I have been tasked with helping the deployment of a Phase 2 of a previous SharePoint deployment. The original deployment has custom workflows that have been updated in phase 2. Is there a "How-To" for this type of situation? Some of the pitfalls we have seen requires you to mark the original workflow to not accept any new instances, th...
Howdy, I have a complex sharepoint deploy with multiple EventReceivers and Workflows. I also have schema changes to existing lists, adding new columns of metadata and changing existing columns. Should I package a single feature, eventreceiver or workflow, to a single solution, or should I put multiple features inside the single ...
Howdy, Still in the learning process with SharePoint. We have an SPItemEventReceiver compiled into its own assembly. We are using STSDev to package up a SharePoint solution with this EventReceiver as a feature. I am not assigning the SPItemEventReceiver to a specific ListTemplateId within the elements.xml, but am instead linkin...
Howdy, How do you handle improvements and added functionality to your existing SharePoint code? Did you deploy your original code as a feature? Do you create a new feature_V2 and deactivate the original? What processes have you found that led to problems in the future? I am specifically interested about WebParts, EventHandlers...
hi, i had installed sql server 2008 express edition with tools but i need to use full text search which i understand is missing in the edition that i have. how do i go about upgrading to get full text search feature?? as it was an online installation i dont have any installation media stored on my computer can i use something else??? ...
What are the proper stsadm commands in sequence to force an upgrade to a SharePoint solution. I have tried C:>"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\stsadm.exe" -o deploysolution -name "MySolution.wsp" -immediate -allcontenturls -allowGacDeployment -allowCasPolicies -force followed by ...
I'm doing a course on Rails that focuses on version 1.1.6 so I'm trying to figure out which of the numerous changes between 1.x and 2.x are the most critical to be aware of for practical use. At the moment I don't need to know all the little nitty gritty changes - just the big ones. ...
Hello, I'm trying to create a setup project using WIX that will allow me to install multiple features of a single product. How can I update one of the installed features (which is independent of the other installed features) without having to reinstall the other features in the feature-tree? For example, I want to be able to have a p...
We have a product developed in C#.Net. It is not a web application but a desktop version. It connects to various databases like MSSQL, MySQL etc. We keep on upgrading the versions of the software for bug fixes as well as new functionality. These updates changes the exe as well as dll used and the database also. We would like to know wh...
I need to update my application after the user pays for an update. I want to alter the current application instead of downloading a new version. After the user pays, I will enable certain functions of the app. How would I implement this? ...