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Prevent Concurrent Editing of a List Item

In Sharepoint MOSS multiple users can edit the same item in a sharepoint list at the same time…the first person to save their edit “wins”. Is there a way to prevent this, to lock the list item while it is being edited? NB: This refers to a custom list -Not a document in a document library ...

Sharepoint (MOSS) XSL - PageUrl parameter not being found/displayed

I have a Data View Web Part, on a custom edit Page for a list. I want to grab the current URL and pass it to the next page, so I can return to the editing screen. I have followed these instructions to display the current page URL: http://www.stevesofian.net/post/XSLT-Tip-Get-Current-Page-URL.aspx Inside of Sharepoint Designer, the Url ...

Identify "Forms" folder in a Sharepoint document library

I'm working on an application that shows a listing of files and folders within a Sharepoint document library. The file/folder list is created based on the SPList's RootFolder.SubFolders and .Files collections. Is there a way to filter out the "Forms" folder from the results, without hard-coding a check for a folder called forms? ...

Is it possible to apply a template to SharePoint online services "home" tab?

I can apply a template to a subsite when creating it, however, on the home/parent site, there does not seem to be an option to apply a template. You can only list the templates. Note: This is for: Microsoft SharePoint Online. ...

upload multiple documents in sharepoint with content type form

Hi, my question is this: how can I upload multiple documents in a sharepoint site and still have that page woth the form saying content type like it does when I upload one document? Thank you. ...

How to handle drag and drop from a WebDAV folder (SharePoint in Explorer)

Hello, I've opened a Windows Explorer window to show the content of a SharePoint folder (using WebDAV). I pick a file and drag it into a Windows Form (C#). However the DragEventArgs doesn't contain full information about the file. How can I get the file URL (and not only its name), or its content? Thanks! ...

how to integrate Blogs in sharepoint custom site

hi, in my sharepoint site, I need to integrate blogs. can any one give me help with this? Integrating Blog in SharePoint site my sharepoint site Custom site Definition i am selecting custom site template ...

How to end session when browser closes in Sharepoint .

Hi, Need help in terminating session in WSS 3.0 when browser closes to avoid session hijacking. Thanks. imp. ...

SharePoint : web service permission error

I have a sharepoint site, and I am calling a standard sharepoint web service. I create the web service request like this : wsDws.Url = this.SiteAddress + @"/_vti_bin/Dws.asmx"; When I use localhost as hostname it works, but when I use machine name I get an error 401 Unauthorized. I am setting the credentials like this: Networ...

SharePoint - My Site - Customization (Layout)

Is there a way to customize the layout of the default page on the My Site? I know you can deploy a feature to push files into the hive to deploy a custom theme and a custom CSS, but what about the layout--where and which webparts show up for the user by default? These both talk about customizing the look and feel: Customizing MOSS 200...

SCRUM in SharePoint Online

We are trying to implement SCRUM with the Microsoft SharePoint Online. Although we can use tasks and issue tracker to suit SPRINTS and iterations and system testing, we are using an excel speadsheet to produce the burndown chart. However, we have to extract all the tasks first, reformat the data, the feed in the chart values. Does anyone...

How do I build custom workflows in SharePoint?

I need to learn how to build custom workflows in SharePoint. In addition to basic stuff like having legal sign-off on documents, I need to be able to execute arbitrary custom code at certain points. For example, after legal signs off it should export the document and update a database table indicating that a new version is ready. Is thi...

Generating XML from SPList as per given schema

hi I have one SPList with data , and oe XML schema file, my requirement is to get the data into XML file using the given schema file. HOw can i do that in Sharepoint using c# code? thanks Azra ...

SharePoint : Translating links for me, and its unwanted

I am inserting a list item using sharepoint web services.... Here is my code: item += @"<Field Name=""HyperLinkField"">" + this.SharePointSiteAddressLinks + @"/lists/" + this.ListName + @"/" + this.ID + "_" + this.MessageID + ", " + this.MessageID + ".ext</Field>"; the value of SharePointSiteAddressLinks is http://machineName The ...

Writing your own FrontPage RPC server (like SharePoint)

Does anybody have experience in programming a protocol handler (server) that talks FrontPage RPC? I want to make a server that behaves itself as if it was SharePoint. What I want is to open a Word document from this Web Server, edit it in MS Word and write the changes to the Web server. So in the same way you can edit Word documents fr...

SharePoint 2007 : Get all list items in a list regardless of view from web service?

I need to check for duplicates. Currently I have items stored in sub folders in a list. How can I retrieve all items in the list from a web service, so I can check for duplicates? Here is code from object model: I want to do exactly this, but from a web service private static void PrintItemTitles() { string strUrl = "http://loc...

What event is triggered when a document is saved in a Document Library in SharePoint?

We have a document list that contains Excel sheets, the documents that are in the list have to be processed. The processing code is triggered by the EventReceiver. Until know we used the ItemCheckedIn event, but this isn't triggered when the user just saves a document from within Excel. I have tried to use the ItemUpdated event, but th...

Enable authorization on sitemap provider

Hello all, I want to enable Authorization on the Site map provider. We have enabled anonymous access to the site and we want the Site map provider to be visible only to authorized users. I tried securityTrimmingEnabled="true" in the web.config. No change! Please help ...

Moving Data Views Across Sharepoint Sites

We have a production SharePoint site that uses a custom database quite a bit. We have a dev site on a separate box where we develop all of our things then move them over to a live site when they are ready for our customers. We have many pages that use data views to show information from the database. Most of the actual programmability...

sharepoint website error 403

I just created a web application on Sharepoint and followed all the instructions as given. When i created web app, it created the Database on SQL and the new website on IIS. But when i goto browse that website, It gives me the following error - The website declined to show this webpage HTTP 403 Most likely causes: •This website req...