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If you were wondering how a non-bi-directional SPIF works in different use cases, you may want to look at the table below based from my testing. # Sharepoint Changes Supported? SPIF Notes 1 Folder created Y Folder created Do not name the folder or file with special chars like "-" 2 Folder deleted Y Integration folder is deleted This deletes any items in the folder 3 Folder renamed N Rename not supported Refrain from renaming folders in Sharepoint to avoid confusion - it wont get renamed in SC Folder is still connected and any items added or updated under it gets syncd   3.1 Upload File   Y File is pulled into SC similar to #5 Still syncs even though folder name is different 4 Folder Moved? N Folder is deleted Gets recreated as a new folder in the target location and any items under it 5 File uploaded Y File is pulled to SC ...

I recently had a request from the business to implement a unique 8-digit (auto-incrementing) Reference number for one of their Forms. Doing a quick scan in the available Field types, I found that there wasn't any type available that fits my requirement.  I had two options to consider: Override the Save to DB action: by overriding the Execute method and replacing the AdaptedResultList with my own which queries the WFM DB and looks for the Max Reference value and returns the incremented value at that instance; this worked well but I quickly ran into an issue wherein other Save Actions (like Send Email) were still using the original AdaptedResultList and thus the experience was inconsistent. If I were to go this route, I would have to override every possible Save action which is not very good. So I concentrated with my next option:   Create my own Custom Field Type: I created my own type, did the necessary changes in the WFFM module settings like (add a new Field Type refer...

One of our business users was requesting for a listing of items they've already added and have it available in a format that can be opened in a spreadsheet (Excel). My initial thought was to create a blank aspx page and write all the logic to get the data in the code-behind, run it and save the resulting file to a csv then I'm done. But then it got me to think, it might be a better idea to have this functionality plugged in to Sitecore and made available for everyone to use.  Sitecore Bucket's Search Options fly-out seemed a good candidate for this feature (See image below). So doing some quick readings I got myself in to the "zone" and started implementing this quick and dirty PoC. Just to explain what it actually does. User will basically do a search, ( Note that all search options require some filters or search keyword before any of the options can be used ) clicks the Export to File, it pops up a dialog to confirm the action and executes, after w...

Ran across an issue today wherein one of our Content Editors was complaining that their page was not working, i.e. some page scripts where not firing. Upon closer inspection, we found out that their content inside their RTE was missing. We added them back but, it just kept getting stripped-off when we close the editor. This did not happen to us before when we were using SC6.5, so this basically smells more like an upgrade issue. I scanned all of the config changes (I kept a log) and found one curious setting:       <setting name="HtmlEditor.RemoveScripts" value="true" /> This setting was by default removing any embedded scripts inside the RTE. Just turn it off in your CM and keep it on in your CD.

Our internal clients wanted us to secure some of their resources stored in the media library so that only authenticated and authorized extranet users are able to view or download them. Our current setup has the following components, I'll simply focus on the 3rd and 4th points: Sharepoint Workflows on a Sharepoint 2007 Server. This serves as the working repository of the resource owners. Sitecore Sharepoint Integration Framework. This hooks up Sitecore with the designated document library in Sharepoint for all finalized files/documents Integration folder in the Media library Login page to handle the authentication Create your login page. You have the option to create your sublayout for this (mostly to control the page contents etc.) or you can just quickly create one and put it in one of your folders in your solution. I normally use CodeFile directive in my pages as we found it easier to maintain this type of setup in the long run. There are plenty of samples of the login ...