I am using WSS 3.0 in a hosted/shared (read: can make no server-side changes) environment. Unfortunately, between SP and IIS, almost nothing is getting cached, so page loads can be terribly slow. We have a bunch of custom image, JS, CSS, etc files that are currently just in a /img, /js, and /css directories, all of which are grabbed ea...
Hello. Can i program custom base permission level? There are many available in SPBasePermissions like UseRemoteAPIs Use SOAP, WebDAV, or Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 interfaces to access the Web site. ViewFormPages View forms, views, and application pages, and enumerate lists. ViewListItems View items in lists, doc...
I have WSS 3.0 installed on my machine. I have installed SearchServer Express 2008. It search from my document library. it is fine. But i want to search from document files that are located on my file system (e.g c:/ResumeRepository) on same machine. Is there any settings in search server configuration to get this done. It could be very...
When developing complex features for SharePoint, what is the recommended method of data storage? Should you constrain yourself to SP Lists and all the limitations that come with that, or use your own database, or create tables within the SP database? ...
Assuming there is some way to do this... I am using WSS 3.0 and SP Designer 2007. I've changed a list to its XSLT data view in SPD, and am trying to add a formula to display the first 250 characters of the body text, and then IF there are additional characters, add a "(more)" link to the list item. The problem I'm running into is the co...
Hi all. I am creating my first Timer Job and want to debug it. I have installed the timer job through a feature, and added it to a webapplication's JobDefinitions collection, and added a SPMinuteSchedule to run every 5 minutes (for testing purposes). Then, in Visual Studio I've tried attaching the debugger to the WebApplication's Proces...
Hello. I'v used SharePoint:SPGridView control in aspx page to display data as I would like it (It's as simple as two column grid with no filtering/grouping or whatsoever). But how do I inherit formatting, so my SPGridView would look something like default sharepoint list? It now appears as: ...
Looking for a clear answer on the licensing costs of WSS 3.0. I've read no fewer than 50 web sites, including every relevant MS resource, and the answer still isn't clear. We are a web host looking to provide WSS solutions to our clients as follows: Scenario 1 Company extranet with forms authentication. Every user will be an authenti...
Does the same process apply for session state when a dll is placed in the bin as when placed in the GAC? Or is there some type of esoteric change that take place under the hood? I’ve got a test solution deployed to the bin directory of my sharepoint site that uses session state. I made sure that session state is configured in my web.c...
All - I am using WSS 3.0. Currently, HR will upload an employee's internal company resume to a document library on our site, but for privacy reasons, we must then restrict access to that document library, which forces users to then go through HR each time they want to update their resume. My thought is to create a list with attachment...
When creating a new WSPBuilder project or new WSPBuilder item in Visual Studio, you get to choose the scope of the item being created. The options are Web, Site, WebApplication and Farm. What do the different scopes do, and how does that affect deployment? How do you determine which scope to use? ...
I've implemented a website for a client that holds editable articles. I used ASP.NET MVC and made the content manageable by storing it in a 'Content' table in the database and creating a simple Admin section of the site, where the user can add/edit/remove content and choose where on the site it will appear. Now the client has come bac...
I'm thinking of implementing WSS, but I want complete control over the Admin interface, as far as look-and-feel and navigation. Is this possible? ...
Hey, I've got this nice little piece of code, much like all the other versions of this method of upload using WSS WebServices. I've got one major problem though - once I have uploaded a file into my doc list, and updated the list item to write a comment/description, the file is stuck there. What I mean is that this method will not overwr...
I am new to the SharePoint Development world and I have been given the task of making a public facing (extranet) site. I have been searching the web for a step by step and things to know, but have failed horribly! Can anyone help me by either directing me to a post I may have overlooked or providing me a step by step guide to follow? A...
Hello. I`v made my webpart that works well (I can add it to page and use it). However if i want to move it to different zone or modify ANY other webpart on that page i get an exception. Any ideas on what could be wrong? Maybe it has to do something with that my web part has a null Zone variable? However webpart displays well on page. D...
Hello. When creating a view and setting group by value some field, it groups only 1 level deep, like this A --A.1 --A.2 A.2 --A.2.1 --A.2.2 B --B.1 However i would like to group it to make a tree, a hierarchy. A --A.1 --A.2 ----A.2.1 ----A.2.2 B --B.1 A flawless solution would be if i could just make my custom views to view a recu...
After a fresh install of WSS 3.0 and creation of a new web application and site collection, I receive the following error when I navigate to the newly create site: [COMException (0x80070005): Access is denied. ] System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail) +557 System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind() +4...
What is the best way to deploy a heavily customized SharePoint solution from test environment into production? ...
I want to make a CAML query semi-smart - in that I can give it a Title (which is what the end user sees) and it looks up the appropriate "Title" to pass as part of the CAML query: var caml = "<OrderBy><FieldRef Name='" + field + "'/></OrderBy>"; It looks like I can iterate of the Fields collection of the list using the object model, a...