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.

SharePoint 2016: Making the Quick Launch Bar Dynamic and Styling the Menu Items

2017-10-28

Fly-out Menu

The default look of the stock left hand side menu (also called the Quick Launch menu bar) that comes with SharePoint is really basic and is meant for you to style. The default behavior is to show a 2-level deep menu containing ‘Headings’ and indented ‘Navigation Links’. This hierarchy is static and is shown to the users as entirely expanded, which can take up a lot of screen real-estate.

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SharePoint Dealing with the Huge and Growing File Size of SharePoint_Config_Log.ldf

2017-09-28

SP_Custom_Menu

It’s amazing how some SharePoint issues are known problems that don’t get fixed by Microsoft even after many years, and that don’t get mentioned as things one needs to look out for. I found this out recently when I ran up against an error where the entire disk space of my SharePoint SQL Server instance was filled up by a file called SharePoint_Config_Log.ldf . This is ever growing file is apparently a known problem with SharePoint that has existed in many earlier versions and that remains difficult to find a solution for that actually fixes the problem. (more…)
ASP.NET DataGrid: Conditionally Coloring Cell Background Color for a Column Based on the Cell Contents

2017-09-08

DataGrid Example

If you are writing a report using a .NET DataGrid, it’s very possible that you’ll want to conditionally highlight key data in the report. (more…)

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SharePoint 2016: Making the Quick Launch Bar Dynamic and Styling the Menu Items

SharePoint Dealing with the Huge and Growing File Size of SharePoint_Config_Log.ldf

ASP.NET DataGrid: Conditionally Coloring Cell Background Color for a Column Based on the Cell Contents