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Sharepoint FBA and IIS 6.0 Anonymous access

Hi, our Sharepoint (MOSS) Dev box (Win 2003 R2) was churninga long happily, not on the network. When one of colleauges allowed it to join the network things went. SSP, and search notably. I reinstalled both Sharepoint and SQL Server, and got them working again. The problem is the IIS, I cannot get anonymous accesss to work at all, just...

How to add a custom built webpart to a custom view aspx page in list definition project

I have developed a list definition project and created a custom view aspx page to be the default view of the list. I would now like to add a custom webpart to be displayed in the custom view aspx page. Any ideas of how it can be done? ...

SharePoint web parts - Can you embed one web part into another?

Can you embed one SharePoint web part into another? For example, a client wants a document library but also an ability to write an executive summary about that document using the rich text editor tool. Can this be done? ...

ItemAdding never fired

Hi, I have a custom content type with two event handler attached : ItemAdded and ItemAdding. The first one (ItemAdded) is fired without problem. But the second one is never fire. I've attached the event using API et declarative way. But nothing change. Do you have already get the same issue ? ...

copying a document to another library and incrementing version

I have two document libraries, let's call them libDraft and libProduction. In libDraft employees create procedures which eventually need to be copied to libProduction. I created a workflow in NINTEX 2007 which copies the document to libProductionand increment the major version (so the old file is saved in version control). Too bad this ...

Sharepoint Calculated column in list

Hello! I added a new calculated column A to a sharepoint list. This column A should be updated if the value of another column B changes and if column A is still empty! I struggle in implementing the "if column A is still empty" part of the formula. Here is my formula: =IF([Issue Status]="Active",Today) Additionally I added a column ...

Sharing Data Across Sharepoint Sites - Roll Up or Pull Down?

My workplace will be starting to use Sharepoint internally during the coming months. I'm pretty excited about the possibilities of having more structured data on our intranet. A key part of this is allowing related data to be spread across the site hierarchy. I'm currently experimenting with a list of Committee Members, with the idea th...

MOSS : Running code when creating a site from a template ?

In MOSS 2007, is there a way I can insert a piece of code I wrote to run every time I create a site from a ready made template ?? ...

MySite and profile language

Hi Gyes, My problem is I installed sharepoint language pack (arabic), it works will, I created mysite in arabic and it also works will, but when I navigate to my Profile it's shown in English, I want my Profile to be shown in Arabic too. Does anyone have a solution Thanks ...

How do I create and deploy a custom DesignerType to be used in a Sharepoint Designer workflow action?

I would like to create my own DesignerType for my custom workflow action that will be consumed by Sharepoint Designer. Is this possible? ...

InfoPath - This form cannot be filled out .... read-only version of this form?

Hello, In my project I am using InfoPath and I store the xml it produces in database (through a WS) - so there is no SharePoint along the way. When I open the InfoPath form the server it always shows this weird message: This form cannot be filled out, either because you do not have adequate permissions, another user has the form open,...

Default fields available in a Search Server web content source?

Hi, I'm using the search web service on a Search Server 2008 Express install in a web application. I have created the content source and scope and can successfully query the web service if I specify the fields I wish to return. What I cannot find out is what fields are available to me, if I modify the query to "SELECT * ..." then I get...

Drag and Drop files into a SharePoint webpart to upload into DocLibrary

Is it possible to create a SharePoint (wss3 or MOSS 2007) webpart, to allow files to be dragged and dropped onto it, which would then upload the files into a predefined document library ? I imagine that this would require some form of client side scripting (Ajax ?), but my knowledge in ajax is a bit sketchy. From my exploration so far...

Logging to the ULS log on a WSS 3.0 server

Hi, I have a scenario where I have WSS 3.0 only on a server and I would like to be able to log to the ULS log. In most cases, I have MOSS 2007 installed on the same server and can use the class/method Microsoft.Office.Server.Diagnostics.PortalLog.LogString but that is not an option in this case. Have anyone else been able to successfull...

To Create an Employee directory

We are researching the various options that exist in our environment to create an Employee Directory. We have a SharePoint portal, AD and recently moved from Lotus Notes to Exchange. Our current employee search is a custom Notes DB that has since been retired. Since moving to SharePoint an year ago, we've used a custom list using ShareP...

SOAP web service running on SharePoint

I have a SOAP web service running on my sharepoint box under the _layouts directory, and a thick client which uses that SOAP service. We have one sharepoint box that uses basic auth and another which uses client certificates. I need that SOAP service to update some list items in a document library. The problem I'm having is nothing seems...

MOSS Alternate Access Mappings

Hi, I have created a new MOSS site on the following port listed in the Alternate Access Mappings as: http://sharepoint:27478 Default http://sharepoint:27478 I now want to configure a domain name to point at this. I have the domain configured to look at http://sharepoint, which is the name of the server. What would I need ...

Failed to determine definition for Feature with ID... - unknown GUID

I am in the process of developing a Feature to install a WebPart with associated List and List Instance. On deployment of the list the following message is logged: Failed to determine definition for Feature with ID 'cdca545a-333a-4b3f-ba15-ac3cdbb12312'. Skipping this feature for element querying consideration. (line breaks added for ...

Changing the look of MOSS 2007 DropDown navigation menu

How can I completely change the look of the TopNavigation dropdowns in SharePoint 2007? Basically I need to change the look of the div popup that gets display. I need to use Javascript to do this, so just changing the CSS for the menus won't work. ...

Sharepoint List added to Create -> Custom Lists on Feature deployment.

I am building a SharePoint Feature to deploy a simple WebPart and a custom list within the "Web" scope. When the solution is deployed my list is immediately available in Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Custom Lists. If you try and create an instance of the list I receive "File Not Found" If you activate the feature a second copy of th...