Arjen Bloemsma

Custom Action Definitions in SharePoint 2010

2010-02-04T10:29:00Z

Since the info on the MSDN page about Custom Action Definitions in SharePoint 2010 (at this moment) isn't correct - it actually is specific to SharePoint 2007 - i decided to put the correct info on my blog.

I will make regular updates on this post to make the list complete. I will also try to create a better layout for the table, but for now this will do.

Location	Custom Action Group ID	Description
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Applications	WebApplications	Web Applications section under Aplication Management on Central Administration
	SiteCollections	Site Collections section under Aplication Management on Central Administration
	Databases	Databases section under Aplication Management on Central Administration
	ServiceApplications	Service Applications section under Aplication Management on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SystemSettings	Servers	Servers section under System Settings on Central Administration
	Email	E-Mail and Text Messages (SMS) section under System Settings on Central Administration
	FarmManagement	Farm Management section under System Settings on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Monitoring	HealthStatus	Health Analyzer section under Monitoring on Central Administration
	TimerJobs	Timer Jobs section under Monitoring on Central Administration
	Reporting	Reporting section under Monitoring on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Backups	FarmBackup	Farm Backup and Restore section under Backup and Restore on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Backups	GranularBackup	Granular Backup section under Backup and Restore on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Security	Users	Users section under Security on Central Administration
	GeneralSecurity	General Security section under Security on Central Administration
	InformationPolicy	Information policy section under Security on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.UpgradeAndMigration	Patch	Upgrade and Patch Management section under Upgrade and Migration on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.GeneralApplicationSettings	ExternalServiceConnections	External Service Connections section under General Application Settings on Central Administration
	SiteDirectory	Site Directory section under General Application Settings on Central Administration
	SPD	SharePoint Designer section under General Application Settings on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.ConfigurationWizards	FarmConfiguration	Farm Configuration section under Configuration Wizards on Central Administration
Microsoft.SharePoint.SiteSettings	UsersAndPermissions
	Customization
	Galleries
	SiteTasks
	SiteAdministration
	SiteCollectionAdmin
CommandUI.Ribbon

RegEx: Exclude lines containing a specific word

2008-12-03T14:26:00Z

As we all know regular expressions are really powerfull. I'm sure every developer needs them at one time or another and is truly happy that they exist. But today they nearly drove me mad.

Half of the time tools like The Regulator and Expresso do the job and you can almost click your needed expression together, but not today. I needed a regex which would exclude a line if it contained a specific word. So in the following example i want all the lines to match, except the line that contains the word 'ignored':

I want this line.
Give me this line also.
This line must be ignored.
Another line that i want.

After trying various expressions i found that the follwing regex (thanks to this site) did the trick:

^((?!ignored).)*$

In regular expression world '(?!regex)' is called a zero-width negative lookahead which means that the expression wil match if it does not contain regex. The rest of the expression, ^( and .)*$ basically tells the regex engine that the word we look for can be surrounded by other characters e.g. inside a line.

Create your own slides in WPF

2008-10-14T09:07:00Z

Ever had the feeling during your presentation that, while you were switching from Powerpoint to Visual Studio to show your demo, there must be an easier way? Like really integrating your demo into your presentation? Well, now there is! Thanks to WPF and Beatriz Costa. For more info go to Beatriz's blog.

Another thing I would like to share with you is the fact that the final version of Silverlight 2 has been released. You can find it here along with howto videos and documentation.

Update:

Scott Guthrie just published a post about Silverlight 2. You can find it here

Silverlight 2 RC0 is here!

2008-09-26T07:46:00Z

O boy! Just a quick post to inform you all that the first Silverlight 2 Release Candidate has been published! You can find it here. More info about this can be found on ScottGu's blog.

Enjoy!

Two and a half years later...

2008-09-24T19:38:00Z

Finally! I rediscovered my own blog. It only has been just over two and a half years since my last post :')

You can expect a brand new post within the next few days, so stay tuned.

Arjen

Power to the developers!

2006-02-11T04:08:00Z

Do you also think that the standard collection of ADT's is just not enough?...(read more)

SQL Server Error 26: Error Locating Server/Instance Specified

2006-02-09T12:07:00Z

A solution to 'Error 26': 'A error has occured while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections'...(read more)

Hello World!

2006-02-09T07:53:00Z

Blog launch...(read more)