SPUtility

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 , "[email protected]" , 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", "", "");