moss-2007

Is it possible to deploy a Web Part from Visual Studio 2008 to a (virtual) MOSS 2007 server on my network?

Hi SO: I have a virtual machine running windows 2003 server running MOSS 2007. This virtual machine is not being run on my dev machine, but on a different machine on the network. I can ping both the host and guest OS from my dev machine. I just need to know, if it is possible, how to configure visual studio 2008 to deploy the web parts/...

Different user permisions for different sites on sharepoint

I want to add a new tab or site in sharepoint as shown for the above, but i want to allow some users to access one of them and not the other. when i remove a user it is removed from both of them or put for all. Also how can I edit those of the one which is already done? ...

Reformat the content and look of SharePoint alerts

Is it possible to reformat (content and look) of an alert email sent by Sharepoint 2007? If yes, how do define the format and content? ...

Is it possible to audit navigation changes in SharePoint?

Once auditing is turned on, you can view the built-in reports here: /_layouts/Reporting.aspx?Category=Auditing It looks like running the custom reporting allows you to view the following things: Opening or downloading documents, viewing items in lists, or viewing item properties Editing items Checking out or checking in items Mo...

Open document in edit mode from approval workflow email.

A MOSS 2007 Approval WorkFlow has been created for a standard Document Library (containing Word files). When the email alert goes out to the perspective user, the user clicks on the link within the email to review the document. The document opens as read only. Is there a way to open the document in edit mode? To be clear: Opening the do...

Verify SP2 Install for MOSS?

I have 12.0.0.6421 showing in Central Admin, which would seem to indicate that SP2 was installed. However, when I run an STSADM command to backup a site collection, I do not see the message informing me that it's "setting the site collection to be-read only for the duration of the backup" as described here: http://bobfox.securespsite.co...

SharePoint timer jobs not getting invoked.

I have a timer job which has been deployed to a server with multiple Web front ends. This timer job reads it's configuration from a Hierarchical Object Store. This timer job is scheduled to run daily on the server. But the problem is that this timer job is not getting invoked daily. I have implemented event logging in the timer job'...

Customize MOSS People Picker (PeopleEditor) Control

Hi, I have modified my MOSS 2007 configuration to query a given target AD successfully. I would like to show some custom LDAP fields (such as country) in the PeopleEditor control and allow users to search against these fields. Can someone point me towards useful resources/tutorials showing how to do this? Thanks, MagicAndi. ...

Custom action location and group ID, SharePoint

I'm working with MOSS 2007 and want to install a list feature that will be accessible on the list tool bar as a link next to "Actions" instead of placing it within one of the standard dropdown menus. Apparently, since the location of my feature will be outside of the standard Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu, i'm not sure what group id...

Sharepoint Calendar List: Troubleshooting Anonymous Access

Having problem getting anonymous access to work for a calendar list in a MOSS 2007 internet web. Have an authenticated publishing web that is extended with a anonymous only web: web1 is publishing site, authenticated and is extended into web2 which is anonymous. In Central admin Web1 is default zone. Allows anonymous and has interg...

Test SharePoint Sites

I have started working on sharepoint. Other than playing around with the development sites in office I would also like to learn from home. I dont have MOSS 2007 server or Windows 2003 box to install MOSS.Are there are any public sharepoint sites (free or registered) where I can create and test out sites? ...

Expression Builder requires SPContext to run

I am having a problem with visual studio 2008 websites and SharePoint/MOSS 2007. We previously had 2 web application projects housed underneath our SharePoint structure, but due to the nature of project files and source control, it was creating problems in our team development environment. I have decided to switch to from web application...

How to get last modified time of a document in sharepoint?

How to convert LastModifiedTime value of MssCrawlUrl table ? I tried below query, Select CAST(LastModifiedTime as datetime) From MssCrawlUrl Where DisplayURL like '<DisplayURL>' But it is giving an error 'Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type datetime.' ...

Get Item Level Security using SharePoint WebServices

I am able to get the Permissions associated with a List or a Site using Permissions.GetPermissionCollection(ObjectName, ObjectType). The ObjectType parameter will accept either a Site or a List. Is there any way with the out-of-the-box webservices to get the Permissions associated with a ListItem? I mean if I have NOT inherited the Lis...

Accessing a List on demand using SharePoint WebService

I am able to access a Site then Lists inside the Site and then List Items inside all the Lists. This works fine when I want to crawl/access all the Items in a Site. I am keen to know if there is a way through which we can directly access a List in a Site. To elaborate on this :: If I have 1000 sites and 1000 documents then I would have...

Does Excel Services Support Macros?

Does MOSS 2007 Excel Services support macro execution? ...

Add Custom Meta Data to a Team Site Programmatically

Hi, I have been asked to write a custom webpage in a web application integrated into a MOSS 2007 solution to allow users to create a teamsite using a custom template. No problem. However, the user must have the ability to assign custom meta tags to the created team site to allow for specific searches, i.e. to assign country ("USA")...

How to use the GetChanges method of SiteData WebService

Hi there, Can anyone elaborate on the parameter values to be supplied for GetChanges method of SiteData Web Service? Basically I am not able to understand what value should we supply for startChangeID and EndChangeID and from where can we get these values? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ...

Proper way to hide place holders in a SharePoint 2007 Master Page?

I am working on a specialized instance of MOSS for a client where What I am wanting to do is hide elements on the master page. In particular, I want to hide the main top navigation bar, the search functionality and the label that shows up in the upper-left-hand corner that tells you the name of the site you are on. So I made a copy of th...

MOSS 2007 Anonymous Posting

Hello, I want to create a method for users to post comments (to a blog?) in Sharepoint anonymously. This would preferably be within an existing - authenticated - site. Any thoughts? ...