I created an High-Trust add-in for SharePoint 2013 with custom ribbon action and custom menu action.
For this, I have an ASP.NET MVC WebSite with the methods in the controller which match with the virtual urls put as custom action url. So, in the different elements.xml files, I filled action urls using the token 'remoteUrl', so no problem with the mapping.
When i create a package with VS2013, I write the url of my website which is on VM reachable from SP Server, and the client ID (I got from SP while registring my app). When I click on 'Finish', VS2013 generates a file '.app' which can be imported in SP online store or SP internal store.
Here is my problem, if I need to change the address of my website (which is stored in the app file, VS2013 just replaces the token 'RemoteUrl' with the url I give to it), is there any clean way to update the app file or may be if possible, directly the app stored in the SP application store (local to the server) ?
I found nothing for this problem. I saw few things about updating app with events and web services, but I didn't understood.
[EDIT] : I didn't understood that I have to change app version each time I need to update it that's why It didn't worked. Also, it seems that there is no other way to update the url in app file than modifying the AppManifest.xml in app file (which is a zip).
In one of my projects we used to do it with the following PowerShell script. It extracted the app file (it's just a ZIP) and modified multiple nodes in the manifest XML.
For packaging it uses a local copy of 7zip.
function ModifyAppPackage($appPackagePath, $applicationUrl, $clientId){
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.IO.Compression.FileSystem");
$item = get-item $appPackagePath;
$zipFilePath = Join-Path $item.Directory.FullName $($item.BaseName + ".zip");
Copy-Item $item $zipFilePath;
$unzipDirectory = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "\Temp";
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $unzipDirectory;
if (Test-Path -Path $unzipDirectory\*)
{
Remove-Item $unzipDirectory\* -Force -Confirm:$false -Recurse:$true;
}
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($zipFilePath, $unzipDirectory);
$modifiedFile = Join-Path $unzipDirectory "modified.txt"
if (Test-Path -Path $modifiedFile)
{
$modifiedContent = Get-Content $modifiedFile
if ($modifiedContent -eq $applicationUrl)
{
Remove-Item $unzipDirectory -Confirm:$false -Recurse:$true;
Remove-Item $zipFilePath;
return;
}
Remove-Item $modifiedFile;
}
$modifiedFileContent = $applicationUrl;
$modifiedFileContent >> $modifiedFile;
$manifestFileName = "AppManifest.xml";
$manifestFilePath = Join-Path $unzipDirectory $manifestFileName;
$manifestXml = [xml](get-content $manifestFilePath);
$nameSpaceManager = New-Object System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager($manifestXml.NameTable);
$nameSpaceManager.AddNamespace("ns", $manifestXml.DocumentElement.NamespaceURI);
$startPageElement = $manifestXml.SelectSingleNode("/ns:App/ns:Properties/ns:StartPage", $nameSpaceManager);
$StartPage = $applicationUrl + "?{StandardTokens}"
$startPageElement.'#text' = $StartPage
$InstalledEventEndpointElement = $manifestXml.SelectSingleNode("/ns:App/ns:Properties/ns:InstalledEventEndpoint", $nameSpaceManager);
$InstalledEventEndpoint = $applicationUrl + "/Services/AppEventReceiver.svc"
$InstalledEventEndpointElement.'#text' = $InstalledEventEndpoint
$clientIdElement = $manifestXml.SelectSingleNode("/ns:App/ns:AppPrincipal/ns:RemoteWebApplication", $nameSpaceManager);
$clientIdElement.ClientId = $clientId;
$manifestXml.Save($manifestFilePath);
if (Test-Path -Path $zipFilePath)
{
Remove-Item $zipFilePath;
}
$pathToZipExe = $("$PSScriptRoot\7za.exe");
[Array]$arguments = "a", "-tzip", "$zipFilePath", "$unzipDirectory\*.*", "-r";
& $pathToZipExe $arguments;
# Cleanup
Remove-Item $unzipDirectory -Confirm:$false -Recurse:$true;
Remove-Item $appPackagePath -Confirm:$false;
# Rename new zip to .app
Rename-Item $zipFilePath $appPackagePath -Force -Confirm:$false;
return $true;
}
I think it would be possible to store the url in one of custom list in the app. Refer the url from the list. Whenever you need to change the url it can be done from the app itself.
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I wants to checkout the branch and commit the code changes using powershell script. This powershell script will be called from c# code.
But some times i'm getting the following issue
fatal: remote error: CAPTCHA required Your Bitbucket account has been
locked. To unlock it and log in again you must solve a CAPTCHA. This
is typically caused by too many attempts to login with an incorrect
password. The account lock prevents your SCM client from accessing
Bitbucket and its mirrors until it is solved, even if you enter your
password correctly.
