An exception occurred when trying to issue security token

Security Token Service Application Error:

Problems:  Unable to Login with Claim base authentication to SharePoint 2010 Site

Errors

An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: The requested service, 'http://localhost:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc' could not be activated. See the server's diagnostic trace logs for more information.

Or

WebHost failed to process a request.

 Sender Information: System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment+HostingManager/15688314

 Exception: System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException: The service '/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc' cannot be activated due to an exception during compilation.  The exception message is: Method not found: 'System.String System.ServiceModel.Activation.Iis7Helper.ExtendedProtectionDotlessSpnNotEnabledThrowHelper(System.Object)'.. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'System.String System.ServiceModel.Activation.Iis7Helper.ExtendedProtectionDotlessSpnNotEnabledThrowHelper(System.Object)'.

   at System.ServiceModel.WasHosting.MetabaseSettingsIis7V2.WebConfigurationManagerWrapper.BuildExtendedProtectionPolicy(ExtendedProtectionTokenChecking tokenChecking, ExtendedProtectionFlags flags, List`1 spnList)

   at System.ServiceModel.WasHosting.MetabaseSettingsIis7V2.WebConfigurationManagerWrapper.GetExtendedProtectionPolicy(ConfigurationElement element)

   at System.ServiceModel.WasHosting.MetabaseSettingsIis7V2.ProcessWindowsAuthentication(String siteName, String virtualPath, HostedServiceTransportSettings& transportSettings)

   at System.ServiceModel.WasHosting.MetabaseSettingsIis7V2.CreateTransportSettings(String relativeVirtualPath)

   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.MetabaseSettingsIis.GetTransportSettings(String virtualPath)

   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.MetabaseSettingsIis.GetAuthenticationSchemes(String virtualPath)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelListener.ApplyHostedContext(VirtualPathExtension virtualPathExtension, Boolean isMetadataListener)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpTransportBindingElement.BuildChannelListener[TChannel](BindingContext context)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingContext.BuildInnerChannelListener[TChannel]()

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.MessageEncodingBindingElement.InternalBuildChannelListener[TChannel](BindingContext context)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BinaryMessageEncodingBindingElement.BuildChannelListener[TChannel](BindingContext context)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingContext.BuildInnerChannelListener[TChannel]()

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.Binding.BuildChannelListener[TChannel](Uri listenUriBaseAddress, String listenUriRelativeAddress, ListenUriMode listenUriMode, BindingParameterCollection parameters)

   at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.MaybeCreateListener(Boolean actuallyCreate, Type[] supportedChannels, Binding binding, BindingParameterCollection parameters, Uri listenUriBaseAddress, String listenUriRelativeAddress, ListenUriMode listenUriMode, ServiceThrottle throttle, IChannelListener& result, Boolean supportContextSession)

   at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.BuildChannelListener(StuffPerListenUriInfo stuff, ServiceHostBase serviceHost, Uri listenUri, ListenUriMode listenUriMode, Boolean supportContextSession, IChannelListener& result)

   at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.InitializeServiceHost(ServiceDescription description, ServiceHostBase serviceHost)

   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.InitializeRuntime()

   at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceHost.InitializeRuntime()

   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.ActivateService(String normalizedVirtualPath)

   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath)

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath)

   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.EnsureServiceAvailableFast(String relativeVirtualPath)

 Process Name: w3wp

 Process ID: 4780

Solution: Uninstall Security Update No. - KB2756920

http://blogs.technet.com/b/praveenh/archive/2013/01/15/issue-found-with-net-framework-3-5-1-security-update-kb2756920.aspx

Hide Sign in as Different User in SharePoint 2010

Hide sign in as Different User action on welcome menu using customization of welcome control

Open WelCome.ascx file in visual studio. you found this file in controltemplates folder. We want to show only sign out option for welcome menu. Remove menu templates as per your required and save as "Custom_Welcome.ascx"

