Wednesday, December 19, 2012

People Picker to add users to SharePoint 2010 group - Namespace prefix 'xsd' is not defined

Hi All,

We have recently migrated from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010. Upon trying to add users to SharePoint group, we got the below error:

System.InvalidOperationException: Namespace prefix 'xsd' is not defined.    at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationReader.ToXmlQualifiedName(String value, Boolean decodeName)     at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderDictionaryEntryArray.Read1_Object(Boolean isNullable, Boolean checkType)     at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderDictionaryEntryArray.Read2_DictionaryEntry(Boolean checkType)     at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderDictionaryEntryArray.Read3_ArrayOfDictionaryEntry()

 The problem here is we have a known issue with people picker not working properly in IE9..

Possible Resolutions:

 Solution 1 (Temporary Solution)

Change the Document Mode to IE-8 using IE - developer toolbar as shown below








Solution 2 (Permanent Solution)

 In System master page, change the content attribute in meta tag from IE-9 to IE-8 as shown below.

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8"/>

 Hope this helps some one. Thanks !!!
Posted by Sai Abhilash Manikonda at 4:00 PM
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17 comments:

  1. Morten Krosby-SætherApril 10, 2013 at 6:33 PM

    Hey!

    You've got the solution right, but the location wrong. As the People Picker is using the pickerdialog.master file, you need to add the following line in the head element.

    meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8"

    Find the pickerdialog.master file in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS and make a backup.

    Now open it and insert the line at the start of the head element.

    <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft SharePoint" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8" />
    ....
    </head>

    This should solve the problem in People Picker.

    Cheers

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    1. UnknownAugust 13, 2013 at 5:15 PM

      Thank you!

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    2. HansDecember 10, 2013 at 12:07 AM

      I doubt a lot about this solution but YES! It worked for me!! Thanks a lot!

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    3. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 8:58 PM

      Thanks for making it clear with a little detail.

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2013 at 9:28 AM

    The "meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8"
    worked for me!!! THANKS!

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  3. Martijn JuurlinkMay 30, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    Thanks that did the trick ;).

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  4. AlphieJune 4, 2013 at 12:12 AM

    Another "thanks" from me...it's the same problem now with IE10 altough IE9 now works...

    Anyway, thank you!

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  5. AnonymousJuly 17, 2013 at 11:06 AM

    Thanks ME - like in Morten Engvoldsen. great hint. solve my problem.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 21, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Thanks a lot ME !!
    The change with:
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8">
    did it for me.

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  7. Wee ZilAugust 23, 2013 at 8:06 PM

    Thanks. Very helpful.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 9, 2013 at 6:19 PM

    Thanks for the information. We have a migrated from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, keeping the old UI. To make thinks work properly in IE 10 both the default.master AND the peopledialog.master have to be modified, and with IE=5 as parameters.
    meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=5"

    See also this post http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/12/14/interoperable-html5-quirks-mode-in-ie10.aspx

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    1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2014 at 5:34 AM

      Legend! We are running SharePoint 2013 in IE10 and modifying pickerdialog.master and default.master with your solution worked a treat! People Picker address book now displays perfectly. Thank you :)

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  9. HammerRockDecember 18, 2013 at 11:39 PM

    Good fix! Maybe Microsoft should update their copy with this fix so we don't have to.

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  10. SMARTYROSEFebruary 7, 2014 at 5:45 PM

    Hi,

    i am not able resolve this issue.issue is still existing after adding the meta tag in pickerdialog.master.i am using v4.master as default masterpage,by default it is pointing to IE8 only.
    Any help on this.

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  11. AnonymousMarch 26, 2014 at 6:36 PM

    This doesnt work with IE 11 ---- :(

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  12. AnonymousMay 29, 2014 at 3:10 AM

    It doesn't work in IE 11 enterprise mode!

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