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Custom nav links for Performance Point Server 2007 Dashboard

Posted by Steve on Jan 5, 2009 in ASP.NET, Performance Point Server, SharePoint

First let me explain what nav links i’m talking about and how they’re created by Peformance Point 2007 Dashboard Designer. These nav links appear at the top of the default Dashboard and represent the different pages of reports. They are automatically generated by Dashboard Designer by injecting JavaScript into a DIV element called “ppsmaPageOverview”. It starts off by creating a label and container for the dashboard with this function “createPageOverview”. Then the related pages are called with this function “createPageOverviewTab”, these functions also check for a property to see if that tab is selected or not (all this done dynamically with JavaScript). This is not the most elegant method of generation navs, but that’s how Dashboard Designer does it.

So alot of times I’m asked to modify those links, like the layout, rename links or even add a custom link that can’t be generated by Dashboard Designer. This product is so new that solutions for this tasks aren’t posted yet, which forces me to come up with a solution. I’m not saying my solution is the best, if someone from Microsoft could chime in or email me a better solution then i’d gladly thank them and use it!

Ok I was asked to add a “Print Report” link to the auto-generated list navigation. My workaround was to create a new “Web Page” from “Report Templates” and in that web page I entered the link to an auto-generated PDF file. That was it, you can of course create a custom aspx page that embeds your PDF or has custom controls on it and link to that in the “Web Page” as well.

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Is The “Enter” key not working for SharePoint search?

Posted by Steve on Sep 9, 2008 in ASP.NET, SharePoint

Blame it on those dumb hidden fields:


Place them between

and after “PlaceHolderMain”.

I spent hours trying to figure out the cause of this on Firefox, even tried writing some custom JS but in the end all i needed to do was include these in my master page!

 
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Trying out wordpress iphone app

Posted by Steve on Jul 26, 2008 in Television

Just testing all features of the wordpress iPhone app. So far it’s a clean interface which males it easy to navigate. I’ll take a pic and see how nicely it integrates. However previewing a post the layout rendering was a little funky. Overall it seems to work well and is a convienent app for posting from the couch.

Update: the app crashed when trying to take a new photo and attach it. Gonna try again. Funky markup was due to some ads, photo worked second time around but I guess you can’t position the photo. Also be sure to hit DONE to finish up your post and SAVE to publish.

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Akamai Secure Sreaming Flash Video

Posted by Steve on Jul 9, 2008 in ASP.NET, Development, Technology

I recently had to work with Akamai Secure Flash Sreaming for on-demand videos and wanted to share some notes on how we got this to work.

You’ll need 2 zip files from Akamai:

  1. Akamai Flash Media Kit
  2. Akamai Secure Token Generator

Inside the Akmai Flash Media Kit you will have to open CS3SampleOnDemand.fla in Flash and edit the ActionScript. First declare a constant for the token:

CONNECTION_AUTH_PARAMS=”THEVALUEFROMYOURFLASHVARS_TOKEN”;

Then you will pass the autorization token to the Akamai object like this:

ak.authParams = CONNECTION_AUTH_PARAMS;

I also have a DLL with using the Type D Authentication from Akamai, please email me if you need it.

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SharePoint URL Shortcuts

Posted by Steve on Jul 1, 2008 in ASP.NET, Development

Sometimes some projects visually hide the SharePoint navigation links so I wanted to list some here because I can never remember them:

  • Site Content and Structure - sitemanager.aspx
    All Site Content - viewlsts.aspx
    Site Content Type Gallery - mngctype.aspx
    Site Features - ManageFeatures.aspx
  • More to come…

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    Modifying breadcrumb seperators in SharePoint

    Posted by Steve on Jun 30, 2008 in ASP.NET, Development, SharePoint

    It’s a small change, but I always forget how to do this so I’m blogging it! Locate the siteMapPath control in the Master Page and add a PathSeperator attribute shown in the example below:

    
    
    
    

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    Lakers vs. Celtics Game 5

    Posted by Steve on Jun 15, 2008 in Uncategorized

    When the Lakers lost game 4 it hurt, I felt like someone punched me in the guy, kicked me in the balls and stole my wallet. But losing that game meant something bigger, it meant that every game from here on is an elimination game for the Lakers. I’m pretty nervous today and at this point will be happy if they make it to 7 games.

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    Looks like i’m going with the G37!

    Posted by Steve on Jun 3, 2008 in Cars

    Even though I wish the aptera was available to check out. Well i’ve negotiated what I think is an okay lease but still trying see what the best deal is since we’re in a little recession and gas prices are rising.

    Here’s what I’ve negotiated so far, has anyone gotten a better deal?

    • 2008 G37: Premium, Sport, Nav
    • 39mo, 15000 miles
    • $900 due at signing
    • $536 a month

     
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    Need help picking out a new car

    Posted by Steve on Apr 19, 2008 in Cars, Technology

    In the last few years, cars are getting more horsepower, amazing styles and designs at reasonable prices. This makes it tougher for me to decide on what car I want, factor in cost, dealership headaches and proximity saturation (who else do I know that owns this ride) and it will take me forever to decide. But the longer I wait, the hot new cars will simmer a little down in price and of course a whole new fleet of hot cars will arrive.

    Here’s my search criteria in order of importance:

    • Luxury coupe
    • Good tech package (touchscreen nav, bluetooth, ipod, high end sound system)
    • Over 250 horsepower
    • Under $45,000

    Cars I have researched and are interested in (I know some of them may not fit the criteria):

    • Audi A5
    • Infiniti G37
    • BMW 335 coupe
    • Jaguar XF

    Does anyone own any of these or know of any special pricing on these rides?

     
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    Simple iPhone Traffic Checker

    Posted by Steve on Jan 21, 2008 in ASP.NET, CSS, Webservice

    Everyone knows you can check traffic off of Google Maps built into your iPhone, but what if you don’t have 2 fingers available to pinch-out and see all the traffic conditions? My answer is the simple Traffic Checker (alpha) http://ragingminds.com/iphone/traffic which simply lists out traffic conditions within an area.

    Just something I whipped up real quick for fun, I need to add some error handling and the ability to search by “city” and/or “state”. It’s using Yahoo Traffic Webservice and the ASP.NET 2.0 XmlDataSource. Please feel free to use it and provide some helpful feedback for the next version!

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