We ran into a scenario where several people want to be select the exact minute in the date/time fields. The OOB field only allows increments of 5 minutes (there is a check to make sure it’s divisible by 5). Many workarounds are shown on the web to create choice columns for Date, Hour, Minute, and […]
SharePoint 2013 – SafeForDataBinding and Unknown server tag ‘SharePoint:BrowseStyleBlock’.
After applying the June 2021 security update (KB 5001954), you will encounter the following issue with publishing sites: Sorry something when wrong. ULS: 06/12/2021 10:04:03.58 w3wp.exe (0x1C24) 0x11CC SharePoint Foundation General 8sl1 High DelegateControl: Exception thrown while adding control ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapDataSource’: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: ‘Boolean Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.SafeForDataBinding(System.Reflection.Assembly, System.Reflection.Assembly, System.String)’. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapDataSource.get_PortalProvider() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapDataSource.OnInit(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.AddedControl(Control control, Int32 index) […]
SharePoint 2019 – Unable to Open Visio Files in Browser
Ran into a new issue with Visio Service Application and SharePoint 2016/2019. The failure is with trying to open Visio files in the browser. The Document can’t be opened because it is not a supported Visio diagram. Make Sure that the “Web Drawing URL” web part setting is set to a valid VSDX, VSDM, or […]
SharePoint 2019 – Anonymous Prompting for Credentials
SharePoint 2019 introduced Modern pages. With this, we see an additional permission that needs to be set. There are two ways to address this prompting issue. Add the UserRemoteAPIs permission to Anonymouspermmask64 -OR- Uncheck the box for “Require Use Remote Interfaces permissions” Site Settings -> Site Permissions -> Anonymous Access (in the ribbon) This can also […]
SharePoint OnPrem – Sept 2020 Safe Control Builder
After the September 2020 Security update was released, we have seen many people (including myself) writing the Safe Controls incorrectly. I still reference and read KB4572409 for advice on how to find the Type, Namespace, and Assembly strong name. I decided to simplify the process. This PowerShell script creates a function Build-SafeControlFromEntry. This builds the […]