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How to get the context item in Workflow activity (SharePoint)

I am writing custom activity for sharepoint workflow and I don't know how I can use current workflow item, SPWeb or SPSite. I see http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/davidbi/archive/2008/07/21/How-to-get-the-context-item-in-workflow-activity-sharepoint.aspx but xml routines of this solution is too bad for me. Perhaps there is another co...

Display text above list if list is empty? (SharePoint 2007)

I have seen a SharePoint list (Custom list) where text shows up, whenever a list is empty (only for some views). E.g. to inform users of the guidelines for the list usage. How can this be implemented? Ok with javascript/jquery solution ...

Is there a trial version of Microsoft Sharepoint for website development?

I am asp.net developer and want to learn microsoft sharepoint for website development. Is there a trial version of MOSS 2007 available that I can install? And what should be the best approach for installing and learning. ...

WebPart in Sharepoint freezes after clicking a linkbutton

I have a user control inside a webpart inside sharepoint that I add some linkbuttons dynamically during runtime. each one when clicked is supposed to download a certain file from the database. however when one of those linkbuttons is clicked, this file is downloaded for once and then i can't click any other buttons or links or even the s...

Only one web part added to the wp gallery when multiple webpart files specified in module

I'm trying to deploy multiple web parts as part of the same feature. SharePoint itself seems to do this quite happily by specifying multiple File elements in a single Module element (see C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\SearchWebParts); in my case, only the first web part is added ...

In a Sharepoint2007 Form Library, I want to show both 'Average' and 'Count'

In Sharepoint2007, I can add a summary row to a Form Library by going to All Documents | Modify this view | Totals I seem to have to choose just ONE of the options (Count, Average, Maximum, Minimum, Sum, Std Deviation, or Variance). Is there a way to add TWO instead of just one (Count and Average)? Thanks for any help. ...

Sharepoint: Communication between WebPart and silverlight control

Is there any way to send notifications from the webpart to silverlight control hosted in the same webpart? ...

Sharepoint - Multiple document upload - HTTP 'post' verb not allowed

When attempting to upload any number of documents, including very small files, seems to succeed- but subsequently redirects to an error page indicating the following: /_layouts/error.aspx?ErrorText=The%20HTTP%20verb%20POST%20used%20to%20access%20path%20%27%2F%5Fvti%5Fbin%2Fshtml%2Edll%2FSiteCollectionDocuments%2FForms%2FUpload%2Easpx%27...

Intermittent Issues with Excel Services web parts

We have a brand new SharePoint 2007 Intranet farm running on new 64-bit hardware with lots of processor and memory. We are using Kerberos for security and have carefully followed all the written guidance from Microsoft and blogs to configuring Kerberos and Excel Services correctly. Generally everything is running great. Currently we c...

Start Sharepoint workflow "x" days before expiry date

I want to create a workflow on a Sharepoint list and it should send a notification email. The problem is that I want this workflow based on expiry date(send an email 30 days before the expiry date) and I am not creating or updating any new list items. I know workflow can only be created if any item are changed/created but I have seen...

SharePoint Deployment from one server to another

i am new to sharepoint. I have few queries on sharepoint deploy ment. it would be nice of you if any one clarify me on these queries. i have to deploy one sharepoint application/site from one server to another server. there are lot of file like .ascx(created through asp.net), .dll webparts, and workfolwsetc present in the application. h...

Best technology to create web forms and reports on top of a Dynamics AX backend?

Want to create web sites with data on Dynamics AX. We want not to pay for Enterpise Portal or SHarepoint an do our own web app on top of AX. ...

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...

File not found - MOSS 2007

i received the following error on some Sharepoint Pages File Not Found. at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection) at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fi...

Problem while updating workflow task properties from web part

When I try to update the task properties of the workflow from my webpart, I get the following exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Task Updates are not allowed via unstrusted code at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem.PrepareItemForUpdate(Guid newGuidOnAdd,Boolean bMigration, Boolean& bAdd, Boolean& bPublish,Object& objAttachmentNa...

How to show a simple list of events in a content query webpart in SharePoint 2007

This should be really simple in SharePoint, but I can't figure out how to do it: I simply want to show a list of upcoming events from a calendar in a content query webpart: Aug 12:00 Meeting re new sales plan Aug 09:00 Party I can use the content query webpart (CQWP) to do this for pages or documents or news articles, but apparently ...

Purchasing Sharepoint Themes

Can anyone advise on a company selling good Sharepoint themes? Has anyone on here used any and make a recommendation? I've been hacking Sharepoint CSS files and graphics, changing Master pages, reading Heather Solomon's blog, but the whole process is time consuming. At this stage I'd rather just buy a theme or two but the offerings onli...

Using an event receiver to update an item's 'Title' field.

Hi there. I have written an event receiver that is activated on the 'ItemAdded' event of a 'Pages' list. The code runs fine, but my issue is this - during the call to my Sub ItemAdded, I want to change the value of a field belonging to the current list item (in this case an aspx page). The idea is that I can configure the 'Title' field...

TinyUrl solutions for intranet portals

I'm currently researching solutions that converts SharePoint's lengthy urls to tiny/clean urls. There seems to be plenty of solutions for public sharepoint portals but I'm looking for an open source solution that i could for my intranet portal site. References to any articles or blog site that covers this issue would be great. ...

In Sharepoint, how do you setup a column for 'person or group' with a default value?

Using the issue tracker in sharepoint 2007, I want to know how to set a default user to the my assigned to column. Other column types include a 'default value' option, but for some reason the 'person or group' doesn't. thanks. ...