sharepoint

How to make a mysite profile property display in a different way?

Hello, We have a string in AD which is actually storing a date in the YYYYMMDD format, which when you map it in sharepoint to a profile property, just looks plain ugly, e.g. 20091130. Our AD people are refusing to change the format of it in AD, so we were wondering if there was a way (javascript perhaps?) of changing it so that it at le...

How to disable the validation (or the drop-down) in SharePoint EditForm.aspx when doing dynamic cascading drop-downs?

In Sharepoint - EditForm.aspx, I am doing dynamic cascading drop-downs. Adding drop-down values dynamically using Jquery. Values are not there in the choices list of the drop-down. When I click OK button I get "Invalid postback or callback argument.Event validation is enabled using in configuration or <%@ Page EnableEventValidation="tr...

SharePoint fails to load a C++ DLL on Windows 2008

I have a SharePoint DLL that does some licensing things and as part of the code it uses an external C++ DLL to get the serial number of the hardisk. When I run this application on Windows Server 2003 it works fine, but on Windows Server 2008 the whole site (loaded on load) crashes and resets continually. This is not Windows Server 2008 ...

SPWorkflowActivationProperties.Item is NULL in Simple SharePoint Workflow

I have generated a C# SharePoint Sequential Workflow project using the very handy STSDEV tool (it got me around the requirement to have access to a 32-bit SharePoint installation which is required for other tools such as VSeWSS 1.3). I've added a simple 'modify the title' action to test my basic setup: public sealed partial class CopyW...

Under what circumstances does SiteLogoUrl work?

Of all the times I've set the SiteLogoUrl attribute of the Project element in the onet.xml file, I think it has only worked once without my giving up and setting SiteLogoUrl in a Feature Receiver. What's the secret? AlternateCSS works as expected, why not SiteLogoUrl? ...

Sharepoint: Site List not showing??

So I have site list on certain pages that basically just have links to other pages. I have a group that has contribute( Can view, add, update, and delete) access to the site and they can't see any of the links in my site list. They only are able to see the links when I give the group design( Can view, add, update, delete, approve, and cu...

Is Access required on client machine to view Access reports via Sharepoint?

If I publish an Access database to Sharepoint, does the end user need Access installed on their machine to view the reports? ...

Is there a ootb sharepoint list control?

I need a control which simply outputs a list of items. Much like the summary link control but without the links. I thought about using the summary link control and use xsl to style the list, but the link field is required. So this is no good. Is there anything? ...

can i delete a sharepoint timer job while it is running? and if yes what happens with the function when interrumped?

can i delete a sharepoint timer job while it is running? and if yes what happens with the function when interrumped? ...

SharePoint Workflows not starting

SHAREPOINT WORKFLOWS ERROR on one (of more) WebApplication. I need some help regarding the above title. After applying SP1 pack on our SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 3.0) the workflows aren't working anymmore on one of the WebApplications (located in SSP2) Workflows work, however on other existing applications (on SSP1 or SSP2) or newl...

trust set to Full, but web part still causes SecurityException

I've got a web part that accesses the SP object model, packaged in an assembly which is signed and deployed to the GAC. The web.config is set for "Full" trust, and yet my web part throws a SecurityException. The offending lines of code: SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(new SPSecurity.CodeToRunElevated(() => { foreach (SPGroup ...

Adding a 'Save Draft' button for task in Sharepoint Visual Studio workflow

So this is my question: how do I add a 'Save Draft' button, to a Visual Studio Sharepoint workflow, which will save the form information to the task list, but not complete the task? I copied the ListForm template for the tasks and added an <asp:Button runat='server' Text='Save Draft' OnClick='???'/>, but now I'm stumped. I implement m...

What are best practices for adding Sharepoint Fields,ContentTypes,Lists, etc.?

For our application, when the site gets installed, it creates a bunch of different fields, lists, content types, etc., etc. There are a lot of dependencies to manage there, and I'm wondering how others go about this, from an OOD perspective. ...

How do I create a custom list definition based on a Discussion Board?

I've been trying to create a list definition based on the SharePoint Discussion Board in SharePoint 2010, but obviously not successful. I should note that I want to put this list definition in a Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint project. I've tried to save an existing list as a template, but didn't find any way to import that into the Visua...

SQL Server - Timed Out Exception.

We are facing the SQL Timed out issue and I found that the Error event ID is either Event 5586 or 3355 (Unable to connect / Network Issue), also could see few other DB related error event ids (3351 & 3760 - Permission issues) reported at different times. what could be the reason? any help would be appreciated.. ...

distinguish between sharepoint site collection and a site by looking at one

When I am looking at a Sharepoint site home page, how can I tell if it is a site collection or a site? I also have the admin permissions if that helps, but, as you can see, no administration knowledge. :-) ...

Need assistance with values for calling AddDiscussionBoardItem on WSS for MOSS

I am writing UI for the SharePoint Message Board functionality using Silverlight and communicating via WSS with JavaScript/CAML. I have the retrieval of Discussions and Messages working fine; however, I am having difficulty posting a reply to a Discussion or Message. The AddDiscussionBoardItem method expects the List name and the Messa...

Issue with SQL Stored procedure.

I could see the below entries in the ULS log 02/08/2010 14:36:46.12 w3wp.exe (0x15F4) 0x18A0 CMS Publishing 8x0a High AppDomainUnloadListener.RegisterSelf() entered lock(this=15368010) 02/08/2010 14:37:25.59 w3wp.exe (0x15F4) 0x1744 Win...

SharePoint End to End Development

How do you use SharePoint as an end-to-end developer platform? Which Source control software do you use typically. SourceSafe/TFS or any other source control software? Which end to end development tools/methodologies do you use? When do you allow SPD as development platform, and how do you maintain the site working with SPD? What the...

SqlException & Timer Job.

I found the below ULS Log entries, Timer job (OWSTimer.EXE) is causing this however would like to know the name of the Timer-job, how can i achieve this? (without enabling verbose logging) System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The...