Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

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  • Customize SharePoint Nav Menu TreeView: Enable Vertical Scrolling

    I was looking for some information or examples about how to customize the SharePoint Tree View control, but couldn’t find any examples or information. I managed to customize it so here are my notes about how. Background Story: In ‘out of the box’ SharePoint you can enable a cool left hand menu bar for site…

  • Steps to add CSS to a SharePoint Classic Document Library

    Adding your own custom CSS can be super useful and a great way to spruce up stock SharePoint views. You can use the CSS designer of SharePoint Designer but that is clunky at best. All things considered, it’s best to use your own markup if you want to customize your SharePoint views. For starters let…

  • Dealing with REST HTTP GET Exceeds the Max Length

    Recently while I was putting together a HTTP REST call to get some information from SharePoint 2016 (on-premise) document library I ran into some problems with the length of the call. Specifically I got the dreaded: The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configures maxUrlLength value. That’s the basic problem with HTTP…