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Sharepoint List Definition that binds only to my Custom Content Type

Hi. I am developint a Sharepoint Solution, that implements a new list. This list has an event receiver attached to a Custom Content type. I am using VSeWSS 1.3 for this task and it's going ok (the content type gets created, a list is created and bound to the content type, the event receiver triggers successfully. My only concern is ...

Infopath 2007: Hide a checkbox control

I'm developing an infopath 2007 web-form and I'd like to be able to hide a checkbox. The control doesn't do this inherently, so does anyone have a good method for hiding them? Thanks. ...

Flash and SharePoint

I have a flash control that I want to integrate with in SharePoint and would like to know what is the best way to read from a list so that I can display items in the flash control? Code examples/ideas are welcome. ...

How do you instruct a SharePoint Farm to run a Timer Job on a specific server?

We have an SP timer job that was running fine for quite a while. Recently the admins enlisted another server into the farm, and consequently SharePoint decided to start running this timer job on this other server. The problem is the server does not have all the dependencies installed (i.e., Oracle) on it and so the job is failing. I'm ju...

WSS log files growing out of control

I'm using Microsoft's WSSv3 demo Virtual PC demo and the VHD is growing out of control. Using Folder Size I was able to trace it down to the WSS log files. Today I have two log files that grew to excessive size. 1) 2.5GB within 30 minutes and then 2) 2.1GB within 2 hours I'm trying to review the content with LTFViewer, but the files ...

How to create a form in SharePoint that modifies query string

My request is simple. i want to put a form (a text field let's say) on a sharepoint page, with a submit button. when i submit. I want the URL to be reposted with the s="textfromtextfield" say i was on a url http://site/site.aspx?p=x clicking submit will take me to: http://site/site.aspx?p=x&s="textfromtextfield" ...

Getting (Public) Internet URL for the Sharepoint Portal Site

I have a custom infopath workflow which allows users to submit expesne reports. Whenever someone submits an expense report in the Forms Library the workflow is initiated. The workflow checks the weburl and using a generic method creates a link to point to the workflow item and sends this link in a mail to the submitter and approvers. ...

How do modify a form on a sharepoint site?

I have a task that I need to perform for a friend as a favor, to modify some forms on a MOSS/Sharepoint site to add some javascript to each form for some SEO tracking purposes. I've had a little bit of exposure to Sharepoint, but it is mostly by using the Sharepoint Designer 2007 tool. I am able to navigate to the site, and I can see t...

What do I need to develop SharePoint applications?

I'm a .NET developer and I'm used to write standard WinForms and ASP.NET applications. In a few months I'll engage in a project that requires Sharepoint development. Problem is... I'm on ground zero regarding Sharepoint, and I have no idea how Sharepoint works. What software / tools do I need to have to be able to study and develop sh...

Project management: SharePoint vs activeCollab

I'm trying to choose a project management and collaboration software for our next project and would like to know your opinion on "enterprisey" SharePoint vs. "lightweight" alternatives like BaseCamp or activeCollab (from the two, I would prefer the latter). Features that are important to us: document sharing (specifications, manuals e...

Uploading a file to Sharepoint from a client browser

I have a web server not running share point and it does not even use any microsoft technology. I need a way to for browsers accessing my website to be able to also upload a local file(local to client) to a sharepoint service visible to the client and then send the status to my web server. I do not want to run stand alone apps on the clie...

Does SharePoint in any way support Wiki markup languages?

I tend the think the answer is no based on this article. There is so much noise with these search terms that I am having problems coming up with a definitive answer. ...

Should I create my own Object Model to handle the complex the Sharepoint objects?

I am trying to do something fairly simple but seems like a near impossible task with the SharePoint API. My SharePoint Data Structure is like: -Folder --- Sub Folder --------Item A --------Item B --------Item C --------Item D For some strange reason you cannot access the Folder and subfolders in the hierarchical manner that you ...

SharePoint MOSS Alternate Access Mappings

Hi In SharePoint MOSS I have a site at http://ourintranet/ I've now added a new entry to the Alternate Access Mapping for the domain http://www.mydomain.com pointing at this site. When I now type this in I get redirected to http://ourintranet/ and the visible url changes. Is there a way to have this work where by the domain remains as ...

Programming with Sharepoint directory list Moss 2007

I'm working with c#, and creating a sharepoint application page for creating a custom site. It's in Moss 2007 Now i want to add the site to the site directory. For that i need to use de catagories of de site directory. How can i fix that? I need to use a dropdown for showing the site catagories. Thanks for your help ...

performancepoint scorecards - one scorecard shared by many uses

1) i have several users who have different KPIs 2) i am developing the performance management app in performancepoint planning. 3) i DONT want to create multiple scorecards for each user as this could run into a lot of reports.. 4) i want to direct all the users to ONE scorecard but it will only show them the relevant KPIs 5) how can i s...

Format of Time registry value in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\Offline\Files entries

What is the information in the Time registry value in the entries in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\Offline\Files? I see (example):0x01c99b84|0x11990880 I'm pretty sure that the first "half" (prior to the bar character) is the file modified time (probably in File Time format. I'm not sure what the 2nd "half" of the...

Reading Sharepoint Multi-line Column from Access 2007 SQL Query

Dears, i have a SharePoint Site that have many custom lists and we use Microsoft Access 2007 to link to SharePoint site lists and make SQL Queries to get data .. for example if we had a list called [ Persons ] that contain columns [ ID , Name ( Single line of text ) , Address ( Multiple lines of text - Rich text (Bold, italics, text al...

Transfer files with versioning using SharePoint and SOAP

I'm writing a .Net C# application that will make SOAP calls to a configured SharePoint database, based on certain triggers from another SQL database. I have a problem where I need to transfer documents from a folder within a list to another folder in a different list. Each document will have version history enabled, which I am required ...

Sharepoint updating custom database

Is it at all possible to leverage Sharepoint UI (e.g. lists editor), to perform basic CRUD operations on external database (owned and used by separate backend application)? How would I go about this? There are quite a few tables in this db, and I'm just looking to minimize custom code we'd need to develop and maintain (since we're not r...