InfoPath

Retrieve Active Directory Information from the User Profile Service – part 1

Very often in InfoPath, I need to query Active Directory for certain pieces of information just so that I can have some type of functionality within my forms.  One of the most used and easiest forms of this is the user profile service.  I use this to my advantage to query e-mail addresses, user account… Continue reading Retrieve Active Directory Information from the User Profile Service – part 1

SharePoint

Need to edit multiple items to kick off a workflow? No prob Bob!

I was faced with this task recently.  Let me paint the picture for you. I have a document library with over 1,000 items in it.  I added a new column (Named) that needs to have the same information as an existing column (Name).  For whatever reason, the web part I am using for my list… Continue reading Need to edit multiple items to kick off a workflow? No prob Bob!

MS Office

The converter failed to save the file….well crap!

Have you ever seen this message before? Chances are, probably not but in my organization this might rear it’s ugly head from one time or another. I received a call from one of my user’s and they said that they could not edit an Excel file from withing SharePoint. Since we have a mixed MS… Continue reading The converter failed to save the file….well crap!