Bruce Ng's software development blog – Page 23 – An archive of solutions of programming problems I have faced in my career

Deploy WSP files to Sharepoint 2013

To replace

Update-SPSolution –Identity YourSolutionName.wsp –LiteralPath “C:YourSolutionName.wsp” –GacDeployment

To add

Add-SPSolution “c:DeployWSP{file name}.wsp”

Then go to Central admin to deploy

Hacking and debugging tools

Fiddler
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/software-engineer/using-fiddler-to-debug-http/

http://www.asjava.com/tools/fiddler-tutorial-how-to-use-fiddler/

Illuminations and firebug: it’s aware of popular JS frameworks such as Ext.js, Angular, etc.

DBVisualiser: allow you to edit rich text and images in vast amount of databases. http://www.dbvis.com/

RegExr: to test and visualize regex: http://regexr.com/

XPath Visualiser: to test and visualize XPath for XML query: http://xpathvisualizer.codeplex.com/

WinMerge: to compare files to find differences.

Visual Studio Web Essentials plugin: add useful features for JS development such as #region

Excel Services Fix – “The workbook cannot be opened”.

Follow the article in the link to fix if this problem arises:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/excel_services__powerpivot_for_sharepoint_support_blog/archive/2013/05/21/excel-services-the-workbook-cannot-be-opened.aspx

Manage recycle bins in Sharepoint

https://support.office.com/en-sg/article/Manage-the-Recycle-Bin-of-a-SharePoint-Online-site-collection-5fa924ee-16d7-487b-9a0a-021b9062d14b?ui=en-US&rs=en-SG&ad=SG

Use Process Explorer to find out which program is using a file

Use process explorer: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

To find out which program is using a file.

Whenever a new Sharepoint timerjob project is deployed, it will activate the feature on all Sharepoint web applications. Remember to go to Central Administrator and deactivate the feature on the web apps that don’t need it.

Uninstall Sharepoint feature using the powershell

Follow https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607614.aspx

Install dll to Sharepoint 2013 GAC

https://camerondwyer.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/how-to-install-a-dll-to-the-gac-on-windows-2012-using-only-powershell-without-having-to-install-sdk-or-visual-studio/

Document library option missing on “Add an app” in Sharepoint 2013

The document library option is part of the Team Collaboration Lists feature, if it’s not showing, try activating the feature again.

To debug a Sharepoint timer job

Deploy the timerjob.

Open Services and restart the Sharepoint Timer Service.

In Visual Studio, attach to OWSTimer.exe

Set break point and debug as usual