In the first part of the post we went over binding an SPListItemCollection to a DataGrid for quick'n'dirty binding of Sharepoint list data. The problem with this approach is that extensibility is a … more

Databinding is cool. It lets us connect our front-end GUI elements (say, a DataGrid) to our back-end data elements (a DataSet, for instance) without the drudgery of synchronizing the two all the time. … more

I have this class, that implements the singleton pattern, and a subclass. public class Base{    public static Base Instance;    static Base()    { & … more

When we write a WebPart or WebControl that resides in a SPS Area, we will want to know at runtime which area we reside in.This, surprisingly enough, is not trivial. It's not even easy. In fact, it's … more

Having found myself developing in VB.NET alongside C# recently, I was rather annoyed at the lack of pre- and post-build-events for VB projects in VS.NET2003. A quick check of the DTE automation model … more

A followup to this post: The PortalRight enumeration defined in Microsoft.Sharepoint.Portal.Security is, for some reason, derived from UInt32 rather than Int32. You can see this in the Object Browser … more

And, to close of the day's rants - an instructive post. Today: How to create a template of a Sharepoint Area that can be moved or taken to different servers. Unfortunately, SPS Areas can't be bundled … more

Developin webparts with many UI elements can be a hassle - which is why I'm fond of the UserControl shortcut - I build my web UI as a WebUserControl, then simply have my webpart call Page.LoadControl … more