sharepoint

Which method of accessing sharepoint is better?

Hi All, I am working on small application of sharepoint. There two ways in which WE can access Sharepoint data: 1.By Using Microsoft.Sharepoint.dll In this case you need to do coding on same machine (windows server). 2.Second way is to use Sharepoint Web Services. This will allow developer to do developement work on different machine...

How to get main site url inside webpart?

Hi, I need to get main site url from inside my custom webpart. Is there any programming way to do it? ...

SharePoint and SQL Server Compact Data Files

I'm doing a consulting job for an organization wanting something a small step above what an Access Database would do. Generally, they want to track network lines between buildings on their campus (obviously, I'm obfuscating a bit, just go with it). And of course, they want it done in SharePoint, WITHOUT a huge software development and ma...

Flex - Can you use the FileReference.upload() function to upload files to Sharepoint or do I have to use the SP web services?

Hey everyone, Can you use the FileReference.upload() function to upload files to Sharepoint or do I have to use the SP web services? This is without adding your own ASP.NET Web Services, just using the built in SP Web Services. Thanks again, Mauricio ...

How to refer to/locate a SharePoint 2010 site template?

I created a site template from a basic site which was itself created from the basic team site template. Now I would like to use that site template outside the web where it was created so it acts like a global template. For example, I would like my new template to appear in the templates list shown by get-spwebtemplate or copy an 'stp' ...

Calendar List View - Month and Day format

Some one changed my Calendar list view and showing like this. Day, Month and Year is showing again next to it in braces as seen in below figure. I thought It might be Default.ascx in control template folder but Everything is looking good in there. It is showing in only one site collection in a Web application (Other Site collections in...

Duplicating Document Libraries

Is there a way to do this in MOSS 2007? Instead of manually creating the same type of document library with a different name, I'd like to use a shortcut -if exists- to achieve this. Thanks. ...

how to know the end of loop in sharepoint designer workflow ?

in moss 2007 service pack 2 i have designed a sharepoint designer looping workflow which processes each item in the list and keeps track of the last item processed by using the flag column in the list . initially all items in the list have flag column value = no the looping workflow first looks for the first item in the list with fla...

Suggest FreeWare or Paid Network Share explorer WebPart in SharePoint

Hi, Can any one please suggest any good Network share explorer WebPart in SharePoint where in it provides all basic features like expand-collapse network share folders in left pane and containing files/folder in right pane, Drag and drop feature, Cut and or copy - Paste feature... I really appreciate any help. Nikhil. ...

Can SharePoint web services be used to retrieve the ACL for a document or folder in a SharePoint document library?

I would like to use SharePoint web services to retrieve files and folders from a SharePoint document library along with any ACL associated with each. I know I can get the files and folders but I don't know if there is a way to get the ACLs. Is this possible? Thanks ...

WSPBuilder: Create a deployment package

I've a site which have custom Theme, Layout, WebParts (third-party - no source code), custom user controls (with source code), and the site backup (.dat) which we took from command prompt using stsadm -o backup. Is there a way I can bundle all of them in a single package? Should I use WSPBuilder for that? If not, then please suggest. T...

Document version management

Hi all, I am working in sharepoint site. In this site there is a user requirment where user want see the version numbers maintain by sharepoint in its OOB versioning feature in a document itself. SO as the document ge modified sharepoint maintains the version number for each updation. User want to see that vesion number in that docume...

Sharepoint list workflow reassigns all comments to the approver

I have a standard sharepoint list with a workflow (the sort you create through the standard sharepoint interface). When the approver of the workflow approves an item, any previous comments other staff members have made immediately get reattributed to him. I've looked through the workflow settings but can't see anything obvious, and docum...

How to deploy a SharePoint workflow created in Visual Studio 2008?

I have created some sharepoint workflows in Visual studio 2008 and they work exactly as required on my machine. I have tested by deploying them to several different web applications on the sharepoint server. As a package to the client, I created WSP's for the three workflows and sent them to the client along with an install.bat and an un...

SSIS - SharePoint to SQL without Adapter Addin?

Hey all, Im looking to Extract a SharePoint List (WSS 2.0) to a SQL(2005) Table using SQL Server Integrated Services. First off I am aware of the "adapter" that does this from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd365137.aspx however I'm just wondering for compatibility purposes if it can't just be done "out of the box". There are...

Dropdownlist in sharepoint with sites name populated

Hi, I wonder how can I populate the dropdown list with sites name within the site collection? Thank you. ...

Scheduled publishing of sharepoint listitems

I know its possible to schedule pages for publication in SharePoint 2007. Is it also possible to do this for listitems? For example, a list of links to news stories. Could these be scheduled for future publication? If so, how? ...

How to display "create Site" command link in the web part?

Hi, I need help to know that how can I display the "create Site" link in the webpart rather in the site Actions? ...

Programatically creating site using custom template

hi, Help plz! How can I make a webpart that has a button called "Create Site" and it programatically create a site (using my own custom template e.g. Mytemplate.STP) ? The reason is of such task is, I dont want user to go into "Sites Action" -> create Site -> and then fill the whole form. I want to give a user an easy interface with...

Reporting Metadata and Reporting Templates in SharePoint

Hi Can some one help me out by pointing me to some documentation/blogs related to Reporting Metadata and Reporting Templates in SharePoint. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks Carol ...