- SPUtility.FormatDate
Allows you to format a given date to any of the SPDateFormat types
DateTime curDate = DateTime.Now();
DateTime regionDate = web.RegionalSettings.TimeZone.UTCToLocalTime(web.ParentWeb.RegionalSettings.TimeZone.LocalTimeToUTC(curDate));
return Convert.ToDateTime(SPUtility.FormatDate(web, regionDate, SPDateFormat.ISO8601));
- Get the 12-Hive filesystem path
Returns the filesystem path for the 12-Hive, or any of the folders beneath it. This is typically (though not always) going to be C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12
//Get path to features directory //Would typically return "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES" string featurePath = SPUtility.GetGenericSetupPath("template\\features");
- Get Full (absolute) URL
Converts a relative Url into an absolute Url
//Get url to list item
SPListItem item = spList.Items[1];
string itemUrl = SPUtility.GetFullUrl(spSite, item.Url);
- Redirect to page
Send a HTTP redirect to the client's browser
//Redirect to specified page, adding querystring string url = "http://portal/TestResults/Pages/results.aspx"; string queryString = "successflag=passed"; SPUtility.Redirect(url, SPRedirectFlags.Default, Context, queryString);
- Send email
Lets you send an email from the context of the given SPWeb
//Send email from current SPWeb SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb(); string subject = "Email from the " + web.Title + " web"; string body = "The body of the email"; SPUtility.SendEmail(web, false, false, "someone@somewhere.com", subject, body);
- Transfer to SharePoint success/error page
Allows you to transfer the browser to the ootb error and success pages
//Transfer to Error Page SPUtility.TransferToErrorPage(ex.Message); //Transfer to success page, and specify url to move onto after "Ok" clicked SPUtility.TransferToSuccessPage("Operation was completed", @"/Docs/default.aspx", "", "");