Add Additional Input controls to Telerik File Upload Control

We had a requirement to include additional input controls in Telerik fileupload control template. We spent more time looking into the HTML source of Telerik control on browser once it is renedered to find a way to add these controls with Javascript, but we could not find any solution for that. Later we realized that the Telerik controls provide the client script functions for its' controls, so for upload control also we found few events like OnClientAdded tha helped us to add additional inout controls like dropdown lists and lables etc. like shown in below.

Telerik FileUpload control with additional input control in it.

Below is the screen shot of Telrik file Upload control with extra input controls shown in a single line.

The code for this post is available here. Download

How to insert images into Gmail emails

I saw so many of my friends trying to find how to insert images (inline) into Gmail emails composing. So, I thought it would be helpful to post on this on my blog.

Here are the steps those will help you to figure this out.

1. After logging in to your Gmail account you can see a round icon at the top – right of your browser, and click on that, and then you can see the popup that shows Mail settings, click on that.

2. Once you click on the Mail settings it opens a setting page where you can see a lot of tabs, and click on Labs tab as shown below.

In the Labs tab search for a section called Inserting images (or click Cntrl + F and search with ‘Inserting images’), you can see a section like below, and now select Enable button, and finally click on Save Changes button to save your settings.

3. Once the changes to your settings are saved, go back to Composing email section and you can see an insert image button showing up as shown below ( make sure that the Rich formatting is enabled in your composing textbox).

Hope it helps!

Object Reference Exception in SharePoint Installer

We got the same error, I got the follwing solution from a blog and this solved our problem:

After checking the SolutionID GUID in the Setup.exe.config file with the SolutionId GUID in my project manifest.xml file, I realized that they were different. I created a new GUID  (just for peace of mind) and updated both SolutionIds. Before I could run setup again, I had to delete the wsp from the Sharepoint solution store. I ran this bat file to do so
(taken from Ted Pattison's WSS401 lab)

@SET STSADM="c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\bin\stsadm.exe"

%STSADM% -o retractsolution -name YourSilverlightApplication.wsp -immediate

%STSADM% -o execadmsvcjobs

%STSADM% -o deletesolution -name YourSilverlightApplication1.wsp

Feature Scope Error:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/dd328fce-6d16-434f-b4bf-a53deac8eaad/

Info:
http://arcadiaunlimited.com/blog/tag/sharepoint-solution-installer/

STSADM:
http://www.codebanking.com/articles/sharepoint/sharepoint-stsadm-command-for-deployment.asp

File not found error when you select New Webpart after installing SmartPart 1.3

We got this "File not found error....". The solution I found from one of a post somewhere, I have added the solution here:


Actual Error:
File Not Found. at System.Signature._GetSignature(SignatureStruct& signature, Void* pCorSig, Int32 cCorSig, IntPtr fieldHandle, IntPtr methodHandle, IntPtr declaringTypeHandle)
at System.Signature.GetSignature(SignatureStruct& signature, Void* pCorSig, Int32 cCorSig, RuntimeFieldHandle fieldHandle, RuntimeMethodHandle methodHandle, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringTypeHandle)
at System.Signature..ctor(RuntimeMethodHandle methodHandle, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringTypeHandle)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.get_Signature()
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.GetParameters()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartSerializer.GetPersonalizableProperties()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.GetEffectiveWebPartType(Type webPartType, SerializationTarget serializationTarget, Boolean ignoreSupportsAttributeMarkup)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.GetEffectiveWebPartType(Type aspWebPartType, SerializationTarget serializationTarget)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.NewDwp.Page_PreRender(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.Control.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)


Solution from the below post:
http://www.codeplex.com/smartpart/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=2708


SmartPart is binding to the older version of the System.Web.Extensions. If I had installed an earlier version of the framework and the separate AJAX extension 1.0, it may have worked.


The article does suggest a workaround.
1. Go the the web.config of your WSS.
2. Locate the section , and within that . There should be a list of entries.
3. Add the following entry
 3. Add the following entry as shown below

What the entry does is redirect binding to the old version of System.Web.Extensions to the new version. The 3.5.0.0 version should have been installed to the GAC when you install Framework 3.5 SP1.
After this change, you will be able to create a new web part in the web part gallery again.

Outlook: General failure. The URL was

 Usually this issue happens if the IE browser is not the default browser in the local machine.

So please check the browser settings like below.

To make IE your default browser, follow the steps:
1. Click the “tools” menu at the top of Internet Explorer.
2. Then click “Internet Options” in the list.
3. Click on the “Programs” tab.
4. Look in the “Default web browser” section of the window.


If this section looks like this, then Internet Explorer is your default browser.
After changing this setting, please try from outlook again.




Even after this, the issue is not resolved and if you have Mozilla Firefox in your system, please uninstall the browser and try.


Hopefully these options may help you!