For this week at Bamboo, we launched a new product to the storefront for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013: Bamboo Quick Add Web Part.  With Quick Add Web Part, you can create multiple list items at once by typing or copying the titles into a text box. Also, see the patch update for Bamboo Knowledge Base was released at the same time.  For more information about the new releases of this week, please see below.

HW77 Quick Add for SharePoint 2010 Release 1.0.29

Initial Release

Features:

• Quickly create any number of items in a list at once by simply typing or copying values into a text field.
• Entered values automatically map to required fields when the items are created.
• An unlimited number of items can be created at once, or a maximum number of items can be defined.
• Works with most list types, including Task Lists, Announcement Lists, Calendars, Contact Lists, Discussion Boards, Custom Lists, and more.

Known Issues:

• When using IE8, an unnecessary horizontal scrollbar may appear in some confirmation windows.
• When using the Web Part to add items to a different site collection, security validation can cause the creation to fail.
This can be fixed by going to Central Administration>Application Management, selecting a Web Application where the Quick Add Web Part is deployed, then going to General Settings, and changing security validation to “Off” in the ribbon.
• Only one instance of the Quick Add Web Part can currently be used on a single page.

Limitations:

• None

HW77 Quick Add for SharePoint 2013 Release 1.0.29.2013

Initial Release

Features:

• Quickly create any number of items in a list at once by simply typing or copying values into a text field.
• Entered values automatically map to required fields when the items are created.
• An unlimited number of items can be created at once, or a maximum number of items can be defined.
• Works with most list types, including Task Lists, Announcement Lists, Calendars, Contact Lists, Discussion Boards, Custom Lists, and more.

Known Issues:

• When accessing the site in Universal Access Gateway (UAG) environment, adding 100 items or more with the “unlimited number of items” settings option selected may result in an error message.
• When using IE8, an unnecessary horizontal scrollbar may appear in some confirmation windows.
• When using the Web Part to add items to a different site collection, security validation can cause the creation to fail. This can be fixed by going to Central Administration>Application Management, selecting a Web Application where the Quick Add Web Part is deployed, going to General Settings, and changing security validation to “Off” in the ribbon.
• Only one instance of the Quick Add Web Part can currently be used on a single page.

Limitations:

• None

SA05 Bamboo Knowledge Base for SharePoint 2010 Release 2.2.67

Includes an updated version of the following components:

• HW37 Data-Viewer Web Part R3.6.81
• HW55 SharePoint Navigators R1.5.27
• HW12 Group Redirect Web Part R2.3.27

Bug Fixes:

• It takes a long time to search with a large data set.
• Custom CSS is not supported for the Title column in Search Results.

Note: The new CSS code is automatically added to the CSS file when the new version of the KB Search Web Part is added to the site. If using the configuration of a previous version, you can manually add the following code to the CSS file:

“.RadGrid_Default .rgRow A[rel=SearchTitle],
.RadGrid_Default .rgAltRow A[rel=SearchTitle]
{
color:white !important;
background-color:DarkBlue !important;
font-weight:bold !important;
font-size:13px;
font-family:”Time New Roman”, Georgia, Serif;
font-style:italic;
}”

• The “Most Popular Articles” and “Latest Articles” lists are not populated when the Web Part is located on a default.aspx page.
• Search results are not correct when the search terms include a comma.
• In the KB Search results, links in the Article Text open in a new window without scrollbars.
• Search results may display any HTML/CSS code added using the HTML tab on the Rich Text Editor when migrating documents.
• The Field Control drop-down in the HTML Edit view does not display values when editing a custom search criteria layout.

No New Known Issues or New Limitations