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Cross site data wss 3.0 sharepoint

I am trying to create a web part which will list all the items from the site collection i.e. from each web site's document library. I am using the following code. SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web; SPSiteDataQuery query = new SPSiteDataQuery(); //Ask for all lists created from the document library template. ...

Custom list definition + custom content type = showing only one form field?

Hello. Trying to use features to deploy custom fields, content type and list. So far I have a content type referencing custom and builtin fields. Content type inherits Item (0x01). Now, I create custom list definition that references content type and fields (builtin and custom ones). I explicitly set ShowInDisplayForm, ShowInEditForm, ...

To SharePoint Or Not (as a foundation for application development)(vs ASP.NET)

I have a POV that you should only use SharePoint for application development under these conditions. 1) The application uses documents and these documents need some sort of functionality that SharePoint does extremely well (searching/indexing, sync with Outlook, etc...) If all you want is a document bucket and a list then ASP.NET or ASP...

SharePoint LDAP filtering of People Picker users

Hi On my WSS server I have run the following stsadm command to filter the people picker results: stsadm.exe -o setproperty -url http://myserver -pn "peoplepicker-searchadcu stomfilter" -pv "(memberOf=CN=SharePoint,OU=AccessGroups,DC=contosio,DC=local)" My WSS sites are all used by different groups of users. Whenever I create a new si...

Stackoverflow-like questions/answer functionality for Sharepoint

Does anyone know of a solution that provides functionality to Microsoft Sharepoint that offers Stackoverflow like functionality? ...

How to trigger a SharePoint workflow by updating ONLY a value in a list item (approved, not approved)?

I am new to SharePoint but I learn quick. I want to trigger a workflow only when a value is updated in a list item, but not everytime the item is changed. For example I have a column for approve/not approve and I want that to be the trigger not the other values in the item. So if anything else is changed the workflow will not start unle...

SharePoint View to automatically show only the current month?

I need to create a view that will automatically change from month to month to show only the current month (i.e. if current month is July - show items posted in July). Currently I have a view set up, but I have to manually change the month each time it changes (it's set up based on the first day of the current month and the last day of cu...

STSDev not adding files to manifest.xml

Hello- I am using STSDev to build a Sharepoint solution package. I created the project using the STSDev "Feature with assembly" template. I have added additional features to the project that I would like included in the solution. My problem is that STSDev is not adding the files for the additional features to the manifest.xml file and...

How do you get file details in a SharePoint ItemEventReciever in the ItemAdding Event?

I would expect something like this to work but the ListItem, BeforeProperties, AfterProperties are all null/empty. I need the file name and file content. public class MyItemEventReceiver : SPItemEventReceiver { public MyItemEventReceiver() {} public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties) { SPListItem ...

What is the most important feature of SharePoint 2010

Hi Now that Microsoft has started giving us a glimpse of what's going to be in SharePoint 2010, I would like to know what you think is going to be the most important feature of SharePoint 2010. Please include some information about your relationship with SharePoint (End-User, Super-User, Administrator, Developer, ...) ...

How do I set the date to be displayed in a sharepoint calendar

I have a Teamsite that is built around an event that occur in a certain week, The site contains a calendar with the activities for that week.I want to have the calendar display default to showing that week, rather than the current week. Can this be done out of the box? ...

Multiple attachments columns in SharePoint lists

What I need is to clearly differentiate between the attachments (this is an approval, this is an offer, this is a PO, etc). Is this possible, or it is working only in bulk (attach all files together)? Thanks, ...

Setting up a sandbox dev environment for Sharepoint

I am planning to get Sharepoint (MOSS) setup on my home development workstation and one of the things I read about using virtualisation (I currently have Vista, need Windows Server) is that you can install VMs with different OS's (eg Vista, Server) or you can run one OS with the ability to do development on Sharepoint/MS CRM etc which is...

Question web part

Hello, I'm a newbie to SharePoint development. I have a task to develop a web part with the functionality of a questionnaire. The administrator creates a questionnaire. Then the users fill in the questions. Later, the administrator can access the results for each user and build some reports from it. It is difficult for me to imagine h...

SharePoint 2003 - deny access using web.config

As all you know, Sharepoint 2003 has simple access rights privilages. You can only grant rights (Reader, Contributor, Administrator) but unfortunatelly you can not deny access. So, if someone is not welcome in SharePoint portal there is no simple way to restrict access for him. I found nice articles how to secure access to certain page...

WSS 3.0 Backup/Restore Root Site Collection to Sub-Site of New Site Collection

Our intranet was originally setup to be at the root of its site collection. We are trying to change this so that our new internet site will live in the root and the intranet will be a sub-site. At this point I have created a new web application and site collection to house the internet and intranet. I used the 'stsadm -o backup' command...

Sharepoint Windows Account management

We're currently investigating what kind of authentication we want to use for a sharepoint portal site : Forms Authentication or Windows Authentication. The latter has my preference. What suprised me (I'm a sharepoint noob), is the fact that MS didn't provide a component/web-part that handles account management when using Windows Authent...

Is it possible to 'freeze panes' in SharePoint lists?

I need to keep my columns header, so people can see what data is displayed there, but I can not find if it is possible, or how to do it. Also will be nice to add a navigation bar to the list. Any suggestions? Thanks, ...

Options for storing Session state with SharePoint

I have written a user control for our SharePoint site that builds an HTML menu - this has been injected into the master page and as such ends up rendering on all pages that use it. There are some pretty computationally expensive calls made while generating this HTML and caching is the logical choice for keeping the page loads snappy. The...

How can I restrict what web parts show up in the Add Web Parts window?

I'd like to expose a web part to some users, but not all of them. How can I show or hide a web part in the Add Web Parts pop up window? I'd like to do this through code, and I'm hoping to use SharePoint Roles to make this happen. ...