Create User Profile Section using Powershell (SharePoint 2010)

Run the following script from SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

Then REMEMBER  to perform IISReset in order for the new section to appear on the Manage User Properties page (Alternatively wait for 1 hour for the timer job to run and perform the required synchronization).

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#The script is to create/update User Profile section
#

param([string] $siteURL,        # Site Collection URL       
      [string] $name,
      [string] $displayName,
      [int]    $displayOrder
     )       
       
   
    try
    {
        $context = Get-SPServiceContext -Site $siteUrl;
        $cm = New-Object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileConfigManager($context);   
       
        $pcol = $cm.GetPropertiesWithSection();

        $exists = $false;
        foreach ($temp in $pcol)
        {
            if ($temp.Name -eq $name)
            {
                Write-Host "Section $name Exists!";
                $exists = $true;
                $p = $temp
            }
        }

        if ($exists -ne $true)
        {
            $p = $pcol.Create($true);
        }

        $p.Name = $name;           
        $p.ChoiceType = [Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ChoiceTypes]::Off;

        $p.DisplayName = $displayname;
        $p.Commit();       

        $pcol = $cm.GetPropertiesWithSection();
        $pcol.SetDisplayOrderBySectionName($p.Name, $displayOrder);
        $pcol.CommitDisplayOrder();

        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Section $name created/updated successfully!";
    }
    catch
    {
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red $_
        Exit 1
    }

Updating Taxonomy field with default value

Writing to columns based on the Managed Metadata field type is a little

different from writing to columns of other types. First, get a reference to the column in the

list, and then call the SetFieldValue() method to update the value of a specific list item, as

shown in the listing below:

List selectedTerms = new List();

selectedTerms.AddRange(terms.ToList());

TaxonomyField locationTags = listItem.Fields["Location Tag"] as TaxonomyField;

locationTags.SetFieldValue(listItem, selectedTerms);

listItem.Update();

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View hidden web parts in a SharePoint page.

To view all the hidden webparts on your SharePoint page, add "contents=1" to the page's URL.

For example: http://yoursite/whatever/default.aspx?contents=1

Visual Studio 2010 - SharePoint support

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx

SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 marks a major advance in usability and functionality for SharePoint developers, helping you accomplish tasks like:

• Customizing SharePoint with the help of new project and item templates.
• Creating Web parts and application pages using new visual designers.
• Designing association and initiation forms for your workflows.
• Aggregating and integrating back-end data into your application using Business Data Catalog (BDC) models.
• Importing existing solution packages (.wsp files) and then modifying and extending them.
• Customizing features and packages using new designers and explorers.
• Deploying and debugging SharePoint applications as easily as pressing F5.
• Navigating SharePoint sites using Server Explorer.

Also, check out http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/277495/microsoft_visual_studio_boost_sharepoint

Enable debugging info for a SharePoint site

To enable debugging for a SharePoint site, there are three settings in the default web.config that need to be updated:

1. SafeMode MaxControls="200" CallStack="true" DirectFileDependencies="10" TotalFileDependencies="50" AllowPageLevelTrace="false"

2. customErrors mode="Off"

3. compilation batch="false" debug="true"