Creating PDF files dynamically with PowerShell
So how does one go about creating PDF files dynamically? You need a pinch of the open source PdfSharp library and 10 lines of PowerShell. Add-Type -Path .\P...
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Retrieving the text from a message when writing automation tests using White
Quick tip on how to retrieve the value of a message box when writing automation tests using White for Windows desktop apps.
Creating jUnit/xUnit compatible xml test tesults in PowerShell
I originally wrote this function when I needed to create jUnit/xUnit compatible test results. The resulting xml file was then fed into the jUnit plugin in Je...
Debugging Javascript
What’s the easiest way to break into the debugger in JavaScript especially when you have heaps of js files being loaded by a page (SharePoint 2013 & disp...
Tweaking the default search display template in SharePoint 2013
Let’s look at what it takes to make a minor tweak to the out of the box search result in SharePoint 2013. Say my requirement is to show the document id in th...
Things to watch out for when migrating SharePoint 2010 FAST Search to SharePoint 2013
I’m currently working on a Search First migration to SharePoint 2013. This post is a placeholder to document the gotchas and workarounds.
Online XPath Tool
XPathTool is a really great online XPath utility. It’s free, doesn’t need to be installed and has more features than a lot of the utilities that you find on ...
Making SharePoint JSon calls from PowerShell in SharePoint 2013
The Invoke-RestMethod in PowerShell 3 doesn’t send the appropriate header required by SharePoint 2013 to return JSon results. It took me a while to figure ou...
Mobile Apps: Native or Web?
When building for mobile there isn’t a silver bullet. Instead we have a myriad of compromises to make. If your an enterprise wanting to build apps here are f...
Creating a BCS Content Source using PowerShell
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