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This Post explains how to get current logged in users Groups using javascript. Its a simple ajax call to the sharepoint service. Use the below code $(document).ready(function () {      var userid = _spPageContextInfo.userId; getCurrentUserGroups(userid); }); function getCurrentUserGroups(UserID) {     $.ajax({         url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/GetUserById(" + UserID + ")/Groups",         type: "GET",         headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose", "X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val() },         dataType: "json",         async: true,         success: function (data) {             /* get all group's title of current user. */             var results = data.d.results;             for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {                alert(results[i].Title);             }         }     }); }

This post explains how to hide a SharePoint Ribbon in SP 2010/2013/ SP Online using jquery. It is very simple jquery code to hide the ribbon. For example say suppose you want to hide Add New Item Ribbon in a List called Contacts. Here is how efficiently we can achieve this. $(document).ready(function () {     var currentPage = decodeURIComponent(window.location.href.replace(/\+/g, " "));     if (currentPage.contains("Lists/Contacts")) {       window.setTimeout(hideRibbon, 500);     } }); function hideRibbon() {     $('span[id^="Ribbon.ListItem.New.NewListItem"]').hide()     window.setTimeout(hideRibbon, 200); } Above simple jquery code does the trick. As you can see, if the url is lists/contacts, we are calling the method   hideRibbon with a delay. And in the hideRibbon method we are calling the same method again with a delay. which will keep hiding the ribbon. Happy coding :)

My previous post  Save string content as a file in Document Library from Client Side  explains how to add a string content as a file in SharePoint document Library. This post just extends the previous post. Suppose you have a metadata column in document library which describes some metadata about the file. For example there is a column called " FileInfo " which will describe some information about the file. So now we need to pass value to this column while adding the file. Let us see how this can be done. function AddFileToDocumentLibrary(str) {     var strm = Base64.encode(str);     strm = strm.replace(/ /g, '');     $().SPServices({         operation: "CopyIntoItems",         webURL: getCurrentUrl(),         processData: false,         async: false,         SourceUrl: "http://null",         Stream: strm,         Fields: "<FieldInformation Type='Text' DisplayName='FileInfo' InternalName='FileInfo'

SharePoint 2013, people picker supports auto complete. You will not see the address book and the resolve user button any more on the new form.aspx.  If you are looking for a short cut key to resolve the user you can still use Cntrl + K  key combination. SharePoint 2013 people picker. In order to provide support for people picker in apps, Microsoft has come up with three new files as given below and is located in the 15 hive. clientform.js clientpeoplepicker.js autofill.js The above 3 files contains most of the functionality required to be performed by people picker. Here is the code to fill a people picker in SP2013 with a User. function SetAndResolvePeoplePicker(fieldName, userAccountName) {     var controlName = fieldName;     var peoplePickerDiv = $("[id$='ClientPeoplePicker'][title='" + controlName + "']");     var peoplePickerEditor = peoplePickerDiv.find("[title='" + controlName + "']");     var s

"The Ribbon Tab with id: "Ribbon.Read" has not been made available for this page or does not exist. Use Ribbon.MakeTabAvailable()" Have you come acrossthis error on your page? Then don't worry. its not your fault but a riddle left by MSFT.  I know that you got this error when playing with wiki pages. Yes, if wiki pages are rendered in IFrame (SPModalDialogue) or wiki page url has IsDlg=1(as part of querystring) this error shows up in sharepoint logs.  Solution: You can simply fix this by changing the type of the page from wiki to webpart page. 

How to get SharePoint site current URL ? We can get SharePoint Current web url in Server-Side as well as in Client side. Server Side:  As we all know current web url can be accessed in server side by web object as below. SPContext.Current.Web.Url Client Side: In client side , we can achieve this by using  SPServices  . Here is how to achieve this: Include SPServices js file in your page. Now you can access the url this way: var thisWebUrl = $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentSite(); But there is a bug in recent versions of SPServices , where the above method will return only "/". But in SharePoint 2013, we  can access web url as below as well : var thisWebUrl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl; (web url) var thisSiteUrl = _spPageContextInfo.siteAbsoluteUrl; (site url) Enjoy coding :)

This Post explains you how to Save a string content as a file in SharePoint Document Library. Refer this Post if you want to pass value to a column as well  SharePoint: Save string content as a file in Document Library from Client Side with a metadata column Use the below javascript code: (include SPService reference.) function AddFileToDocumentLibrary(str) {     var strm = Base64.encode(str);     strm = strm.replace(/ /g, '');     $().SPServices({         operation: "CopyIntoItems",         webURL: getCurrentUrl(),         processData: false,         async: false,         SourceUrl: "http://null",         Stream: strm,         DestinationUrls: [getCurrentUrl() + "DocumentLibraryName/file.txt"],         completefunc: function (xData, Status) {              alert("Status=" + Status);                   }     }); } function getCurrentUrl() {     var thisSite = $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentSite(); //if this line of co

Are you facing this problem while opening the spfile using the url..? SPFile spFile = web.GetFile("/Document Library Name/" + FileName+ ".jpg"); byte[] binFile = spFile.OpenBinary();  <----- error that file could not be opened Here is the solution. Get the SPListItem that contains your file. Use CAML Query to get the list item by passing the column name and its value.     SPList list= web.Lists["Document Library Name"];     SPQuery query = new SPQuery();     query.Query = "<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name=\"" + columnName + "\"/><Value Type=\"Text\">" + value + "</Value></Eq></Where>";     SPListItemCollection itmColl = SPListItemCollection itmcol = list.GetItems(query);     SPFile picture=null;     if (itmcol.Count > 0)      {         picture = itmcol[0].File;         //byte[] binFile = spFile.OpenBinary();      }      byte[] fileData = picture.Op

State machine workflow is the powerful feature of SharePoint, which can be easily done using Visual Studio. click here to read my previous tutorial for Creating a SharePoint Sequential Visual Studio Workflow (2 or n Level)   click here to read my previous tutorial on Creating a SharePoint Sequential Visual Studio Workflow (1 Level)   Let me explain how to create a state machine workflow with a example scenario. Scenario : Let's consider a scenario in college. When a student requests for some document with the Administration office , first it goes to an officer, when he approves, it goes to higher officer for approval. When first officer approves, it has to go to next officer and when the 2nd officer approves, the workflow is complete. When first officer rejects, it has to go back to student for re-submission. When first officer approves, and second officer rejects, it has to go back to the first officer for re-approval. Let us create a state machine workflow that mat