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Start-Process : This command cannot be executed due to the error: The directory

Posted by Gary Powell-Jones on April 8, 2011

We make great use of automated installations for SharePoint. We used AutoSPInstaller as the basis for our installation tools (albeit extended and customised to suit our needs)

An error apeared today in a quick installation….

Start-Process : This command cannot be executed due to the error:The directory name is invalid.At
C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\AutoSPInstaller\SP2010\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerFunctions.ps1:1519 char:16 +Start-Process <<<< $PSHOME\powershell.exe -Credential $FarmCredentia l -ArgumentList"-Command Start-Process $PSHOME\powershell.exe -ArgumentList `" '$ScriptFile'`"-Verb Runas" -Wait + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process],InvalidOp erationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId :InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

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When to use JQuery… and when not to use it

Posted by Gary Powell-Jones on March 18, 2011

Mark Rackley has posted an intersting article on when to use and when not to use JQuery.

Most of the post I agree with, with the exception of  “You should not be writing jQuery in SharePoint if you are not a developer…”

There are many occasions when the design team can take the decision to use JQuery – for example to create UI components (tabs, carousels etc).

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Pre-Populating Sharepoint Fields with values

Posted by Gary Powell-Jones on March 18, 2011

There are occasions when we need to pre-populate SharePoint fields with data, such as from a query string. the solution is not that difficult, using a bit of Javascript. Paul blogged the solution of at Autosponge.
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JQuery – Getting data from a SharePoint List

Posted by Gary Powell-Jones on March 11, 2011

As part of the series of articles, we will look at retrieving some data from SharePoint.

For this example, we will look at getting data from a list, in this case a simple Announcements list, and put the data from that list into a web part on a page. (I appreciate that this could be done several other ways, but it will serve the purpose on this example)
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Vista Style Icons in Presentations

Posted by Gary Powell-Jones on March 4, 2011

(reposted from old blog engine)

OK, this is more of an aide memoir that shouting to the world….

Ever wanted to put Visa style icons of people in your presentations? I found the people icons quite a while back, but could not remember where.

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Today, Gayashan pointed me in the right direction - the online clipart collection, using the keyword “head” (I had tried people, person, icon, pawn, engineer… )

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