Dragan Panjkov

Workflow Manager installation - my experience

2013-04-07T15:22:46Z

At first, I planned to write long blog post describing my experience during installation of Workflow Manager on my development VM. However, in order not to repeat others I decided to write only quick summary of specific steps that I made in order to successfully install Workflow Manager. Click To Read more...(read more)

“All About Apps” session recording and slides

2012-12-24T09:53:26Z

I presented this material on Microsoft TechNet Day 2012 and meeting of Macedonian SharePoint User Group in December 2012. Embedded slides and video are below. Click To View Entry...(read more)

BAM Converter–now localized to German and Russian

2012-12-20T22:48:00Z

BAM Converter is a small application for Windows Phone published at first during January 2011. This is a currency converter app that pulls exchange rates from ECB RSS feed (only on user action) and it’s functionality is available purely offline. Read more…...(read more)

1SUG SharePoint User Group session “SharePoint Apps”–recording

2012-11-02T07:51:30Z

On Tuesday, 30.10.2012 1SUG SharePoint User Group had regular monthly meeting. One of the topics presented (and, because of Sandy, single session) was my session about “SharePoint Apps in SharePoint 2013”. Session was delivered in-person in Sarajevo, and via Lync to attendees that couldn’t join us in person. Session is recorded, Click To View Entry...(read more)

Using Feature to apply themes in SharePoint 2013 Preview

2012-09-29T11:12:08Z

In my previous post I wrote about applying custom theme to SharePoint 2013 site using new theming engine. I also mentioned that one approach for implementing this functionality could be to encapsulate this code in Feature receiver. In this post, I will demonstrate and explain this approach for applying custom theme to SPWeb. Our custom theming Feature will On Feature Activated create and apply new theme to the existing web, while preserving information about current theme On Feature Deactivating...(read more)

How to: Apply themes using Server Object Model in SharePoint 2013 Preview

2012-09-17T04:20:14Z

One of new functionalities introduced in SharePoint 2013 Preview is new theming engine. Themes that are managed by this new engine don’t use Office Theme .thmx format and can’t be created using PowerPoint like it was case before. New themes are based on set of xml files stored in Theme Gallery “15” subfolder (on relative path _catalogs/theme/15): .spcolor files which define color palettes for components of SharePoint interface .spfont files which contain set of predefined font schemes. There...(read more)

Troubleshooting .NET Framework parser error after upgrade to Windows 8

2012-08-19T05:23:58Z

After upgrading from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8 Pro, I encountered buggy behavior of several of applications based on .NET Framework 2.0/3.5. Apparently, the error manifested itself in a way that the apps didn’t want to run properly and were failing with error “Error parsing C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Config\machine.config. Parser returned error 0xC00CE556”. I didn’t paying attention on this until it happened when I tried to install Visual Studio 2012 – installer simply wouldn...(read more)

Accessing caller web in SharePoint hosted app (SP2013 Preview)

2012-08-14T22:44:46Z

SharePoint apps are hot topic these days, after Microsoft announced that they will be preferred development model for next major version of SharePoint products – known as SharePoint 2013. Applications will be purchased/downloaded from Office Store, or from corporate application catalog. There are 3 application models, depending on the fact where the real app code is hosted: provider-hosted app autohosted app SharePoint hosted app In first two cases, application code is hosted outside of SharePoint...(read more)

Feature (de)activation error “The web or site was not found” and Application Pool

2012-07-11T04:51:32Z

I am using Microsoft IW Demo VM (2010-10A) for my experiments related to SharePoint, in all cases when I don’t have time (read: when I’m lazy) to create complete SharePoint Dev environment. Problem This particular time I was playing around with site-scoped features and newly created site collection. So here is my workflow: Create feature with feature receiver Deploy to Site Collection from Visual Studio using “No Activation” deployment profile Activate feature from “Site Collection Features” interface...(read more)

Reminder - Article about SharePoint localization

2012-07-01T18:34:29Z

I already wrote about SharePoint localization – in January I published blog post with links for downloads of Language Interface Packs for SharePoint 2010 for official languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Approximately at same time, I wrote detailed article for web portal www.hardwarebase.net , which is published in April 2012. Title of the article is “Localize your SharePoint servers for BiH languages”, and article explains process of installing SharePoint LIP and using it on Team Site. Full...(read more)

BAM Converter - dedicated page on my website

2012-07-01T17:12:58Z

Exactly 18 months after development of BAM Converter, small currency converter with offline support for WP7 – I finally made a overview page on my website dedicated to BAM Converter. On that page you can read basic information about BAM Converter, see application screenshots and find links to application page on Codeplex and Windows Phone Marketplace. If you have questions, or you need more details about the BAM Converter, you can contact me by adding comment to this post commenting via my accounts...(read more)

Novo: ASP.NET MVC 3 beta, WebMatrix beta 2, NuPack CTP

2010-10-11T00:49:24Z

[ Full post in local language can be found at www.dragan-panjkov.com ] Iako je mnogima ljeto period odmora u kome se usporava razvoj projekata, razvojnim timovima za web alate i tehnologije u Microsoft-u ovo ljeto je bilo u punom smislu radno. Nakon objavljivanja prve beta verzije WebMatrix-a u junu i preview verzije ASP.NET MVC 3 u julu, početkom oktobra su objavljene nove beta verzije ovih alata i CTP verzija novog open-source alata za upravljanje paketima ( package manager ) NuPack....(read more)

Presenting at user group meetings in September

2010-10-03T20:46:39Z

[ This post in local language can be found at www.dragan-panjkov.com ] After break in August, during september we had regular MSCommunity BiH i INETA User group meetings in Banja Luka , Sarajevo , Bijeljina i Bihac . I attended all meetings except one in Sarajevo (unfortunately, I had to present in Bijeljina so there was no way I could manage to be at the same time on two places, in this Universe). At Bihać, Bijeljina i Banja Luka meetings I presented about Internet Explorer, WebMatrix, and news...(read more)

ASP.NET MVC version 3 (Preview 1)

2010-08-12T09:46:08Z

[ full version of this post in local language can be found at my website www.dragan-panjkov.com ] [I use Twitter: @panjkov . ] First preview of ASP.NET MVC 3 is published at the end of July, and can be downloaded from this page. New version contains some new funcitionalities, and this preview is published with goal of collecting feedback from developers community about these new features. Razor View Engine Support for multiple View Engines in Add View dialog New View and ViewModel properties in controller...(read more)

Session recordings - Windows Phone 7 Jump Start training

2010-07-29T10:36:09Z

[ version in local language can be found at my website www.dragan-panjkov.com ] Virtual training for developers Windows Phone 7 Jump Start took place on July 20 and July 22. During 4 sessions – total length of 12 hrs - Microsoft MVPs Andy Wigley and Rob Miles , explained various aspects of application and games development for Windows Phone 7, and publishing of the apps through Marketplace. Training was organized by Microsoft Press. Here are the links for all LiveMeeting session recordings: Getting...(read more)