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SharePoint list item permissions

I want to programmatically make it so that users can see only particuar items on the list. Basically in an workflow that runs when an item is created I'm going to do some stuff and notify some people about this item. I also want it to change the permissions on the item so that only particular users (looked up on runtime based on the it...

ASP.NET/WCF tracing does not work within Sharepoint

I configured message tracing for my WCF webservice like this: <!--TRACING --> <system.diagnostics> <sources> <source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Verbose, ActivityTracing" propagateActivity="true"> <listeners> <add name="xml" /> </listeners> </source> <source name="System.S...

How do I match an exact number using SharePoint search

In SharePoint (MOSS 2007) search, I need to match an exact number such as 2009482842 and nothing else. How do I get search to only return hits on the exact number? Edit: I originally thought this was only with the SQL FullTextQuery from code, but it is also a problem when searching from the portal itself. Edit: This was fixed by upgra...

Windows Sharepoint Services and SQL Server express

Can I use sql express to run WSS on windows server 2008 and if I can would this be a wise move? ...

How do I deploy a public facing SharePoint 2007 Site

I am new to the SharePoint Development world and I have been given the task of making a public facing (extranet) site. I have been searching the web for a step by step and things to know, but have failed horribly! Can anyone help me by either directing me to a post I may have overlooked or providing me a step by step guide to follow? A...

BDC - Problems in applications

Hello, I am getting some problems in the BDC applications. When I import some BDCs application I get an empty error and my BDC applications in Central Administration file has no Version and no data. If I try to anything on it, I get Access Denied. Help! I am trying to delete it, because i already fixed the BDC file. Screenshots are h...

Need list of all SharePoint Farm users with associated objects and permissions

Greetings, I'm looking for a little SQL to QUERY (with NOLOCK, of course) from the raw SharePoint SQL Content DBs to produce a list of users, objects and their assigned permissions. I have done other "raw" queries without problems.... for a list of all users enrolled within a site ... but I'm stuck on how to determine WHAT OBJECTS (Web...

How can I create a 'maintenance mode' for SharePoint?

I need to disable access to a SharePoint application between 6 PM and 7 AM. SharePoint 2007 doesn't seem to have an out-of-the-box "maintenance mode," so I'm looking for a solution. Presently someone moves users out of a security group to limit access to the application, so in the very least, automating that process would work. Is there...

Can add my custom webpart but then cannot modify any webpart on page.

Hello. I`v made my webpart that works well (I can add it to page and use it). However if i want to move it to different zone or modify ANY other webpart on that page i get an exception. Any ideas on what could be wrong? Maybe it has to do something with that my web part has a null Zone variable? However webpart displays well on page. D...

Sharepoint/WSS Reporting Services Integration woes

after a number of failed attempts i seem to have successfully installed the Reporting services add-in to my WSS farm. However, I seem to be missing most of the enhanced functionality eg no report library template, no report center site template. the only additional functionality available is the report viewer web part. background: 2 ser...

Backup & Restore Timer job WSS 3.0

Hi Everybody, Is it possible schedule a backup & restore of the WSS Site by using Timer Job? Or Does WSS 3.0 provides OOTB feature for the same? Thanks, Tejas ...

SOAP call with query on result (SSRS, Sharepoint)

Hi! I created a report in VS using a shared data source which is connected to a sharepoint list. In the report I created a dataset with a SOAP call to the data source so I get the result from the sharepoint list in a table. this is the soap call <Query> <SoapAction>http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetListItems&lt;/SoapActi...

copy list items from one list to another in sharepoint

In Sharepoint how can you copy a list item from one list to another list eg copy from "List A" to "List B" (both are at the root of the site) I want this copying to occur when a new list item is added to "List A" I tried using the CopyTo() method of an SPListItem inside the ItemAdded event receiver but couldnt figure out the url to cop...

Custom TraceProvider implementation in webpart throws security exception

I am trying to implement some logging in my webpart. I implemented a Custom trace provider implementation which writes Log messages into the 12 hive logs as has been described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa979522.aspx I have wrapped the above code into a dll called logging.DLL. I am referencing this DLL in my webpar...

Custom Input Form (Sharepoint)

I'd like to create a custom input form that collects employees hours. This data will be saved to a Access Web Datasheet in Sharepoint. How do I go about doing this? I have Sharepoint Designer and I've created a basic input form but need to link it to datasheet on Sharepoint. Any help is appreciated as this is my first attempt at SP devel...

Unable to Authenticate SharePoint Extranet Site against ADAM

Project Background: I am setting up a small farm where the Intranet is its own application. Following the Least Priveleged Account setup principle, I have Domain User accounts created for each process/app. pool. The service authentication works great over Kerberos. One of the projects needs to have another web application (separate from...

Updating already-deployed SharePoint content types to handle additional item events

I have a site content type that was used for a handful of lists throughout my site collection. In that content type, I describe an event receiver to handle the ItemAdding event. This works fine. Now I need to update the content type so that ItemUpdating is also handled. OTTOMH, I tried simply modifying the xml for my content type, si...

Verify SharePoint Restore

I have created a new SharePoint 2007 MOSS Intranet. Our admin people are purchasing backup/restore software and I will eventually have to verify a restore of the farm backup they create. Has anyone got some suggestions on a best practice for this? Ours is a small 2-server farm built with VMWare VMs on SAN. How will I know that the restor...

Sending Emails in Sharepoint

I need to know what is the best practice for sending emails from my sharepoint webparts and/or customized features. Should I just use the normal .Net classes to send email ? or is their a better way to do it through integration with an outlook server ? ...

Modify sharepoint view to group recursively (subgroup)

Hello. When creating a view and setting group by value some field, it groups only 1 level deep, like this A --A.1 --A.2 A.2 --A.2.1 --A.2.2 B --B.1 However i would like to group it to make a tree, a hierarchy. A --A.1 --A.2 ----A.2.1 ----A.2.2 B --B.1 A flawless solution would be if i could just make my custom views to view a recu...