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I need to add a choice field to sharepoint that has values depending on the current selection.

I need to add a choice field to sharepoint that has values depending on the current selection. Example: if the current selection is Open then the options have to be 'open, and In progress **Current selection | Possible selections** Open | Open,In progress In progress | In progress,To be communicates,rew...

SharePoint Server 2k7 / Office 2003 Integration problem (CT prob.)

I have a bit of problem with MOSS (uptodate under 2003 r2) and Office 2003 integration. Customer particularly wants Office 2003. Problem So, when you make "new" document in the document center and document template is triggered and you hit "ok". In here everything is fine. Your doc is read and you hit "save" in Office Word 2003 and t...

MOSS Site Definitions and .WSP development to production

I'm using the minimal publishing site definition from codeplex to give me a basis for a publishing site. I've created this site in a virtual dev environment. I've then deployed a .wsp that provides a theme for the site. My question is relating to how would I then best combine the site definition and .wsp for a move to production - what...

Looking for Microsoft Index Server ASP.NET samples

i am not a programmer, but i can frankenstein code snippets with sufficient proficiency that if, by the grace of a few good souls, i could come across some sample ASP code that acts as a GUI to the ms index server, i could certainly make it work and look good. if anyone can offer any help, i would do a backflip. but i won't put it on yo...

CAML cannot reference Custom Properties in custom fields.

I am trying to create a custom field type in SharePoint. My custom field type has a custom property called CustomProperty. <FieldTypes> <FieldType> <Field Name="TypeName">CustomField</Field> <Field Name="InternalType">CustomField</Field> .............................. .............................. <PropertySchema...

[SharePoint] Publishing HTML Field Control Converts Relative URL to Absolute URL

So, after much research on whether or not we should the CEWP or the HTML Field Control on an external facing SharePoint site, we settled on using the Field Control (much thanks to AC). Now, we are having an issue that all the blogs I read say should not be an issue. When we put a relative URL into the HTML Editor and hit OK, it is auto...

How do you link 2 web parts on a SharePoint Page?

I want to build a SharePoint page template for a item like "a Company". I'd like to have a Wiki part on the top of the page and a List of documents on the bottom. Let's use Pepsi as my example. I want the top Wiki part to be info about Pepsi, but I want the Document list to be filtered to ONLY show Pepsi items in the list. How do you...

SharePoint Datasheet view read-only custom field

Is there any way to add validation (ie SSN) to a SharePoint field and still have it editable in datasheet view? ...

ERROR: request not found in the TrackedRequests. We might be creating and closing webs on different threads.

This is an error I receive from Sharepoint when I deploy a custom workflow to a forms library. The workflow is very straightforward and doesn't do anything fancy. I was reading from the an infopath form, but have since stripped down all non-essential code to see if I can get it working. As far as I can tell, other workflows are fine (...

What is the rationale for document-centric systems?

I know of two famous document-centric systems: Sharepoint server and Lotus Notes. There must be others. I've heard of CouchDB, for example. What are the main implementation differences, and how do they affect: Usability Retrieval performance Search performance/quality Extensability/ integration Bonus if you can elaborate on why yo...

Save checkbox value to a database when clicked?

I added a checkbox to my list, just like there is a checkbox in a People and Groups list: However in my list I want to save the selected value to database. But I have no idea how. I was figuring i could add javascript to onClick event, but neither I know where do I put that javascript (or can I use C# code?), neither I have an idea how ...

Error 1325.„SharePointData” is not a valid short file name during Sharepoint uninstalling

Hello, Error 1325.„SharePointData” is not a valid short file name does anyone know why this error is appearing during uninstallation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0? Thanks ...

Guidance on creating non conflicting workflows

We have a SharePoint site that displays a calendar and manages appointments etc. We are trying to automate several aspects of this system via workflows. Indvidually each workflow works ok. The problem is that we want them to run automatically when an item is modified. But sometimes a workflow itself modifies another item - which in tu...

In SharePoint 2007, how can I include some common items in a list, and some unique ones for each instance of the list?

I've created a series of meetings in SharePoint 2007. All meetings have a common "base" agenda, but each meeting will have its own unique agenda items. Is there a way to implement that in SharePoint? If I set the agenda items to be "series items", I'm not able to deviate from that list for individual meetings. That's the problem ...

validation for custom list sharepoint

I have created a custom list as a feature in sharepoint. i need to perform some validation on some of the fields. ive created a clss that inherits from SPItemEventReceiver and need to implement the method: public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties) where do i take it from here? how do i access list items etc.....

How to create a daily summary alert for any change in a SharePoint site

I recently got the requirement for a person to receive a daily summary alert for any change within a SharePoint site; each site has an owner who is in charge of the content on their site. The current way we have something working is to automatically set up alerts for every list/library within the site. // Get the Lists on this Site SPL...

Change Edit Control Block (ECB) Link URL in SharePoint

Is there a way to dynamically change the hyperlink associated with an ECB menu in WSS 3.0? For instance, I have a list with 2 fields. One field is hidden and is a link, the other is the title field which has the ECB menu. The title field currently links to the item's view page - but we want it to link to the link-field's url. Is that...

How do I create a Sharepoint list via a feature receiver and an existing list template

I have a list template in a MOSS List Template Gallery and I need to create a list using this template from a feature receiver. This sounds really easy but I cannot find a way of doing this. SPWeb has a GetCatalog method that returns an SPList with 1 item - my template - but it is an SPListItem and I need an SPListTemplate. How can I ...

VSeWSS Administrator Privileges and <SafeControl> entry

I am trying to deploy my first custom aspx page in sharepoint: Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 VSeWSS 1.3 Latest Sharepoint Patches as of May 28, 2009 I am following this detailed howto: http://geeksconnected.com/jamil/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=19 Unfortunately, it quickly becomes incomplete toward the bottom. I am...

Is it possible to export a site definition in MOSS/Sharepoint using STSADM?

Is it possible to export a site definition (NOT a site template) using stsadm? I'm looking for a way of getting an export of ONET, WEBTEMP and any required features. ...