Andrew Kennel
Web Developer
Train
PHL ParkingCompleted first version of Domino to Sharepoint (Infopath) migration tool
March 12, 2008I’ve got a working application now. Still to do:1) The interface is a bit rough. Fields overlap, and I need to make 2 columns in order to keep the window size reasonable.2) My first import of all the OpenLink documents died about 1,100 documents in to the full 1,300 document list. Not sure what happened…
Continue Reading →Today’s waste of time
March 12, 2008I’ve been working with Visual Studio a great deal lately. First to build my Sharepoint Warm Up tool, SPWakeUp, and then while building my CSV to Infopath migration tool.We recently received Visual Studio 2008 at work and I decided to upgrade. Unusually for a Microsoft product, Visual Studio lets you install the newest version without…
Continue Reading →Working on CSV migration application
March 10, 2008When VP first asked me to recreate our OpenLink application in Sharepoint, I knew that I wanted to be able to migrate existing Domino documents into Infopath forms. Microsoft supplies a tool for Sharepoint that migrates Domino apps, but that tool will only export information into a list. Lists are nice, but they don’t allow…
Continue Reading →Fixed bugs with SPWakeUp app
March 6, 2008After running it overnight on the production box, I realized I had some problems. Watching it closely, I discovered two things, 1) It couldn’t handle URLs with spaces, and 2) It was mangling some of the addresses. A quick look at how Sharepoint handles addresses showed that it replaces any spaces it finds with %20….
Continue Reading →Created new Sharepoint warm up script – SPWakeUp
March 5, 2008Several months ago, I found a warmup script on the internet: WarmupServer.I’ve been using this script on our servers ever since, running it every morning to refresh the page cache on IIS. It’s been working great…but I’ve noticed a problem. The script lets you “warm up” as many sites as you want, but you have…
Continue Reading →