<%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Register Tagprefix="Utilities" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint" %> <%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.Web.CommandUI, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %><%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.Welcome,Microsoft.SharePoint,Version=14.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"   AutoEventWireup="false" compilationMode="Always" %>  <SharePoint:PersonalActions accesskey="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_menu_ak%>" ToolTip="<%$Resources:wss,open_menu%>" runat="server" id="ExplicitLogout" Visible="false"> <CustomTemplate> <SharePoint:FeatureMenuTemplate runat="server" FeatureScope="Site" Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu" GroupId="PersonalActions" id="ID_PersonalActionMenu" UseShortId="true" > <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_Logout" Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_logout%>" Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_logoutdescription%>" MenuGroupId="200" Sequence="300" UseShortId="true" />   </SharePoint:FeatureMenuTemplate> </CustomTemplate></SharePoint:PersonalActions><SharePoint:ApplicationPageLink runat="server" id="ExplicitLogin" ApplicationPageFileName="Authenticate.aspx" AppendCurrentPageUrl="true" Text="<%$Resources:wss,login_pagetitle%>" style="display:none" Visible="false" />

Open site master page on page search for register tag of  welcome control

<%@ Register TagPrefix="wssuc" TagName="Welcome" src="~/_controltemplates/Welcome.ascx" %>
replace with src="~/_controltemplates/Custom_Welcome.ascx" %>

Refresh the page and get happy...

How to open hyperlinks into modal dialog box in SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 provides new feature "Modal dialog box". In this blog we shows how to open hyperlinks in modal dialog box using simple jquery selector.

Declaration syntax for modal dialog box is as follows

//Using the DialogOptions class.
var options = SP.UI.$create_DialogOptions();

options.title = "Dialog box title";
options.width = 300;
options.height = 500;
options.url = "PageUrl";

SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);


//Using a generic object.
var options = {
    title: "Dialog box title",
    width: 300,
    height: 500,
    url: "PageUrl" };
SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);


Now we put above modal dialog syntax in jquery selector

$("[href(selection attributes)'Condition']").click ( function () {
                                                                   var options = {
                                                                   title: "Dialog box title",
                                                                   width: 300,
                                                                   height: 500,
                                                                   url: $(this).attr('href')
                                                                 };
                                                                   return false;// required to override default behavior of hyperlink tag
                                                                });

We have to open link which contains the query string parameters "ShowInDialog=1", then selection condition for it
$("[href*='ShowInDialog=1']")

Attribute for selection 
!= is not equal
^= is starts with
$= is ends with
*= is contains



Example for selecting hyper links which contains query string parameter "ShowInDialog=1" 
$("[href*='ShowInDialog=1']").click ( function () {

                                                                   var options = {
                                                                   title: "Dialog box title",
                                                                   width: 300,
                                                                   height: 500,
                                                                   url: $(this).attr('href')
                                                                 };
                                                                   return false;// required to override default behavior of hyperlink tag
                                                                });

Modal Dialog in SharePoint 2010

Modal dialog is new feature provided by SharePoint 2010. SharePoint 2010 uses modal dialog box for add and update items, perform administrator tasks without redirect current page.

To use modal dialog box you have to include client library SP.UI.ModalDialog. syntax for calling modal dialog box is shown below

SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog({
    url: "Url Of Page",
    title: "Title of Page",
    allowMaximize: true/false,
    showClose: true/false,
    width: in pixel e.g 800,
    height: in pixel e.g 600,
    dialogReturnValueCallback: callbackfunction
    });

Modal dialog box also takes SP.UI.DialogOptions as optional structure, syntax with structure is shown below

var Dialogoptions = SP.UI.$create_DialogOptions();

options.title = "PageTitle";
options.width = 600;
options.height = 800;
options.url = "PageUrl";
dialogReturnValueCallback: callbackfunction ;

SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);

or you send options using simple generic object 

var genericoptions = {
    title: "PageTitle";,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
   dialogReturnValueCallback: callbackfunction ,
    url: "PageUrl";};

SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);


//Call back function syntax
function callbackfunction (dialogResult, returnValue) {

 } 

SPLongOperation error for ItemAdding Event In SharePoint 2010

We recently upgrade one of our project from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 210. In that project we user event handler for list. In ItemAdding event we use to create new site which takes times for creation. So we use SPLongOperation to handle it  but in SharePoint 2010 its same code gives error for "Object reference null" for SPLongOperation being statement.
So we had following workaround for this problem.

