WSS web-parts trust level error
Just created a WSS site with a some custom web-parts. But I get an error: ...dont have the trust level. I edited the safecontrols section from the web.config file of the virtual server, but to no avail. ...
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Custom column in list
Hi All, Can any one tell me that, Is is possible in wss to have our custom column in a view of list. The way how we are adding edit and delete column in asp.net grid by setting autogenerateedit button property to true. I have to write my custom login on click event of that button. This action is going to be common for all list items. T...
WSS 2.0 lifecycle (when does support stop?)
When will Microsoft stop supporting WSS 2.0? For my current project we have the choice to migrate our code to WSS 3.0 or continue to use WSS 2.0. Depending on Microsoft's support policy our customer will have to make a choice. I already looked on the Microsoft Lifecycle website, but WSS 2.0 isn't listed. Maybe WSS 2.0 is considered a pa...
Any experience on Sitecore CMS using Windows Sharepoint Services?
Hi guys, I plan to develop a solution based on Sitecore CMS which would allow the client company to manage their documents in a Sharepoint-fashion (versioning, diffs??). Of course, we're after limiting the number of licences required for the project, and the client doesn't yet have licences for MOSS, so we couldn't simply use the Siteco...
WSS 3.0 on Windows 2003 Server with Forms-Based Authentication 'File not Found' Error
Hi, We have WSS 3.0 running on Windows 2003 Server with Forms-Based Authentication. It has been running for months but now if I now try selecting ‘Register’ or ‘Forgot password’ I now get a ‘File not found’ error (looking for https: //www.....uk/_layouts/useradmin/register.aspx and https: //www.....org.uk/_layouts/useradmin/retrieve-pas...
sharepoint override form submission
Is it possible to override a NewForm.aspx form submission in a sharepoint list? Without making changes to the NewForm.aspx page itself? I would like something like the event handlers, where i can capture when an item is being added (ItemAdding) and perform some logic and set the properties.cancel = true, and .errormessage = "message" to...
Hide New / Actions / Upload / Settings menus in SharePoint Lists / document libraries
How can I hide the New / Actions / Upload / Settings menus within a list or document library in SharePoint? Note that I need to be able to hide these menus for a particular list definition (template) and not just all lists or document libraries. One possible way that I know of is to register a , and set the ControlClass element to a con...
hosting multiple production sharepoint sites on same server
Hi, I am currently hosting a low-volume WSS 3.0 application on a virtual server for a client, and soon will be creating a few more sites for different customers. Each customer will only average around 50 users total, no more than a few at a time. Are there any issues with hosting all of these on the same virtual box? Each would be a...
Using Smart part for FBA site
Hi, I have a use control which contains some ajax functionality. I made all necessary changes to make my site ajax compatible (i.e added respective tags in web.config) which works fine. I am using smart part to load this user control. But when i click on open the tool pane for the smart part it is giving me following. Could not open u...
Change document library "Type" after it has been created from list definition
When beginning to develop against SharePoint I did not fully understand all the ins and outs initially. I created a list definition (for a document library) and associated various custom actions to it. Unfortunately, I used the following for the list definition itself: <ListTemplate... ... Type="101" ... And to register the CustomActi...
User control with ajax fails to load in smart part with ajax
Hi All, I have a user control with some ajax functionality. I am using smart part with ajax to load user control. I have put this user control in my virtual directory i.e(C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\2323\UserControls). But while loading it is giving me an error as follows Error: unable to load ~\/UserControls\Vendors.asc...
WSS 3.0 Backup/Restore Root Site Collection to Sub-Site of New Site Collection
Our intranet was originally setup to be at the root of its site collection. We are trying to change this so that our new internet site will live in the root and the intranet will be a sub-site. At this point I have created a new web application and site collection to house the internet and intranet. I used the 'stsadm -o backup' command...
Options for storing Session state with SharePoint
I have written a user control for our SharePoint site that builds an HTML menu - this has been injected into the master page and as such ends up rendering on all pages that use it. There are some pretty computationally expensive calls made while generating this HTML and caching is the logical choice for keeping the page loads snappy. The...
Sharepoint - How to return just the most recent Announcement
Hi, Using WSS 3.0 I have recently figured out how to aggregate the announcements from several Sharepoint sub-site so that they can be displayed on the top-level site (See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1172050/sharepoint-how-to-agregate-announcements-from-sub-sites-onto-main-site). What I need to do now is to display just the mos...
Sharepoint Lists to Word / Excel file
Is their anything in sharepoint to easily achieve this? Say you have a list of 40 items, you can click a button to export all 40 items right to a word file or text file or something. Instead of having to open each item and click print. I can do something custom wise, im just curious if there is a simple solution already implemented. ...
How to use smart part in Form based authentication site in sharepoint
Hi, I have a site created in share point (WSS 3.0) which use Form based authentication. I have written a user control and I am trying to use it with the help of SmartPart, But it is giving me error saying that "can not access the path C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\5353\UserControls\". This is working file in windows authenti...
Sharepoint CAML Date query
Hi, im getting different results based on the date i use to search on. Here are the 3 records i want to display, their values for EVENTDATE, and ENDDATE are as follows 1, 2009-08-11T00:00:00Z, 2009-08-14T23:59:59Z 2, 2009-08-11T00:00:00Z, 2009-08-14T23:59:59Z 3, 2009-08-14T20:00:00Z, 2009-08-14T22:00:00Z When i search for a time betw...
How hard is it to build CMS driven websites in WSS/MOSS?
We build CMS's with ASP.NET using tools such as Umbraco and DotNetNuke etc A client is asking us if we can build a site in WSS which I think is Windows Sharepoint Services. Are there any experienced MOSS people out there who can tell me how hard we would find this? Would it be just like learning another CMS? Or will it be a nightmare? ...
Sharepoint WebPart not installing
What tips do you have for debugging a WebPart that is not installing? One tip per response. ...
Different user permisions for different sites on sharepoint
I want to add a new tab or site in sharepoint as shown for the above, but i want to allow some users to access one of them and not the other. when i remove a user it is removed from both of them or put for all. Also how can I edit those of the one which is already done? ...