wss-3.0

"Access denied" when trying to create a new application on WSS (Sharepoint) 3.0 SP2

I installed WSS SP2 on my Windows 7 (bamboo option). I can log into administratiion site but when I try to create a new application I got the error: "Access denied". Any idea how to solve this issue? ...

How to make a site user's web part display more info than just the user's name?

How to make a site user's web part display more info than just the user's name in the web part itself...?? ...

I just installed WSS 3.0 -- now what?

I've been doing web (all ASP.NET now) and desktop development for ten years and have written half a dozen intranet CMS websites. Nobody at my shop has any SharePoint experience and I've been asked to investigate WSS 3.0 and answer questions like "Can we replace our current ASP.NET intranet with a WSS-based intranet portal server without ...

Timing in SharePoint features deployment

I have a wsp package that contains many features. Some of the features included in the wsp package depend on other features that are also in the wsp package. In my case, 2 content types are created via features (Content Type A and Content Type B) and Content Type B inherits from Content Type A. So obviously, the feature that contains t...

SharePoint content type : deleting columns from the parent

I'm trying to create a content type that will inherit from the Contact content type (that comes with SharePoint). I need most of the fields in there but would like to be able to remove some of them. Is there a way I can remove the fields I don't want through the XML definition of the Content Type? <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.micros...

Large file upload into WSS v3

I'd built an WSSv3 application which upload files in small chunks; when every data piece arrives, I temporarly keep it into a SQL 2005 image data type field for performance reasons**. Problem come when upload ends; I need to move data from my SQL Server to Sharepoint Document Library through WSSv3 object model. Right now, I can think t...

Security Problems when Extending a Web Application in SharePoint

So, I had a site running (http://servername) and wanted to add another URL, http: newURL to get to the same content. I wanted both sites to use the same active directory domain for users/authentication. I extended my existing web application so that the new URL would work. I configured the authentication provider for the new zone to b...

SharePoint custom logon form doesn't do anything on submit

I feel sure I'm missing something simple.. I had this working on a different server but now that I've migrated to a different server it doesn't seem to work. I have a WSS 3.0 site with forms-based authentication enabled and a custom logon form. When you go to the logon form and enter your username and password and click submit, it just s...

Retrieve a list of web parts on a page

I am trying to get a list of webparts deployed on a web page in sharepoint 3.0. Is there way I can retrieve it from sharepoint content database or can I do it programmatically? ...

SharePoint custom web service consumption problems - HTTP 401: Unauthorized

I have a custom web service deployed into WSS 3. It has two web methods. The first one returns the version of the loaded assembly without any invocation of the SharePoint objects. The second returns some basic info about the library, something like: var spLibrary = [find library logic]; return spLibrary.Name+"@"+spLibrary.Url; In the...

Sharepoint hide items in menu

Is there a way to hide: "Edit Item" / "Manage Permissions" / etc in a Sharepoint List? I want to avoid to modify CORE.JS, maybe a JQuery hack/tweak? Ive researching but I see nothing clear. ...

How to direct user to the contents and not the properties after clicking lookup field pointing to folder in WSS?

Background I want to put a lookup field in sharepoint list that will point to a folder. Thats the easy part, but I want user to be pointed to folder contents (not the folder properties) after clicking on the link. It's not possible from the sharepoint interface so I'm trying to create custom field type. Question What method should I ov...

extending SharePoint List - adding a button control to the toolbar

I am creating a special Task List in SharePoint, I think that the best way to do that is through using SharePoint List Definition project in Visual Studio 2008, that's what I'm using. I want to add a button control to the ViewToolbar of the list "AllItems" page, and to specify action when this button is clicked. all the articles that I ...

WSS GetListItems Not Returning Folders without Inherited Permissions when Calling with GUID

WSS 3.0 List Service I am running GetListItems() on a Picture Library (name Pictures) using the follow CAML query: <Query> </Query> <ViewFields> <FieldRef Name="EncodedAbsUrl"/> <FieldRef Name="Title"/> <FieldRef Name="ContentType"/> </ViewFields> <QueryOptions> <Folder>Pictures\Uploads</Folder> <ViewAttributes Scope="Recur...

WSS 3 SP2 OnTaskCreated

At work we had a problem after installing SP2 on WSS 3.0 related to an aleatory behavior of OnTaksCreated. For more info about this check "http://fightingvssharepoint.blogspot.com/2009/06/ontaskcreated-in-wss-30-sp2.html". We've not found the fix yet so we're trying an alternative solution. Consists in taking out OnTaksCreted and moving ...

WSS 3.0: showing wrong server as Configuration Database Server

after moving my configuration db to a different DB server I had some difficulties to get the farm up and running again. now my eventlog is full of errormessages, that the config-db is not reachable on my old db server. Operation / Servers in Farm ... /_admin/FarmServers.aspx is still showing the old db server as config db server I coul...

SharePoint use of windows identity and connection pooling

When a user accesses a SharePoint site he is identified by his wndows identity. I was wondering which identity is used to access the database. Is it the identity of the user or does it use the windows identity of a service, or order to gain the benefits of connection pooling. Thanks Shiraz ...

Error while creating a new sharepoint site using sharepoint object model

I get the famous error "The security validation for this page is invalid. Click Back..." while creating SharePoint sites using the object model... This is my code in the web part to create share point sites. using (SPSite objSite = new SPSite(SPContext.Current.Site.ID)) { objSite.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true; using (SPWeb objWeb =...

Project Tracking Workspace + Multiple projects SharePoint

I am using SharePoint templates, and I had gotten great results using the Tracking Multiple project Template. The problem is that I would like to keep each project separately, but still have the status overlook of all projects. I can create Project Tracking workspaces templates for each individual project, but I have not been able to ...

Access denied when trying to read information about SharePoint groups

I am trying to get the membership of a group in WSS 3.0. I am doing this in an elevated permissions block. Here is the code: SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate() { using (SPSite site = new SPSite(SPContext.Current.Site.ID)) { using (SPWeb rootWeb = site.RootWeb) { SPGroup gAdmins = rootWeb.SiteGrou...