Create Web Part with following Code and add this web part to publishing Page

protected override void CreateChildControls(){
 if (this.Page.Request.QueryString["Processid"] != null)
            {           

                using (SPLongOperation ctx = new SPLongOperation(this.Page))
                {
                    try
                    {
                        ctx.LeadingHTML = "Please wait while your operation is being executed.";
                        ctx.TrailingHTML = "Site is being created. Please wait....";
                        ctx.Begin();

                        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
                        string eid = this.Page.Request.QueryString["Processid"].ToString();
                        int count = 1;
                        while (true)
                        {
                            using (SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb(SPContext.Current.Web.ID))
                            {
                                if (web.Properties[eid].ToString() != "Completed" && count < 18)
                                {

                                    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
                                    count++;
                                }
                                else
                                    break;
                            }
                        }
                        ctx.End(this.Page.Request.QueryString["h"].ToString());
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        this.lbl.Text = ex.Message.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + ex.StackTrace.ToString() ;
                    }
                }
            }
}

In event handler modify ItemAdding event as follows

 public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties)
        {
            base.ItemAdding(properties);
            string guid
                = string.Format("ProcessId{0}_{1}", DateTime.Now.ToString("MMddyyyy"), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
            Thread thread = new Thread(() => FunctionName(properties,guid));
            thread .Start();

            properties.Status = SPEventReceiverStatus.CancelNoError;
            properties.Cancel = true;
            SPUtility.Redirect({Url of page on which out put above webpart}, SPRedirectFlags.Default, _currentContext,string.Format ("Processid={0}&h={1}",guid , properties.RelativeWebUrl));
        }

Hope this work for you also

Using PowerShell Command for Visual Upgrade

Upgrade Visual from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 after restoring Content Database on SharePoint 2010 Server.

When we restore content database in SharePoint 2010 from SharePoint 2007, it required to upgrade the Visual to Version 4. Following command will update all the site and sub-sites for provided content database.

$ContentDatabaseName = Get-SPContentDatabase WSS_Content_SharePoint_Database_Restore

$ContentDatabaseName.Sites | Get-SPWeb -limit all | ForEach-Object {$_.UIversion = 4; $_.UIVersionConfigurationEnabled = $false; $_.update()}

How to create workflow in Visio and import it in Sharepoint Designer 2010 - Part 2

In previous blog we saw how to create and export the workflow diagram in Visio 2010 ( How to create workflow in Visio and import it in Sharepoint Designer 2010 - Part 1 ). In this blog we import workflow file in SharePoint Designer 2010.

1. Open SharePoint Designer 2010 -> Click on "Open Site" -> In open site window enter site URL on which you want to import the workflow.
2. Click on "Workflows" in Navigation -> Click on "Import from Visio" button from top ribbon -> In Import workflow from Visio Drawing browse the path of export file and click on Next button.
3. In this screen Click on List Workflow and from drop down select "Reimbursement Request" list and click on finish.
4. After click on finish you got following workflow view now we have to set the condition and values for this imported workflow.
   
   
   
   
   1. Click on "Value" in top if statement , here we have to select expense and specifies the limit after which approval is required for it. set the value as shown in fig. below
      
      
      
      
      
   2. Set approval attributes as shown in fig. below
      
      
      
      
      
   3. Click on value link after "Is Approved?"  from pop up window set approval status field from field from source drop down and set condition equals to approved. If approval status is equal to approved then you have to inform user that his request has been approved by department head. for that set following values as shown in fig. below. and for update item , select current item, add Authorized field and set its values to Yes.
      
      
   4. Repeat above step for remaining else parts with appropriate messages.
      
5. Save current workflow and click on "Check for Errors" button which is on top of ribbon. if workflow complied successfully then pop up message shows "The workflow contains no errors". Go to start options of workflow and check on "Start workflow automatically when item is created." and click on button publish button to publish workflow in selected list.
 

After this step we had workflow which is published on site, now go to site and add item with Expense amount greater than Rs. 200.