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Fields in custom SharePoint list template not rendered list item forms

I've defined a custom list template with the following fields: <Fields> <Field Type="Text" DisplayName="Sub-Title" Name="SubTitle" StaticName="SubTitle" ShowInNewForm="TRUE" ShowInEditForm="TRUE" ShowInViewForms="TRUE"> </Field> <Field Type="URL" DisplayName="Header Image" Name="HeaderPicUrl" Stat...

How to Develop SharePoint 2007 solution using Visual Studio 2008..?

I want to develop a public website on SharePoint server 2007. But, I want to develop a solution using Visual Studio 2008 (I dont want to use SharePoint designer 2007). ...

Convert Permission Mask to Roles for GetPermissionCollection

Hi, We have a requirement where we need to check if a user has "Upload" access to a folder in Sharepoint document library. For that, I am using the "GetPermissionCollection" method of Permissions webservice on the document library. The response I get is of below format: I am not able to convert the Permission mask to role. I am doing...

Display document library setting as a report

Hi all, I have a sharepoint site which contains site and subsite and document libraries in it. Couple of document library has setting to maintain the versioning of the doc along with the comments. Now I have requirment where a client wants to see this settings site wise as, under which site how meny doc libraries are there which hav...

Removing solution in SharePoint, keeping the pages with older webparts, redeploying updated solution with newer webparts

What I am trying to do is to keep SharePoint pages that were created in SharePoint while the solution underneath is retracted, updated, and then redeployed. Has anyone done this before, what issues may I run into? I'm worried that the state of the old webparts on the page may use values that are incompatable with the newer updated webp...

Can SQL Reporting Services 2008 integrate with a SharePoint 2007 installation running SQL Server 2005?

We have a production MOSS 2007 environment installed with SQL Server 2005. Is it possible to configure an instance of Reporting Services 2008 to operate in SharePoint integrated mode with MOSS on SQL Server 2005? ...

imported sharepoint do not use updated templates

I have created a feature, a publishing site, in Visual Studio to MOSS - this feature contains a masterpage, some pages, some site columns etc. I have also created a site collection based on my template and have a live homepage up and running. Now I need to update the design of my pages, so I have received an export from the live-homepag...

SharePoint Code Access Security-requirements to call Page.TemplateControl.ParseControl

Hi, What are the CAS policy requirements to call the method Page.TemplateControl.ParseControl as referenced here? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kz3ffe28(loband).aspx Specifically, in SharePoint I've tried to call the method in a Minimum-trust environment, but get this error on the page: Request for the permission of type ...

SharePoint workflow to XAML ?

Hello geeks, I have one workflow deployed on SharePoint server. Now can I reverse engineer that and create (workflow)XAML out of it? if yes how? ...

Deploy an InfoPath form with promoted fields to SharePoint within a WSP

I've been playing around with publishing an InfoPath form to a SharePoint site as a content type to try and see what happens. It works okay in that updating a form instance in a library will update the library columns. Short of the promoted properties in InfoPath however I can't see how this mapping works. My aim is to have a CAML defi...

Sharepoint form with linked lists

I am new to Sharepoint and I want to make sure I am on the right path. I am in a highly restricted environment and would rather do this in Visual Studio but am currently in the position where I have to try to get this to work using just the web interface and Sharepoint Designer. I have created multiple lists that I plan on using in a r...

Cannot find links displayed on search results in SharePoint 2007

Hi all, I have this problem when clicking a link that was displayed on the search results, when I click the link it says link not found. Here is the scenario. We have calendar in SharePoint, sample link is "http://ecm/Lists/Calendar" In the calendar, there is an entry with "W2" word in it. In the search, we enter W2 as keyword and belo...

How to restrict user to attach particular type of files to items in a list

How to restrict user to attach particular type of files to items in a list ? Now i can attach any type of file to an item . But i want to restrict the user to upload only images. If user will upload any other then i want to display an error message . Also how can i restrict the user to upload maximum one file only to a particular item? ...

How to use Controls in sharepoint without using the spcontext.current.

Sharepoint Controls require SPContext.current.site/web to work, but i am opening many sites using site= new spsite(siteID); and i want to use Controls. So do u have any idea or available class to use asp.net controls in sharepoint? ...

Redefine folder structure of document library with metadata

Hi all, I have a problem in my sharepoint document library structure. Currently the document library consiste of folder sub-folder structure to store a document categorywise. Now our client want to redefine this folder structure with a metadata structure. Can any one tell me how can I use metadata instade of folder sub folder structure...

Sharepoint: Why do I not get the option to create new Survey, Discussion, Wiki etc?

I have created a new web application (port 44455) to host all the discussions, surveys and wikis that we will want. I then created a new site collection (which uses the publishing template) and then tried to create a survey (AllSiteContent --> Create --> Tracking --> Survey) but the only option presented was 'Tasks'. Why is this? On the...

WSPBuilder: How to create a deployment package to deploy .dll and .wsp?

Hi, I'm using WSPBuilder and it is being very helpful. However, it was being hard to understand the strength of WSPBuilder because of missing manual. I've to create a solution file to deploy "Return of SmartPart" (.wsp file), "Application Template Core" (.wsp file) and also "AJAX Extensions" (.dll files). So, I won't have to edit the we...

401 UNAUTHORIZED in SharePoint 2007

Hi, I've created a web part that gathers information from a Document Library. It works well under the "admin" web application (we have two web apps: admin site for non-anonymous users; www site for anonymous users. These two sites share the same content). When I open www site, it shows the empty Web Part when it's not reference to the ...

How do you add an Active Directory user to SharePoint using WSS?

Is it possible to introduce existing AD users into SharePoint using WSS? If I create a new list item manually, and there is a User / People Picker field in the list, if I type a username in the field and submit, SP finds the user and adds it in as a SP user. Why does that not work when adding new items through WSS? I cannot get WSS to ...

How to change default website for SharePoint Server.?

Hello..! I want to change the default launching page for SharePoint website. for Ex: currently its launching: http://server/pages/default.aspx (when user enters http://server/) I want to change it to--> http://server/mysite/default.aspx (when user enters http://server/) Thanks ...