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TFS Security: access to Reporting Services and Sharepoint for TFS Groups possible?

There is a "How To" on adding developers to the TFS on MSDN. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb668968.aspx It has 3 main parts: Step 1 – Grant Access to the Team Project Step 2 – Grant Access to the SharePoint Project Site Step 3 – Grant Access to SQL Server Reporting Services Fair enough, it works for individual developers. N...

Custom SharePoint feature in multiple scopes in document library - shows up as duplicates

Hi, I have a custom feature which is an Edit Control Block (ECB) action in a document library that gets deployed as a solution package (WSP). When you pull down the dropdown next to a file, you see the feature and when the ECB action is selected, the user is redirected to a custom application page. I allow this feature to be installed i...

Different coloured fly out menu

Hi All, I'm creating a custom master page for a MOSS publishing site. The designers have come up with this idea for the fly out menu... which uses graduated/different backgrond and text colours for each menu option. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? ...

how to disable field list at runtime in performancepoint?

i have a dashboard that i am displaying, and whenever my users click on a pivotchart or pivottable the field list automatically pops up. how can i prevent this from occurring? ...

Deploying a SharePoint WebPart with its Web Service Reference

Hi there, I'm trying to built a SharePoint Web Part that has as part of it a service reference to Another SharePoint server that I need to call from within vb code. However when I try to call the remote web service for the first time, I get the following in the log: Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'Li...

SharePoint Lists, GetListItems, XML, and VBA - I just want to crossreference!

I have a SharePoint list with, among other things, two columns that I care about; in Excel-ese, I want to match value X in column 1, and return the corresponding value in column 2. I'm able to use a variant of code at http://guruj.net/node/63 to retrieve the information (I think), so I think my problem focuses on navigating XML in VBA wi...

Sharepoint: What happens to lists based on content type when content type is updated?

Hi all, I have kind of hypothetical question (at least for now :)) Let's say I create list based on some custom content-type. I add some 1000 items into that list (in production). Then customer comes and he say that he need to modify that custom content type. What happens to list if I modify custom content type? Will it be updated auto...

Open Office CMS?

Is there a CMS which integrates into Open Office similarly to Share point/MS Office? ...

Changing SharePoint Site Collection Title

I need to change the title of a site collection in SharePoint (MOSS 2007). I found one post saying it can be done in SharePoint Designer, but I wasn't seeing the specified menus, and haven't been able to find it anywhere else. I'm assuming I can do it programmatically if necessary, but I'd like to think they made it easier than that (sil...

SharePoint: Why does a content deployment job customize all my master pages?

I have SharePoint content deployment configured between an authoring and production web application. When I run the content deployment job the first time to initially populate my production web application, none of my master pages or page layouts get customized/unghosted. I verified this by opening the site in SharePoint Designer and c...

Deploying a Custom Field Types to the bin directory

As stated here custom field types (and any dlls they have a reference to?) must be deployed to the global assembly cache. Why, and what problems may arise by deploying to the bin directory? I’m trying to secure my code by writing CAS-policies and since my field controls uses a lot of help methods shared by my other code this seems like ...

Upload files to Sharepoint document libraries via FTP

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows how to or if it is possible to upload files to a sharepoint (v3/MOSS) document library over FTP. I know it is possible with webdav. If it is possible is this even supported by Microsoft? ...

How do you expose the state of a SharePoint Workflow instance?

I have a fairly straight-forward sequential approval workflow that has an EnableModificationActivity that is in scope for just about the entirety of the workflow. My modification form is an ASPX page that gives the user the ability to enable/disable approval steps that have not occurred yet in the workflow. Since the workflow is able t...

How do I go about building a Dashboard App using MOSS '07

How is it different from normal ASP.net development? Anyone has valuable cool links/videos/tutorials for what I am trying to do? I am a newbie at sharepoint stuff..but I am pretty comfortable with ASP.net. EDIT: The application is more like a Teamsite/Dashboard app. ...

Sharepoint problem saving a file over an existing file in a document library

I have an existing document in a document library and I'm trying to overwrite that file in code using code like this: byte[] data = ... SPListItem li = ... li.File.SaveBinary(data); When I run this code I get: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The security validation for this page is invalid. Click Back in your Web browser, refresh t...

SharePoint Designer Reformatting HTML on the fly, able to disable?

Before I tear what is left of my hair out I have been trying to modify some master pages in SharePoint Designer and whenever I make HTML markup changes it reformats them as it see's fit. For example, I am trying to make the code readable so I am moving items to their own lines and such. As soon as I save it moves everything back to a s...

How to display a Yes/No style message box in web part, and get client's choice?

I want to show a message box when users trying to do any major operations in my web part. If user choince [Yes], then continue to do sometiing ...[No] for nothing. How can i implements this function in my web part , Sharepoint 2007 ?? pls help me ~~ thx ...

Moving SharePoint MOSS Install

Hi I have a sharepoint MOSS 2007 Install on a server and need to move it to another new server. Can I just ghost the complete server to the new one or do I need to install and configure the complete server again? Any suggestions appreciated. ...

Sharepoint Requirements

I am new to Sharepoint. I need a workflow portal web application. Please someone guide in intalling the sharepoint and what are the hardware and software requirements for working in sharepoint. Please let me know which is better either Windows sharepoint services or MOSS2007 for creating web application portal ...

Sharepoint web part stops working because of Resources.en-US.resx file

I've been developing a Sharepoint web part, which had been working fine upon deployment. The web part has been developed with WSP Builder, packaged up and then deployed via stsadm. The web part has been deployed tens, if not a hundred times to the dev box with no problems. Now, the web part throws an error which breaks the page it's o...