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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 to execute code when a view is updated in sharepoint?

How to execute code when a view is updated in share point portal? I can not write an event receiver for it because it only fires when list items are updated. I want to write a handler of some sort that gets executed every time a view is updated. What are my options? By updated view I mean columns are added or removed. ...

Determine the Next SPListItem ID in a MOSS SPList?

Hi, I am trying to determine what the ID of the next list item to be created in a MOSS list will be. Is there any way of doing this? Thanks, MagicAndi ...

How to make Incoming Links appear as a drop-down in Sharepoint wiki?

The incoming links feature of the Sharepoint wiki is cool, but it's a hassle having to go to another page to see the list. Is it possible to replace the Incoming Links hyperlink with a drop-down menu showing the links on the same page? ...

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? ...

Attach EventReceiver to all lists of a sharepoint site

Can we write an eventreceiver that gets fired when any list is updated. The listtemplateid that we have to specify for an eventreceiver makes our code specefic to one breed of lists. What if we want to have the code execute for events on all lists of site? ...

What may cause 'Following URL address is not valid' when publishing InfoPath form to MOSS and to cope with it?

Hi, we have a rather old MOSS installation with SP2 installed, which quite recently ceased to include the MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices header in replies to Protocol Discovery OPTIONS HTTP requests. This causes problems like Excel 2003 complaining of being unable to connect to SharePoint site to synchronize lists, etc. The Excel proble...

MOSS WCM - Best way to customise a list item view

I am createing an external facing SharePoint site which contains a number of custom lists. Some of these are extremely complicated. I generally avoid using the SharePoint Designer like the plague, preferring to stick to Visual Studio. To display a list item to users should I really try and get my head around making a custom DispForm.as...

MOSS : Accidentally deleted a webpart, how can I get it back

I have deleted "New comment" webpart on the Blog Post detailed Page on the my SharePoint blog site, I am unable to find it in the webpart list. How can I get undo / add the webpart back. ...

Sharepoint WebPart not installing

What tips do you have for debugging a WebPart that is not installing? One tip per response. ...

Is it possible to use custom data types for MOSS user profile properties?

We're wanting to add some properties to our MOSS user profiles and expose them to the people search. However, some of the data are more complex than just a string or choice or whatever. I've been looking around, and I can't seem to figure out if it's possible to create custom data types for use with the user profiles. Does anyone know if...

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? ...

Accessing Sharepoint Web Services without authentication

Is it possible to access a sharepoint web service without authenication? If you can't do it directley can you think of any ways to get round it such as haveing an open service inbetween that does authenicate for you using a public account. ...

Sharepoint List to PDF report

I have a sharepoint list and I needto transform it into a document(any type) and export it pdf. Would you have any tips on the best way to do this? I have crystal reports but not sure if this is the correct use case for this. ...

Page Viewer Web Part

I wanted to know if, 1. We can view a section/portlet of an external portal/Web Application? Using Page Viewer Web part we get a full view of the web application but I would like to ONLY view a section/portlet of the external web page. Is this possible? 2.How to achieve session aware Page viewer web part a. For e.g., i. I have l...

Sharepoint List to ADO.Net data table

Is it possible to convert a share point list (getting it via the web service or object model) and transform it into a ADO.NET data table? ...

Sharepoint "Could not load file or assembly" "The system cannot find the file specified"

I have added a reference to a dll (sharpPDF) to my .net project. In the code it has picked up the dll and I can use it. When I deploy by sharepoint webpart i get the following error: Could not load file or assembly 'sharpPDF, Version=1.0.3511.18105, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f099e668beaaa0f9' or one of its dependencies. The system...

Find out if a SharePoint URL is a file or not - MOSS out of the box web service

Is there any MOSS out of the box web service which takes the URL of a SharePoint site and tells us if that URL is pointing to a file (document)? For example, we have a list of SharePoint URLs and we need to find out which URLs are pointing to a file and not a document library or a list? ...

WebPart "metadata"?

I have not worked with webparts for sharepoint before, but need to make change to a webpart, that needs to be propagated to some 700 websites. It is a change to one of the properties of the webpart, the value needs to be changed. Is there a way to get metadata for a webpart and change it directly in the database (I assume that is where i...

Start SharePoint workflow on certain time of day or after a certain amount of time

Hello, Is it possible to start a workflow on a document in SharePoint 2007 that begins after a certain time or on a certain date? Thank you. ...