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1/6/2009

SharePoint Guidance for Developers and Architects

You have by now heard of patterns and practices in any of the Microsoft application development frameworks including Smart client, WCF Security, Web Client Software etc. Now there is a new kid on the block called SharePoint Guidance. Here is the link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx . This guidance helps architects and developers design, build, test, deploy and upgrade SharePoint intranet applications. Here is the home page for patterns and practices: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-za/practices/default(en-us).aspx

Posted at 1:23 PM by bramzer | Category: Architecture | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

12/9/2008

Changing Date Format In SharePoint

To change a date format say to yyyy-mm-dd, go to "Site Action" then "Site Settings" under Site Administration, click Regional settings.

But the interesting thing is when you want to have the following format: dd-mmmm-yyyy, e.g 09-December-2008. What you need to do is the following:

Create a Date column(Call Date1), leave it on the default view
Then create another column for your text version date
Call it what ever you want "Date 2" or something
Select Calculated (calculation based on other columns) type
Down in the Formula window insert this formula:
TEXT([the name of your number date column goes here between the square brackets],"mmmm-dd-yyyy"), Click "Ok",
essentially you have the following in brackets =TEXT(Date1,"dd-mmmm-yyyy")

Posted at 11:10 PM by bramzer | Category: SharePoint HouseKeeping | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

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