I'm trying to create a bar chart using dataview formated using xsl. The list to chart contains data about number of hours spend on certain project. The project column is of type lookup, which points to a list on the other subsite (simpler: cross site lookup column). The fist data source that I connected to dataview points to the first li...
For my job I have to import large batches of images into the document library, I'm just wondering how people name their image files to keep it organized? ...
I've imported a bunch of users into my Active Directory with some custom fields. Then I did a profile import from Active Directory to Sharepoint with all the custom fields and regular fields. After this, I needed each user to be in a site collection with a MySite set up for them. I did that by writing some code that ensured the user e...
Hi, I'm in a position of evaluating products / approaches to build Business Intelligence Dashboards on top of Sharepoint WSS (no MOSS at this stage). Does anyone have any suggestions where would be a good place to start? The BI platform is currently built on SQL Server 2005 / SSIS / SSRS and we're currently investigating adding SSAS to...
I'm trying to decide whether it is possible to store custom attributes in a SPField's schema XML. If you look at the .xsd for the 'Field' element in SharePoint, there are a slew of attributes. The last one in the attribute list is <xs:anyAttribute>. This elements purpose is to allow it be extended. This obviously leads me to believe it...
Is there some definition around the attributes that are returned from the Lists.GetListItems? I am able to view the attributes retuned just fine but I am wondering if they would ever change? Here are some examples of what I am seeing... @ows_Author, @ows_FileDirRef, @ows_PermMask I would like to build some classes around these values ...
I'm trying to get an SPSite for a remote SharePoint URL: SPSite site = new SPSite("http://remoteserver"); ...but I get an exception. The is no problem when i try to connect to sharepoint on the local machine. I have the required username and password of the remote server. Is there a way to get the SPSite with the username and passw...
I have a requirement to lock down access to a SharePoint library: Only users that belong to all the groups associated with the library should have read access; others should not be allowed to read. Let's say I have a document library that concerns three projects: 12345 13579 24680 I have users that belong to one or more projects: Jo...
I'm pretty new to Commerce Server 09 and its integration into SharePoint. I have a requirement to use SharePoint groups to manage the CS users. I've got the VPC demo loaded and read about the pipelines, etc., but I'm not quite sure where to start. Has anybody done this or have any ideas? Anything that help get me going in the right d...
Hi, We have a requirement to retrieve document details from a sharepoint document library. We understand that we can use either list web service or search web service. Can any one please let us know which is better? Is list web service faster than search web service? Thanks ...
Hi, I've installed Sharepoint (standard version) on a local server. This server runs on Windows 2008. I've created a Web application intranet.sharepoint.com I changed my host file, so that it directs to this local server. However when I run the web Application, I'm getting a login screen and I cannot login! Do I need to activate somet...
Hi All, I'm looking for automated Functional Testing tools that can manipulate SharePoint sites, libraries, and documents thought the web interface. It needs to be extensible enough to handle any custom pieces that are added later. This does not need to be specifically for sharepoint, but it is necessary that it is to work within a ...
Title says it all. Everything works fine for most accounts 100% of the time but here and there some users who are able to access a subsite fine one day are greeted with a standard 404 the next. This can last for an hour or two days, it's really inconsistent. I check the iis logs and it says the status is also a 404 for these requests, ...
Is there a way for a web part to figure out the hosting page is being loaded into SharePoint Designer ? ...
I am working on project where I have to access SharePoint data in C#. I've never done this before; and have the following questions? How would I access SharePoint data from C#? What API do I use? Are there any tutorials out there that will help me get started? ...
For my company, we have a few extranet sites built in SharePoint Portal 2003 for vendors to collaborate on documents with us. We have the database's on on server and the sites hosted on another server (so two servers are involved). However, recently they started receiving "Operation Aborted" errors when going to the site and/or "Render F...
Users seems to have a hard time picking the right document template when the "New" list contains a lot of items. Rather then displaying 50 items in the "new" dropdown list I am looking for a solution that will only show the documents which is relevant at the moment. I have a "Life cycle" choice field in another list and only a subset of...
Hi all, How can i go about changing the distribution list as well as the email text for the email that goes out to site collection admin when a site collection approaches it's size limit? Thanks for your help. ...
I'm building a webpart for a Sharepoint site that allows the user to enter information into a textbox that will eventually be showed to other users. The problem is that I need to allow simple formatting (bold, italic etc) and also allow the user to enter an url (a <a href=".....). I don't want to expose a XSS exploit since I do not trust...
We have a custom self-service SharePoint solution that allows people to come to a provisioning SharePoint app, follow a 3-page wizard, answer a bunch of questions, and based on those questions, calls one of several web services around the world which in turn in the local farm creates a new site collection based on one of 3 site types (Te...