guys, enjoy!  I do welcome your comments. Please leave them here! 🙂

References:

1. http://ss64.com/nt/dir.html

2. http://www.sharepointgeoff.com/how-to-quickly-list-documents-and-sub-folders-from-a-document-library-in-sharepoint-to-a-file/

3. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc939978.aspx

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‘Form’ is an ambiguous reference between ‘System.Windows.Forms.Form’ and ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Form’ – SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, Client Object model, SharePoint 2010 on July 13, 2012

When you try to use the Client Object Model (SharePoint 2010) with Windows Application in Visual Studio 2010, you might be getting these error messages. (You can find the step by step instructions to use the SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model here)

Error Message:

'Form' is an ambiguous reference between 'System.Windows.Forms.Form' and 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Form'

Reason: The reason is obvious and we can get from the error message itself. Yes, after added the  SharePoint Client reference to the code, there is a conflict between ‘System.Windows.Forms.Form’ and ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Form’! Initially our Form1 class inherits from Form class (by default System.Windows.Forms.Form) and currently our program confuses to choose the correct reference.

Solution: Provide full reference to the Form class will be the solution for this issue, so replace ‘Form‘ with ‘System.Windows.Forms.Form‘
After Replacing the code:

public partial class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
 {
 public Form1()
 {
 InitializeComponent();
 }
}

That’s all guys, Happy Programming with Client Object Model.

Thanks, R../

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The type or namespace name ‘SharePoint’ does not exist in the namespace ‘Microsoft’ (are you missing an assembly reference?) – SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model dlls

Posted by Rajanihanth in .Net, Client Object model, SharePoint 2010 on July 13, 2012

When I started using the Client Object model (Client OM) in SharePoint 2010, I have got this simple error and I just want to share with you in this blog. Following was my develpment environment.

  • Windows 7, 64 bit
  • Console Application Visual Studio 2010
  • Added Client Object Model references (Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll & Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll) to the solution

After setting up all the above, I was trying to add the client reference to the code ‘using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;‘and then I have got the following error and warnings 🙂

The text format of error is:

"The type or namespace name 'SharePoint' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (are you missing an assembly reference?)"

It’s an obvious error message and the reason of this error is:

SharePoint 2010 does not support .Net 4.0 in default and Visual Studio 2010 default framework is .Net 4.0.

Here are the simple steps to fix this:

Step 1: Right click on the project –> Properties

Step 2: Change the Target framework –> .Net Framework 3.5

Step 3: Warning message will be popping up, click Yes.

That’s all. Happy Coding..!

Please Note: If you use Windows Application then you will be getting an other error message! 😦 To solve this issue just click here.

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Invalid look-up value. A look-up field contains invalid data. Please check the value and try again – SharePoint 2010

Posted by Rajanihanth in MetaData, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 on July 10, 2012

One of my colleagues asked me to check an error message while uploading a word document to the document library in SharePoint 2010 today.  I just looked at the message, it so wired and I haven’t seen before. Actually I am not a SharePoint admin but.. 😉

Here is the error:

“Invalid lookup-value. A look-up field contains invalid data. Please check the value and try again”

After spending few minutes I have got some idea about this problem, actually my colleague was trying to upload the document which was downloaded from another SharePoint (2007) environment and it has all the previous  “Document Server Properties” (ie. Metadata columns). Here are the possible other inspections for this error.

To solve this issue, just click the Document Inspector and remove all inspected properties of the document and upload again. You can find the steps for the 97-2003 Word document here. I am going to show you the steps for 2010 word document (.docx).

Please Note these two points from MSDN:

  • If you remove hidden content from your document, you might not be able to restore it by clicking Undo.
  • If you want to remove hidden data and personal information from documents you save in the OpenDocument Text (.odt) format, you must run the Document Inspector every time you save the document in this format.

Step 1: Open the document and click File –> Info

Step 2: Click Check for Issues drop down in the middle pane and choose Inspect Document

Step 3: You will get the following window and Click Inspect button (if you want to remove only the “Document Server Properties” then just click the option only)

Step 4: You will see all the inspection results on the window and then click Remove All on the right side & Close.

After this, you will be able to upload the document. That’s all guys, Happy uploading..!

This is a very quick post, if you find any issues just let me know. 🙂 Thanks. R./

References:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/inspect-documents-for-hidden-data-and-personal-information-HA010074435.aspx#BM2

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