Use Personalized Web Part Views WSS 3.0?
I want to use "Explorer View" for just myself. I can create default views for web parts, however I can't seem to see the view selector when I select "Personalize this Page" feature from WSS 3.0. ...
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What setup do you use for SharePoint (WSS/MOSS) development?
I'm curious to know how other SharePoint developers setup their dev workstations. My current setup: Desktop with Server 2008 (only for Hyper-V, was using Vista before) Use Visual Studio 2008 on local machine for dev work Keep a local copy of SharePoint DLLs for referencing, no local SharePoint install Run SharePoint in a Server 2...
CustomAction not appearing in ListView web part for SPList that does not inherit permissions
I have a SharePoint document library created and it is set to not inherit permissions from the web. I've configured a ListView webpart to display the contents of the document library and it works fine. I created a user that has the Contribute permission to the document library, but can only read the rest of the site. I created a custo...
Setting document library permissions in WSS 2.0
Hi, I am using WSS2.0. Am trying to set some permissions to a document library but not getting the desired behavior. I have created a sharepoint user and assigned it to 'Reader' group. I just want this user to view document library content but not make any changes like check out or upload new document or delete etc. Hence I assign the R...
How do we setup a SharePoint dev environment with VSeWSS 1.2 and Source Safe?
Does anyone use the MS SharePoint Solution Generator and VSeWSS 1.2 in a multi-developer environment with source safe? We are having issues re-deploying (because it doesn't really upgrade the solution with stsadm). It keeps saying the same feature is already installed - which it is, but it should retract the feature and re-install it -...
Customizing default.master in WSS 3.0
Does anyone know how to customize the master page (i.e. default.master) for a WSS 3.0 site? Actually, I already know how to customize the master page (i.e. via SharePoint Designer, or a text editor), I'm more interested in learning how to tell WSS 3.0 to use my customized master page. I've renamed the default.master with my customized ...
Ceiling function in SharePoint CAML query
I am trying to create a custom view for a sharepoint list, similar to the one explained here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms916812.aspx I have a column which is a number field with values ranging from 0 to 100. I need to create a view style which will display an image in the column based on the column value, instead of dis...
SharePoint - simplest solution and feature config to register a server control?
I would like to know what the XML is for the simplest feature and that will register a Server Control in the GAC, and add it the safe controls section of the web.config for the SharePoint site. My assembly: MyServerControl.dll (MyServerControl, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3249363c0f6f8c59) I can manually add it to...
Export a SharePoint Custom Content Type That Inherits from Contact to Outlook
I've created a custom content type that inherits from the built in Contact content type in WSS 3.0. When I create a list instance and assign my custom content type, there is no "Connect to Outlook" option like there would be if an end user created a new "Contact" directly. Am I doing something wrong or is this a limitation of SharePoin...
Should I use a workflow or event receiver?
I want to build a custom content type that will be the basis of a list item that will have multiple states. The various states will determine which list will instantiate this item. It will move between the states, and therefore the lists, based on user actions. I have a few choices to implement this: Create workflows on each list th...
Logging to the ULS log on a WSS 3.0 server
Hi, I have a scenario where I have WSS 3.0 only on a server and I would like to be able to log to the ULS log. In most cases, I have MOSS 2007 installed on the same server and can use the class/method Microsoft.Office.Server.Diagnostics.PortalLog.LogString but that is not an option in this case. Have anyone else been able to successfull...
How do I customize the confirmation email sent when a new SPAlert is created on a sharepoint list?
When I create a new SPAlert on a list and call SPAlert.Update(true), the systems sends out an email with the title "You have successfully created an alert for 'Blah: All items', and there's also some body text as well. I want to be able to customize this message, can anyone help? Thanks. ...
Sharepoint List Definition that binds only to my Custom Content Type
Hi. I am developint a Sharepoint Solution, that implements a new list. This list has an event receiver attached to a Custom Content type. I am using VSeWSS 1.3 for this task and it's going ok (the content type gets created, a list is created and bound to the content type, the event receiver triggers successfully. My only concern is ...
How do you instruct a SharePoint Farm to run a Timer Job on a specific server?
We have an SP timer job that was running fine for quite a while. Recently the admins enlisted another server into the farm, and consequently SharePoint decided to start running this timer job on this other server. The problem is the server does not have all the dependencies installed (i.e., Oracle) on it and so the job is failing. I'm ju...
WSS log files growing out of control
I'm using Microsoft's WSSv3 demo Virtual PC demo and the VHD is growing out of control. Using Folder Size I was able to trace it down to the WSS log files. Today I have two log files that grew to excessive size. 1) 2.5GB within 30 minutes and then 2) 2.1GB within 2 hours I'm trying to review the content with LTFViewer, but the files ...
Sharepoint updating custom database
Is it at all possible to leverage Sharepoint UI (e.g. lists editor), to perform basic CRUD operations on external database (owned and used by separate backend application)? How would I go about this? There are quite a few tables in this db, and I'm just looking to minimize custom code we'd need to develop and maintain (since we're not r...
Copy document libary sharepoint 2003 include history
Hello, I've got a sharepoint 2003 document libary with 15000+ document. Now i want to archive it, for faster performance. How can i copy the document libary include content and history? I thought it was possible with stsadm, just like 2007. But that's not right. Is there anyone with experience for keeping the version history? Greetin...
Edit only owned list items in Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0
Is there a way to limit the "edit item" permission in WSS 3.0 to only allow a user to edit his own documents or list items? We need the ability for a user to edit only documents/list items he creates - NOT items that someone else created. So, essentially we need a sub-set of the EDIT permission as well as ADD. Is this possible in Wi...
sharepoint WSS workflow - "failed on start" error
I've got a WSS 3.0 "project" site with all my workflows working properly. I want an easy way to clone this site, there will be one per project, so it has to be something the empowered end user can do (stsadm export won't work for him). I save the site, with content, as a template, then create a new site from the template. This new site...
Sharepoint services (WSS) as custom web application Infrastructure
We are developing our own application Infrastructure to develop custom web applications for our customers which go around having standard web functionalities like CMS,locallization,Authentication etc.... Custom application can be any line of business/B2B/B2C application over web. Application can cater both intranet/internet user. It is ...