Updating declarative custom actions for SharePoint 2013 Workflows

Let’s say you have created a declarative custom action for a SharePoint 2013 workflow, like I have illustrated in this post. Now, let’s say you want to update it, changing the .actions4 file or updating its inner workings in the .xaml file. When you upload the .WSP sandboxed solution, which includes the custom action, and […]

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Field: DisplayName, StaticName and Name

When you define a custom field through the Field feature element, you have the capability to define three different attributes that declare the Name, DisplayName and StaticName of the field. You might be wondering why there are three attributes to define three kinds of names for a single field. The XML schema that defines a […]

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How to provision a Sandboxed Web Part through a custom module feature

As you probably know, you can use a module feature to provision a file to a SharePoint site. Through this feature you can provision images, Web Parts, master pages, pages, or whatever you like. In case you provision Web Part Pages, you can also provide some information and configuration elements, within the module element, in […]

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