If i logout in browser and login again by entering the CAPTCHA it is working fine. But if i host my application on server and if issue occurs, Logging out and login again is not the proper fix.
Can you please suggest good approach of handling this issue.
My Powershell code for Cloning the branch:
param(
[parameter(position=0)]
[string]$checkoutDirectory,
[parameter(position=1)]
[string]$checkoutBranch
)
function CheckoutTheCode($checkoutRepoUrl, $checkoutDirectory, $checkoutBranch)
{
[hashtable]$Return = #{}
try
{
if(Test-Path -Path $checkoutDirectory )
{
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $checkoutDirectory
}
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $checkoutDirectory
# Cloning
git clone --single-branch -b $checkoutBranch $checkoutRepoUrl $checkoutDirectory
$Return.Branch = $checkoutBranch
$Return.Directory = $checkoutDirectory
$Return.Status = $true
$Return.Message = "Success"
}
catch
{
$Return.Message = $Error[0].Exception
$Return.Status = $false
}
Return $Return
}
My Powershell code for Commit changes:
param(
[parameter(position=0)]
[string]$checkoutDirectory,
[parameter(position=1)]
[string]$commitMessage
)
function CommitTheCode($checkoutDirectory, $commitMessage)
{
[hashtable]$Return = #{}
try
{
cd $checkoutDirectory
git add .
git commit -m $commitMessage
git push
$Return.Status = $true
$Return.Message = "Success"
}
catch
{
$Return.Message = $Error[0].Exception
$Return.Status = $false
}
Return $Return
}
CommitTheCode $checkoutDirectory $commitMessage
The following steps worked for me (without asking a Bitbucket admin to click a button)
For Windows,
go to the credential manager (you can find this by searching for it in Start menu)
remove all credentials related to your bitbucket account
try again with your script.
I have written below PowerShell script in one server to search for folder existence in other servers.
$Servers = Get-Content C:\scripts\serverlist.txt
foreach ($Server in $Servers) {
$Test = Test-Path -Path "\\$Server\c$\Documents and Settings\"
if ($Test -eq $true) {
Write-Host "Path exists on $Server."
} else {
Write-Host "Path NOT exist on $Server."
}
}
I am getting correct answer if I search for folders present in same server, but if I search for folders present in other server am getting "Path NOT exist on $Server" even though it is present.
Later I tried this one. With this also am facing the same issue
Get-Content c:\Users\jason\Documents\Scripts\Serverlist.txt |
Select-Object #{Name='ComputerName';Expression={$_}},
#{Name='FolderExist';Expression={Test-Path "\\$_\c$\program files\folder"}}
Also, please let me know if there is any method for this using C#.
I have a PowerShell module I wrote in C# which using Entity Framework to access a MS SQL server. In my project I have created a module.psd1 file. This file specifies a script (LoadAppConfig.ps1) to run before loading the dll. The script reads app.config and adds the connection string to the current app domain.
Is there a better way to do this? I know some modules can take parameters when you load them, but I haven't been able to find a way to implement this in C#. Or, is there a way to embed a default value in the module, which can be changed by a cmdlet? I would like to avoid having to recompile the module to change data sources if possible.
LoadAppConfig.ps1
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Configuration
$path = $PSScriptRoot
$configPath = Join-Path -Path $path -ChildPath "App.Config"
$connectionstrings = [System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager]::ConnectionStrings
$collection = [System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection]
$field = $collection.GetField(
"bReadOnly",
[System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::NonPublic -bor [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::Instance)
$field.SetValue($connectionstrings, $false)
[xml]$xml = gc $configPath
$name = $xml.configuration.connectionStrings.add.name
$newconnectionstring = $xml.configuration.connectionStrings.add.connectionString
$provider = "System.Data.EntityClient"
if ($connectionstrings.name -notcontains $name)
{
$Entities = [System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings]::new($name, $newconnectionstring, $provider)
$connectionstrings.add($Entities)
}
Is it possible to update the value of a setting in an Azure Cloud Service with Azure Powershell?
So far there is no way to update just a single setting (the Service Management API does not allow it - it only accepts the whole service configuration). So, in order to update a single setting, you will have to update the entire configuration. And you can do this with PowerShell:
# Add the Azure Account first - this will create a login promppt
Add-AzureAccount
# when you have more then one subscription - you have explicitly select the one
# which holds your cloud service you want to update
Select-AzureSubscription "<Subscription name with spaces goes here>"
# then Update the configuration for the cloud service
Set-AzureDeployment -Config -ServiceName "<cloud_service_name_goes_here>" `
-Configuration "D:/tmp/cloud/ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg" `
-Slot "Production"
For the the `-Configuration' parameter I have provided full local path to the new config file I want to use with my cloud service.
