SharePoint JavaScripts Library

Update: April 23rd, 2012

Here you can find a collection of JavaScripts methods and objects that I’ve created over time.

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    getField - get a SharePoint Form field

    function getField(fieldType,fieldTitle) {  
    var docTags = document.getElementsByTagName(fieldType);  
    for (var i=0; i < docTags.length; i++) {  
        if (docTags[i].title == fieldTitle) {  
            return docTags[i]  
        }
    }
        return null;
}

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    qs - Query URL parameter

    function qs(paramName) {
        var args = document.location.search.substring(1).split("&");
        for(i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                nameValues = args[i].split("=");
                if(nameValues[0] == paramName) return nameValues[1];
        }
        return null;
}

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    getElementByClassName - get a collection of elements with specified css class

    function getElementByClassName(elementName, cssClassName) {
        var allElements = document.getElementsByTagName(elementName);
        var resultElements = new Array();
        for(i = 0; i < allElements.length; i++) {
                if(allElements[i].className != null) {
                        if(allElements[i].className.indexOf(cssClassName) > -1) {
                                resultElements.push(allElements[i]);
                        }
                }
        }
        return resultElements;
}

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    parseXML - parse text into XML object

    function parseXML(inputString) {
        if (window.DOMParser) {
                parser=new DOMParser();
                xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(inputString,"text/xml");
        }
        else { // Internet Explorer
                xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
                xmlDoc.async="false";
                xmlDoc.loadXML(inputString); 
        }
        return xmlDoc;
}

    This script is from www.w3schools.com

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    attributeValue - read XML node attribute value

    function attributeValue(node, attributeName) {
        var attributesCollection = node.attributes;
        for(atv = 0; atv < attributesCollection.length; atv++) {
                if(attributesCollection[atv].name == attributeName) return attributesCollection[atv].value
        }
        return "";
}

    This script is from www.w3schools.com

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    _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames array

    _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("functionName")

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    2010: ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded

    ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(yourFunctionName,"SP.js");

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    jQuery Ajax Post to SharePoint web services

       $.ajax({ 
                type: "POST", 
                url: L_Menu_BaseUrl + "/_vti_bin/lists.asmx", 
                contentType: "application/soap+xml", 
                data: soapQuery, 
                dataType: "text", 
                success: function(data) { 
                        yourFunctionName(data);
                } 
         });

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    "Edit document" link to document in document library

    editDocumentWithProgID2('[path_to_file]', '', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments', '0', 'http://[site_url]', '0')

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    iso2DisplayDate - convert yyyy-MM-dd date into dd.MM.yyyy

    function iso2DisplayDate(inputString) {
        result = parseInt(inputString.substring(8,10)) + "."
        result += parseInt(inputString.substring(5,7)) + "."
        result += parseInt(inputString.substring(0,4)) + " "
        result += inputString.substring(11,16)
        return result;
}

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    iso2Date - convert ISO date time to javascript date object

    function iso2Date(vhodString) {
    razbitiString = vhodString.split('-');
    var d = new Date();
    d.setDate(razbitiString[2]);
    d.setFullYear(razbitiString[0]);
    d.setMonth(razbitiString[1] - 1);
    return d;
}

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    romanize - convert number to roman digits

    function romanize (num) {
        if (!+num)
                return false;
        var     digits = String(+num).split(""),
                key = ["","C","CC","CCC","CD","D","DC","DCC","DCCC","CM","","X","XX","XXX","XL","L","LX","LXX","LXXX","XC","","I","II","III","IV","V","VI","VII","VIII","IX"],
                roman = "",
                i = 3;
        while (i--)
                roman = (key[+digits.pop() + (i * 10)] || "") + roman;
        return Array(+digits.join("") + 1).join("M") + roman;
}

    Script from this fantastic blog

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    deromanize - convert roman digits to number

    function deromanize (str) {
        var     str = str.toUpperCase(),
                validator = /^M*(?:D?C{0,3}|C[MD])(?:L?X{0,3}|X[CL])(?:V?I{0,3}|I[XV])$/,
                token = /[MDLV]|C[MD]?|X[CL]?|I[XV]?/g,
                key = {M:1000,CM:900,D:500,CD:400,C:100,XC:90,L:50,XL:40,X:10,IX:9,V:5,IV:4,I:1},
                num = 0, m;
        if (!(str && validator.test(str)))
                return false;
        while (m = token.exec(str))
                num += key[m[0]];
        return num;
}

    Script from this fantastic blog

Bookmarklets 

SPB's Internal name revealer <-- Add this link to your bookmarks and call bookmarklet on List settings page reveal field internal names.

SPB's Link Right Click Return (beta) <-- If you're used to right-click quick launch or top navigation in SharePoint and opening page new tab, this bookmarklet re-enables "open tab>
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