Serving up JSON Data from a SharePoint Application Page Pseudo Service


Sometimes, the SharePoint JSOM is just too unwieldy. So on a recent project I needed to conjure up SharePoint group information, and for each of these groups also the users which are group members. I wanted this data in JSON format since I’m using knockoutjs for the UI and presentation. After taking a look at the JSON … Continue reading Serving up JSON Data from a SharePoint Application Page Pseudo Service

Creating a SharePoint Transparent Overlay DIV


When ever you need to display a transparent overlay in SharePoint, you can reuse the one provided by SharePoint itself. SharePoints transparent overlay is displayed anytime you display a model dialog, like a list form for instance; SharePoint creates this overlay as part of rendering up a modal dialog in SP.UI.Dialog.js, and is created as … Continue reading Creating a SharePoint Transparent Overlay DIV

Hiding SharePoint ECB Menu Items for a Specific List


While prototyping an Approval process against listitems for a client, I had a need to remove (hide) the Approve/Reject ECB menu item for items in a specific list. Using the OOTB SharePoint 2010 Content Approval Workflow with Listitems. This workflow can be used to manage content approval for Listitems, but there is a caveat. The … Continue reading Hiding SharePoint ECB Menu Items for a Specific List

SharePoint: Purloining, Reusing and Customizing the ECB Menu System Part 1


In this series; Purloining, Reusing and Customizing the ECB Menu System Part 1 Purloining, Reusing and Customizing the ECB Menu System Part 2 This series by Jan Tielens on customizing the ECB with Javascript is useful reading in conjunction with this post. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 This post was supposed to be about … Continue reading SharePoint: Purloining, Reusing and Customizing the ECB Menu System Part 1