This is verified and working solution.
As astaykov says, you can't update a single cloud config value using Powershell.
But you can read all of the settings, update the one you wish to change, save it to a temp file, and then set all the settings again, like so:
UpdateCloudConfig.ps1:
param
(
[string] $cloudService,
[string] $publishSettings,
[string] $subscription,
[string] $role,
[string] $setting,
[string] $value
)
# param checking code removed for brevity
Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile $publishSettings -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
function SaveNewSettingInXmlFile($cloudService, [xml]$configuration, $setting, [string]$value)
{
# get the <Role name="Customer.Api"> or <Role name="Customer.NewsletterSubscription.Api"> or <Role name="Identity.Web"> element
$roleElement = $configuration.ServiceConfiguration.Role | ? { $_.name -eq $role }
if (-not($roleElement))
{
Throw "Could not find role $role in existing cloud config"
}
# get the existing AzureServiceBusQueueConfig.ConnectionString element
$settingElement = $roleElement.ConfigurationSettings.Setting | ? { $_.name -eq $setting }
if (-not($settingElement))
{
Throw "Could not find existing element in cloud config with name $setting"
}
if ($settingElement.value -eq $value)
{
Write-Host "No change detected, so will not update cloud config"
return $null
}
# update the value
$settingElement.value = $value
# write configuration out to a file
$filename = $cloudService + ".cscfg"
$configuration.Save("$pwd\$filename")
return $filename
}
Write-Host "Updating setting for $cloudService" -ForegroundColor Green
Select-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName $subscription -ErrorAction Stop
# get the current settings from Azure
$deployment = Get-AzureDeployment $cloudService -ErrorAction Stop
# save settings with new value to a .cscfg file
$filename = SaveNewSettingInXmlFile $cloudService $deployment.Configuration $setting $value
if (-not($filename)) # there was no change to the cloud config so we can exit nicely
{
return
}
# change the settings in Azure
Set-AzureDeployment -Config -ServiceName $cloudService -Configuration "$pwd\$filename" -Slot Production
# clean up - delete .cscfg file
Remove-Item ("$pwd\$filename")
Write-Host "done"
Does anyone know if it is possible to add bookmark to web browsers (Safari, IE, FF, Chrome, Opera) from external applications ?
For IE :
You need to create a link file here :
c#
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Favorites)
Powershell
[Environment]::GetFolderPath( [System.Environment+SpecialFolder]::Favorites)
Chrome:
You need to add entry in json format file bookmarks (with no extension):
on Win7 is
C:\Users\<YOURUSERNAME>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\
Firefox:
The bookmarks are stored in a SQLite:
../Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/{your firefox profile}/places.sqlite
Using System.Data.SQLite you can try to add link, but I can't help you more.
Can't help you for Safari and Opera
In Powershell V2 ISE (x86), this code will list all the Special Folders on the system or even this -
$objShell = New-Object -com "Wscript.Shell"
$objShell.SpecialFolders | WHERE {$_.ToString() -match "Fav"}
You can then access & manipulate the C:\Users\username\Favorites folder. I don't know if this will extend to all browsers [except IE]
Here is the solution I came up with for adding bookmarks to Chrome from PowerShell:
$fileBookmarks="$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks"
$dataBookmarks=Get-Content $fileBookmarks -Encoding UTF8| Out-String |ConvertFrom-Json
function createNewChromeBookmark ($Bookmarks, [string]$BookmarkName, [string]$BookmarkURL) {
function getBookmarkIDs($object){
$object | ForEach-Object{
"{0:0000}" -f [int]($_.id);
if([bool]($_.PSobject.Properties.name -match "children")){
GetBookmarkIDs($_.children);
}
}
};
$nextBookmarkID = [int](getBookmarkIDs -object $Bookmarks.roots.bookmark_bar|Sort-Object -Descending|Select-Object -First 1) + 1
$currentChomeTime=[System.DateTimeOffset]::Now.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds()*10000;
$newBookmark= [PSCustomObject]#{
date_added=$currentChomeTime
guid=[guid]::NewGuid()
id=$nextBookMarkID
name="$BookmarkName"
type="url"
url="$BookmarkURL"
}
return $newBookmark;
}
$newBookmark = createNewChromeBookmark -Bookmarks $dataBookmarks -BookmarkName "Your Bookmark Name" -BookmarkURL "https://[Your URL Here]";
$dataBookmarks.roots.bookmark_bar.children += $newBookmark;
$dataBookmarksJSON = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $dataBookmarks -Depth 200
Set-Content -Path $fileBookmarks -Value $dataBookmarksJSON -Encoding UTF8