for questions completely specific to SharePoint 2007 and **not past or future versions**
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Hosting custom web services as a virtual directory under a SharePoint web site
I am developing custom web services that will be used in conjunction with a SharePoint site (WSS 3.0). No, before you ask, I am NOT talking about the built-in web services under the _vti_bin directory ...
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Global breadcrumb wrong URL
We have two version of our sharepoint instance on a different servers. One is development and the other is production. The root node of the breadcrumb on the dev version, in every site/site collection ...
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I want to create KPI list based on sharepoint list but for empty columns
i have a custom list in which i upload the data the incidents that have violated the targets
I have added one more column in the list as Justification. The users are required to update the ...
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How to add custom menu next to MySite and Site Actions
In Sharepoint 2007, I need to create a new dropdown menu with custom links, positioned in the area where MyLinks and Site Actions are, as shown in this screenshot:
Where do I start to program ...
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How to create site collection by using feature?
I am trying to create a feature which creates a site collection using a custom/ootb template in a specified application pool. My question is is this possible if yes then how
what i'm trying to do is ...
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Sharepoint 2007: Users cannot delete files from main site but can from a team site
I've been trying to nail down an issue that's come up recently, I suspect due to some changes I made (had my cowboy hat on at the time):
All users, including admin, cannot delete files from a ...
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Item-level permission problems
I created a site. During the process, I selected to have unique permissions and let SP create the new, default groups: Site Owners, Site Members, and Site Visitors. I created a standard list and set ...
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xpath expression to conditonally build column with URL
I am trying to create a formula for a dataview that returns a URL using the xpath expression tool in SPD 2007. I can't really find any examples. Here is what I am trying to do (in pseudo code):
If ...
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On ItemUpdating modify property
I have an issue, with this event. What my purpose is: i want to update one of the properties based on few criterias, so i want do fill a field A if field A is empty and the field B is not empty and ...
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Fix for stsadm export: An item with the same key has already been added
Current Issue:
When performing an export on a web I get the following error:
STSADM.EXE : An item with the same key has already been added.
I have tried checking in and checking out the file. ...
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Alternatives for allowing database connection from browser-based web form
I know that it's impossible to connect directly from a browser-based infopath form to a database unless it's made through a web service.
I wonder what alternatives or workarounds are in order to ...
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Backup and Restore Sharepoint 2007 list only with stsadm
Now we create a full backup with stsadm, if somesthing happens we use this backup, and we use this backup to restore on our test environment if we want to debug an error.
But now we installed a new ...
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Single Entry in my RSS Viewer
I created a custom list and a blog in my SharePoint 2007 site. I added the RSS web part to my front page and enter the RSS Feed URL for the blog. I have a feed limit of 3. I only receive the most ...
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MOSS 2007: Unsafe webparts, file not found, and more fun
One day lately our dev server started acting very strangely. No configuration settings were changed the previous day. Nothing was deployed to the site either.
Symptoms: all custom web parts cannot be ...
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Create New Word Document with Droplist Metadata
I have a new document library created in SharePoint 2007 and I have metadata associated with each entry. These fields are mostly simple text fields. One such column is a drop-list that reads from ...
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The request channel timed out while waiting for a reply after 00:00:59
I am writing a very basic SharePoint webservice.
I tested against 2010 small library and it works just fine every time.
Issue comes with MOSS 2007 server where a library is very big.
I am using .Net ...
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Master page/CSS question with menutoolbar
Not sure if this is 100% the right place for this, but my team created a custom master page for our 2007 environment & on the menu tool bar (new, upload, actions) default web part, when rolling ...
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How do I set Item Level permission on an Issue List in Sharepoint 2007
I have a Sharepoint Issue List in which I need users to
Read All Items
But Edit Items created by them.
In Sharepoint normal List, We can do so by Advanced Settings -> Item Level Permission. This ...
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On AddingItem event in Document Library distinguish is it a document or a folder
enter code hereI have a small issue, I cannot seems to find a way to find out what time of item is being added, so i have a method AddingItem and here i need to know is this item a FOLDER or just some ...
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SharePoint 2007 and WebDav pro's & con's & custom development
recently I've heard about WebDav and that is being used with SharePoint. I did some research about WebDav, read some topics on Internet etc etc.
What I've understood that WebDav is is an extension ...
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2answers
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LinkButton with click method doesn't work
I have an issue with LinkButton in my toolbar, basically i deployed a custom action which adds a link button to the menu, this link button on click should do some task like adding an item, but this ...
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Editing a Dataview from a joined list
I think I want to do something simple, but it seems maybe I am not doing it the way you are supposed to.
I need to use Sharepoint Designer 2007 to create a website, code behind is highly likely to be ...
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How to get KPIs to show when KPI List is Linked to a Custom List Using Linked Data Sources in SharePoint Designer 2007?
So I've found multiple sources on how to linked data sources in the designer. I get the data sources to link up by Title -> Great! But I can't get the value of the KPI or the formatted indicator to ...
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Prevent SharePoint Designer Workflow from triggering a “On Item Modified” workflow
I have two SharePoint Designer 2007 workflows associated with a "Request" list.
The first workflow automatically fires whenever a new request is submitted and sends an email to the requester.
The ...
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Fill the fields in new form for an item
I've came across a requirement where I need to fill some of the fields in newform.
So basically we start from view item, where we can see an existing item in a list, then we click something like move ...
