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SharePoint Custom Module Development and Deployment

Good Day, We're working on custom module (Information Management System) for SharePoint. The project file of this module is a Class Library which contains User Controls. The User Controls was based upon SmartPart and AJAX Extension Toolkit. The module has a separate database which has tables/views/stored procedure. On development envir...

Is this a caching problem? Or what?

I've created a simple custom timer job for Sharepoint by using the template i found here: http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~dun3/archives/visual-studio-2005-project-template-for-sharepoint-2007-timer-jobs/142.html I've deployed and activated the timerJob successfully. Then I've decided to add a few lines of code to the job to see whet...

OnTaskChanged event being fired within ListenActivity, but not OnWorkflowItemChanged.

I'm monitoring for either Workflow Task Change Workflow Item Change OnApprovalTaskChanged is being fired, but not onWorkflowItemChanged. Is this a known issue and what could be a workaround? If i remove ListenActivity, onWorkflowItemChanged gets triggered! Here is part of my workflow: ...

SharePoint document library: Fail to open xlsx in Excel 2003 (with compatibility pack)

My company is using WSS 3.0 to host a document library storing (mostly) Office 2007 format documents. Company PCs have either Office 2003 (with the 2007 compatibility pack) or Office 2007 installed. We didn't have any problem getting docx to work, but xlsx documents don't open properly when we use the SharePoint document edit options. T...

TFS 2010 Sharepoint Web Part error

I downloaded: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 and Team Foundation Server® 2010 Beta 2 for Microsoft® Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Image When I go into the default installation of TFS project site in Sharepoint ( http://vs2010beta2/sites/DefaultCollection/IBuySpy/Dashboards/ProjectDashboard_wss.aspx ) I get this error on the webparts. There are ...

sharepoint proxy web part

We have several asp.net web applications we've built and we also want to embed them into various sharepoint pages. We need to have them look like standalone applications when viewed in their own pages, but also have them look like they fit within the sharepoint page when embedded. We are doing this currently with IFrames and it works o...

SPContext.Current is null in a web service under a sharepoint site

I'm exposing a web service in a SharePoint site e.g. http://server/_vti_bin/subdir/mywebservice.asmx. In the web service method, SPContext.Current appears to be null. (Interestingly, I'm looking at an example in Chapter 5 of Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and they use SPContext.Current inside a web service!) Any idea what am I...

Multiple Content Types with overlapping Column Names

I have two InfoPath form based content types with overlapping column names. Can I assign these two content types to single list? ...

Is it possible to embed images in e-mail message in Sharepoint?

Currently I'm sending E-Mail messages by SPUtility.SendMail. I'd like to embed images into my message so i can give it a little bit style (div backgrounds, logo images etc.). Is this possible? P.S. I can't give direct URL addresses to image SRCs because the resources are located in a site which belongs to a private network which requir...

Strange behaviour of CAML question - why?

Hi, I'm using caml query to retrieve data from sharepoint list. The issue is that the query returns one record when it shouldn't, and this takes place only when I'm using this query in my own code. When I'm using the same query, on the same list by U2U Caml Query Builder it works wright. My query is like this: <Query><Where><Eq><Field...

Web part edit button not appearing?

I'm using MOSS 2007 with Publishing Site and have added an Image Web Part to a page using Sharepoint Designer. When I go into the browser to edit the page, the edit button on the web part does not appear. Does anyone know why? ...

How to modify SPList when elevated premissions dosen't work? Hard Coded login - is it possible?

Hi, What I need to add data to SPList and update Membership account by anonymous account. Simpler: I'm trying to write activation procedure of anonymous user already registered account. I was trying to do this using mechanism of elevating permissions, but it fails. Is there any way to hard code credentials of some user, log in before s...

Send email from users account

Hi All, In my sharepoint site I have a document library with a workflow attached to it.Once any user upload a new document workflow is started and the document is send to approver for approval along with this an email has been sent to the approver for new document pending for approval. Now then email is sent from the mail server I have ...

SharePoint GUID: uppercase or lowercase?

Hi all: Does it matter that I use lowercase or uppercase letters in GUID for Sharepoint development? I'm not sure if there are certain situations where lowercase letters need to be used instead of uppercase ones. Thanks. ...

Migration of Sharepoint Masterpages to ASP.NET Masterpages

Is it possible to convert / migrate Sharepoint Masterpages to ASP.NET Masterpages ? ...

How do I programatically add an article page to a sharepoint site?

I've been given the task of content migration from another CMS system to SharePoint 2010. The data in the old system is fairly easy to capture and the page hierarchy is simple so I'm not worried about that. However, I am completely flummoxed about how to even create a page in code. I'm using the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client namespace a...

Corp Software - Collaborative help?

(.NET WinForms + Web) We have a lot of apps in the company and little to no help for 400 users. We'd like to add a 'write help' button to each panel in each app that when pressed lets the user add their own help , record a how-to video etc to let our hundreds of users actually write/record the help guide for the apps. Social media meets...

Is SharePoint List is equivalent to lotus Forms ?

After some reading and R&D, I have came to conclusion that ? Forms in lotus notes = List in sharepoint. And Fields in Lotus Forms = Column in Sharepoint List. But in some articals I found Lotus View is List in Sharepoint.so I am confused , So need experts advice Thanks in advance. ...

What is COM error 0x80070012 all about then?

Hi there. A client of ours is having trouble with a SharePoint site. They are seeing the following error (or something similar) appear when they navigate to any pages: There are no more files (0x80070012) Does anyone know what on earth is this error trying say? I've tried to Google for this, but I could not find anything conclusiv...

Sharepoint 2007 - Navigation Folders

Hi, I am constructing a SharePoint website and we have a navigation menu bar showing links to pages within a site. We have a site “abc” and within that there are pages, we are putting some within a navigation folder to give the illusion that they are a new site except its not. Is there anyway to tell that you are in a folder, you can ...