I have a web site for showing different reports like these examples http://contoso.com/report.aspx?id=1 http://contoso.com/report.aspx?id=2 In each report page I want to embed a Sharepoint control that will allow me to: Start a discussion for each report Add Comment/response to the existing thread for the report Rate the report on a...
I am trying to draft up a comprehensive document to assist the maintenance group for a new Sharepoint 2007 Intranet. What I have problems deciding is what the right tool is to migrate various different elements to the customer-approval and production environment. We expect in the future to have to deal with new lists, new custom types/l...
Like many other a SharePoint User, I've had to create a custom list definition, after much trouble, I've managed to create one (I Think, let me get through all the errors first), but is there a "basic" schema out there I can start with, or a purpose built editor for Schema.xml generation? ...
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...
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...
Hi I followed this article http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/ASPNET_to_Sharepoint.aspx and it worked converting my ASP.net Site into SharePoint with a SQL Datasoure. Does anyone know what i must do in the Web.config of my SharePoint site in order to make my ODBC connection SAVE? My ODBC connection = SafeControl Assembly="Samras...
I develop a SharePoint workflow with a Replicator activity to replicate a custom activity for every approver. The custom activity implements an approval branch for a particular user. It has classic form with CreateTask, While, OnTaskChanged and CompleteTask activities. I setup UntilCondition on the replicator to cancel execution after o...
I am looking to create an "Online Manual" site template in MOSS 2007, in order to create a number of sites that will hold static information on an array of topics. -What site template should I use, I am currently thinking Publishing Site, but a Wiki might work? -How should I show the navigation for the different "Chapters" (in the left s...
Ok I've been tasked with creating a wss v3.0 website for a government internal site with very little internal SharePoint experience (though it's an IT department so they're very tech literate). I'm already fairly good at SharePoint (having earned some Microsoft Certifications in SharePoint and done plenty of stuff for myself), but need ...
Hey all I'm creating a custom column in a feature for Sharepoint. It is essentially this: <Field Type="Integer" ID="<insert guid here>" ReadOnly="true" Name="xxx" DisplayName="XXX" Group="YYY" /> When the field is deployed and attached to a content type, the content type shows no instance of this field being attached....
We have a news system that relies on the publishing feature. It is basically the out of the box news with a few minor changes. The page contains a Page Content area. I'll give some screen shots to help make my point. First, the page content area: When you click inside the content area a toolbar is added. If you want to add an image t...
Ok I've got a weird one, I have a SharePoint WebPart in WSS 3.0 right now that's querying Yahoo Traffic's REST interface using VB.NET and the HttpWebRequest object. However I kept getting an error message from Yahoo that was saying I'm unauthorized, upon further examination, I noticed it's passing the following URL to yahoo: http://loca...
We've created a Sharepoint site to track a process. Eventually we're going to make a workflow out of it, but in the meantime there's a list we all have to look at which lists the various dates each piece is supposed to be finished. So basically My group needs to see and update columns X, Y, Z and Comments while ignoring the other 30 bi...
Hi, does anyone know how to use the SPListItemCollection ReorderItems method? I cannot seem to find sufficent documentation on this method. What I want to do is order the list in decending order by date. I am not sure what the required values are, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.splistitemcollection.reord...
Is it possible to run STSADM from an ASP.NET application that is residing in the _layouts folder? I have copied this code on this page. When it runs the return message is Access Denied. ...
Hi there, currently I have a full backup running daily in SharePoint. The automated process for further copying, renames the full backup directory to backup_((date in yyyymmdd))_full. I'd like to rework to a daily incremental/weekly full schedule, but the differentials can't seem to find the last full backup to work with. I was thinki...
I'm trying to confirm my findings on permissions. In order for the SharePoint object model to be accessed from a console application or for that matter a WinForm application, the user running the application must have db_admin permission to the content database for the web application in question. In order to use Microsoft.SharePoint.A...
How can I create a link to the rest of the paragraph in an announcement in SharePoint, that displays the word: read more Cheers ...
I have been trying to find a book or web reference that gives me good understanding on how to build, test, and deploy ASP.NET pages, controls, and web parts to a SharePoint web site. All I have found so far is either draggy-droppy stuff or administration stuff. Is SharePoint really flexible with ASP.NET when is comes to extending it? A ...
I have a user group set up in Sharepoint that has permission to access to a single site. I would like to restrict this groups access futher to a single survey within that site. Is there any way to set Sharepoint permissions to a more granular level? ...