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Currently only USA and UK Windows Phones can access Cortana Beta. Some other countries such as Australia have access to Cortana Alpha. The “Hey Cortana” feature which allows you to start Cortana listening by simply saying “Hey Cortana” is not included in the Alpha and we have to wait patiently for the Beta. There is... Continue Reading →
I’m often modifying existing C# code in Visual Studio and find myself trying to line up opening and closing braces and trying to figure out what level of nesting I’m currently at. It’s easy when the block fits on a single screen without scrolling, but dive into some complex logic where you’ve got plenty of... Continue Reading →
I’ve found Office Lens to be an awesome app for Windows Phone. Recently the app was enhanced to allow for the specific task of scanning business cards. So how does it work? Simply fire up the free Office Lens app on your Windows Phone and tell it you want to scan a business card. Take... Continue Reading →
What is a .ps1 file? If you want to save a series of PowerShell commands in a file so you can run them again later then you effectively creating a PowerShell script. This is simply a text file with a .ps1 extension. The file contains a series of PowerShell commands, with each command appearing on... Continue Reading →
I’m a SharePoint guy, and certainly no PowerShell expert. I know enough PowerShell to get things done in SharePoint from time to time. I can often go months without using PowerShell and talking to colleagues I don’t think I’m alone in the SharePoint community. So if you are just starting out with using PowerShell to do... Continue Reading →
This problem arises if you were using Team Foundation Services (TFS) Online while it was still in preview. You will be accessing TFS on a URL such as: https://mycompany.tfspreview.com A recent change has been made to TFS Online that prevents you opening solutions using this URL. When you try to open an existing solution (that... Continue Reading →
I’ve installed Windows 2012 server on a few Hyper-V images in the past but ran into an error that looked unfamiliar. I created my Hyper-V machine, configured it with a dynamic hard drive, added a DVD and mounted the Windows Server 2012 ISO making sure the DVD drive was top of the boot order and... Continue Reading →
Article Index 1. Introduction Why use different default views based on navigation hierarchy? What are the different levels that a default view can be set? Caution: Per-location view defaults 2. Library default views 3. Folder default views 4. Custom Folder default views 5. Document Set (and Custom Document Set) default views 1. Introduction This article... Continue Reading →
In this article you will learn how to create a custom list definition (not a list instance) using the Visual Studio 2012 visual designer with step-by-step with screenshots.In Visual Studio 2012 select File | New ProjectSelect Templates | Visual C# | Office/SharePoint | SharePoint 2013 – Empty ProjectIf you don’t see this type of project... Continue Reading →
I recently encountered a problem trying to get the Windows Forms CheckedListBox control to resize it’s height to exactly fit it’s contents (items) without showing scrollbars. Initially I looked at using the obvious PreferredHeight property, but it quickly became evident that the preferred height didn’t give me a useable value. It was out by a... Continue Reading →
Cameron Dwyer 