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MOSS 2007 search issue on Android Tab
I am experiencing weird issue with MOSS 2007 search. It is working fine on the PC, but on the Android phone (Android version 2.3.5, HTC Sense version 3.0) when i try to search i receive 404 page not ...
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Session not preserving state in MOSS 2007
I have created a button that will load a page that contains a PDF document that users can fill out and save. After the save is clicked, the page posts-back and there is code to save the changes. ...
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Custom action doesn't appear
I have an issue with custom action in SharePoint 2007, basically i have the following custom action declaration:
<Elements Id="CF60B88A-783A-44f8-A49D-43659AB51G7E" ...
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1answer
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sharepoint 2007 list datasheet view set fields background color
I have a list datasheet view in MOSS 2007. I have a requirement to set the background color to green for a set of fields. There is no conditions involved. whenever users select this view, they are ...
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SharePoint 2007 “Secure” Custom Web Service
I have the following Problem. I have an ASP.NET Web Service which contains several administrative methods like creating a site/list/group for a client application. Some of these methods do this using ...
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2answers
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Custom action or a specific list in SP 2007
I have a question regarding the custom action, basically I would like to create a custom action in ribbon for only ONE SharePoint list, this list already exist and i cannot and i dont want to modify ...
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SharePoint 2007: No search results for sites within one content db
I have a situation where search is not returning any results for site within a specific content DB. Search is working perfectly for other sites in my environment.
I looked at below post and the ...
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SPS2007 users sync does not work, anything found already tried
I have set up a Sharepoint server 2007 in a single-server-farm configuration, which has to serve a single site database, that was restored from 2YO backup. The server's domain is different, although I ...
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ListItem[“Property Name”] VS ListItem.Properties[“Property Name”]
When we try to get list item properties, three ways of getting property I remember are,
ListItem["Property Name"] //always work fine
ListItem.Properties["Property Name"] // works fine unless I ...
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Content type issue when migrating from SharePoint 2003 to 2007
I am in the process of performing a database migration from SharePoint 2003 to MOSS 2007. I am using the database migration method. For the most part, the content migrates well. However, there is one ...
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Search only approved items using KeywordQuery
We have approval workflow for document library & content approval column was set to yes for it.We have used KeywordQuery on the library by creating separate scope.We want to display only approved ...
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Sharepoint 2007 event receiver - debug on development environment locks production
Sorry for the strange title, but I'm having a hard time finding a good description of the problem, so here it goes.
I've created an event receiver in my projekt and it works fine on my development ...
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Web Part Titles Disappeard
The web part titles of some of the webparts in my site collection disappeared overnite. I did not make any changes to any of the webparts, but the titles no longer display. There are 12 sites in my ...
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How to embed external websites with IE8
Using IE7 and Firefox I can use Page viewer web parts & Content editor web parts to embed external web sites i.e.
Youtube
Kart Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary
However with IE8 only the youtube ...
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Update successor-listitem when predecessors are finished
In SharePoint there's a list with lots of items. Every item has an ID, some other columns and a lookup-field 'PredecessorOf' (with the ID) to another item. So for example I have this:
I have a page ...
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SharePoint 2007: Showing recently added people in the SharePoint Group
We have developed a job that syncs information from Active Directory group onto SharePoint groups.
The job runs everyday and pulls new users added onto Active directory group,
I wanted to know if ...
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How do you Import a list item from a .cmp file using powershell?
I have implemented the code located at this link to export and import a list to a cmp file using powershell and the SPDeployment functions. While trying to better understand this code I came to the ...
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Sharepoint 2007 Powershell: $item.update() gives error that file has been modified
I am trying to programmatically update some metadata for a sharepoint item using powershell. Here is my code:
$web = getWebByURL("http://test-site/spadmin/")
$itm = $web.lists["Documents"].items[0]
...
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Win7 Office2010 SharePoint2007 Error Editing/Viewing Documents
SITUATION: We are having an issue with users editing files in MOSS 2007 using IE8. This is not impacting users that still use Windows XP and Office 2007 (IE7), but rolling back is not an option. The ...
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Can I force subsites to use the Master Page of a custom theme?
First off, this issue is with a Custom Theme & Master Page in Sharepoint 2007.
Is there a way to force subsites to re-pull the Master Page from the Custom Theme within the 12 Hive? Due to lack of ...
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site collection admin does not have permission to access web app
I have a SharePoint web app (let's say http:// providers), wherever I try to access this app (which only contains the root site collection) I get an "You are not authorized to view this page" IIS ...
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How to add default content in multiple lines of text
I would like to know if in SP2007 there is a way to place a default content in a field Multiple lines of text.
thank you
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Sharepoint 2007 MOSS Search Administration Does not Appear Connected to WSS_Search_
First time here. It looks like you folks have a great handle on SharePoint. I hope you can help:
1. I have a 2 server system WFE (DC) also handles search and query and LDAP. SharePoint 2007 MOSS ...
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Why Item Updated and Item Added trigger together when we add a item to list (document library)
I have gone through hundred of articles over months but never understood as what could be the reason Item Updated and Item Added trigger together when we upload a item, even though if you try ...
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SharePoint Designer Workflow Logic
I am trying to build a workflow to update certain dates based on a based date. As far as I know if can only be possible via SPD workflow. Here is the logic:
I have three date fields. BaseDate, D1 ...
