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A simple way to programmatically create SharePoint security groups

When it comes to SharePoint deployments, I try to automate everything I can. I don’t like manual steps especially when it comes to setting up security. A common task when deploying any sites is setting up security in some manner. Today I am going to cover how to easily store definitions...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 03-08-2010
Linq to XML and Deleting Lists on Feature Deactivation

A few months ago, I discussed how to use LINQ to XML to parse your elements.xml file to delete any files that you may have deployed on feature activation. Today I have decided to reuse this concept to delete any lists that I have created when I deactivate a feature? Now you may ask, “why...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 09-24-2009
Using LINQ to XML to access the data of a form saved to a form library in a workflow

As I have mention in the past LINQ to XML is a great way to manipulate the XML data out of an InfoPath form . I thought I would show how you can also use the same technique to work with the data of a form saved to a form library which launches a workflow (although you could apply this technique...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 05-06-2009
Code samples from my short talk about LINQ to XML

Today, I had the opportunity to give a short introduction on how to do some basic queries on XML documents with LINQ to XML. In the talk, I talked about how to create anonymous types from your XML document so that you can work with strong types. I also showed some uses some of the classes, methods, and...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 04-29-2009
Using a namespace with LINQ to XML

If you are using LINQ to XML, sooner or later, you will need to work with XML documents that don't use the namespace. For example, you might be working with the XML from an InfoPath form and you want to get the value of a particular element. InfoPath uses the my namespace, and you can't just...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 08-29-2008
NEW! Web Part for Wildcard Search in Enterprise Search

I have had countless people tell me that they want to be able to do wildcard search in MOSS Enterprise Search using the existing Search Center site templates. The Search Center site template uses keyword query syntax which does not support wildcards. To get wildcards you need to use a full text SQL query...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 06-09-2008
Using WebService Data With Silverlight

Now, I want to do something a bit more dynamic. How about we call a web service, get some dynamic data back, and render something based on that data? In this post, I will build a simple example in order to clearly illustrate the concepts. But at the end, I will post an example of something a bit more...

Posted to Kevin Williams .NET and Stuff (Weblog) by Kevin on 03-23-2008
How to: Check for nulls when using LINQ to XML

I continue to work with LINQ to XML, and I thought this might be worth mentioning (although it is somewhat common sense). An issue often when working with XML attribute (or elements) is that they might not always exists (i.e.: they are null). Therefore, you need to check for this. Specifically, this...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by CoreyRoth on 02-06-2008
How I used LINQ to XML to Create Document Library Folders

I have been doing a lot of document library work lately and in my work I had a need to create a series of subfolders in the document library using a particular custom content type. This meant I was going to need to write a little code. I decided to keep the list of folders i needed to create in an XML...

Posted to Corey Roth [MVP] (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-17-2008

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