for questions completely specific to SharePoint 2007 and **not past or future versions**
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Execution order of event receivers and workflow on a list
Is it possible to know beforehand whether event receivers on a list will always execute before any workflows associated with that list?
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How to properly add a code-behind custom form template
I am creating a custom form template for a list and this form template uses a lot of controls such as panels and dropdowns. I am using a rendering template in the controltemplates folder and have this ...
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1answer
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A way to display links and the associated pages they lead to?
I am looking at creating a map of sorts of our SP site. We have a numerous admins for the site and some so a naming convention was deveoped but never fully adheared to. I am looking to start at the ...
3
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1answer
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Custom ASPX pages with C# Code
I have some custom ASPX developed in VS2008 which have C# code. They are currently deployed at the moment to the LAYOUTS folder, although I believe they ought to be copied down to the site collection ...
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5answers
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Delete a WebPart from Web Part Gallery
I am trying to delete a Web Part from WebPart gallery but I don't see it there. The Web Part is available in the list when I try to add a Web Part in the page. This is the first time I am facing this ...
3
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1answer
181 views
MOSS 2007 BDC crawling documents content via Web Service
Imagine there is an external system that contains data that should be indexed by MOSS 2007 and incorporated into the search. That system exposes the data via Web Services.
It's possible to crawl that ...
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People Picker:’ Select People and Groups’ finder doesn’t find users from site collection
Environments(test/production):
Production:
• MOSS 2007 Ent. SP2 (2008 r2 x64)
• 1x App(2008 r2 x64)
• 2x WFE(2008 r2 x64)
• 1x SQL 2008 (2008 r2 x64)
• Profile import will find users ...
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2answers
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Can SharePoint 2007 and 2010 databases live in the same server without issues?
We are setting up a new SharePoint 2010 QA server and would like to use the same SQL server as our SharePoint 2007 QA server. Are there any issues or gotchas with this strategy?
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Trouble copying a folder with a workflow
I'm using a "display" flag for people to only see what they care about, when display is set to "no" i just copy the item to a different list and remove it from the original list. I am using a ...
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3answers
106 views
SharePoint Training - 2007 or 2010?
We have SharePoint 2007 and hope to migrate to 2010 sometime. If I take 2010 will the stuff I learn work on 2007 or should I take 2007?
I am wanting to learn the back end. Creating Web Parts, etc. ...
3
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1answer
477 views
The Canary has timed out for form
I have a MOSS 2007 site with a document library which uses an InfoPath 2007 form in the browser to collect information from the users. It has a number of views used to group like data elements. The ...
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2answers
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SharePoint search web service error (NTLM) when called from HttpHandler
Here is my scenario: I have a SharePoint site I am working on, and it is on one server farm. In this site, I have created an HttpHandler that uses a SharePoint search webservice that is located on a ...
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2answers
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How to import a large number of files into SharePoint?
I have 500 GB in .pdf and .doc files on my file share and I want to put all of those into SharePoint.
What is the best way to do it? I have a database size of 250 GB. I also want to be able to search ...
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1answer
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User has changed his name in the active directory and wants see his mysite with the new URL
Question :
User has changed his name in the active directory and wants see his mysite with the new URL.
Can we follow the steps given below:
○ Take the backup of the existing site collection ...
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4answers
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Remove Ability for Users to Delete a Site and site backup before site get deleted by Admin users
How can I achieve the following scenario:
General users are unable to delete sites.
Site/Site Collection backup needs to be taken before it's deleted by admin users anywhere in the sharepoint ...
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3answers
2k views
ASP.NET User Control in SharePoint WebPart
I want to use the Visual Studio designer to make controls for my WebPart... I've been pointed to two approaches that seem ok. First, SmartParts... which I'll look into later. Second was to create an ...
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7answers
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Content editor web part “Cannot retrieve properties at this time” and “Cannot save your changes”
I have an issue with the Content Editor Web Part. Whenever I edit the content I get the following error message:
"Cannot retrieve properties at this time."
and then when I click OK and proceed with ...
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4answers
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In breadcrumb site listed twice moss 2007
On some of our pages the breadcrumb lists a site twice in a row. the first one is a link, the second is not. The pages have different payout pages. Has anyone seen this, or know how to fix it?
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2answers
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How critical is it and how to monitor, measure and reduce SharePoint database fragmentation?
It is a well advertised best practice to configure maintenance plans for SQL databases forming the data layer of SharePoint deployments. How critical is it to monitor and reduce fragmentation of the ...
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2answers
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Reducing amount of clicks to create Publishing Page in SharePoint 2007
I have a customer who is using the MOSS 2007 WCM Publishing Site.
To create a page in this environment you need to:
Select Site Settings | Create Page
Fill in:
Title
page url
select a ...
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4answers
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Error while creating a new web application in MOSS 2007 in a stand alone server farm
I am getting following error while creating any new web application on the server:
"An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPWebApplication Name=SPsupport-17777 ...
3
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1answer
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Excel web access data ( graphs) is showing gray color on SharePoint 2007
I am using "Excel Web Access" Web Parts to show the excel graphs in my MOSS2007 setup. I have multiple team sites under one site-collection. Excel web access is fine for all the team sites but , its ...
3
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1answer
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Why is Workflow sending Emails even when Status is Complete and %Complete = 100%?
We have a user that is receiving the Task assigned to emails about once a week. He is listed in the CC field of the emails (I think this indicates he created the list entry for which the Workflow is ...
3
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1answer
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Cannot find the object “SiteDeletion” because it does not exist
I never came across this error before, I searched google and MSDN but not even one post that explains object "SiteDeletion"
Problem is when I run PSCONFIG on SharePoint 2007 server on stage two I get ...
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2answers
468 views
SharePoint Calendar event not created when sending a meeting request
I have a calender created on my SharePoint site. I have configured the incoming email settings for the calendar list. I have added an email id for this calendar list.
When i create a meeting request ...
3
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1answer
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Data view web part throwing error
Hi I'm using a xslt based dataview webpart the steps i have taken to create a data view webpart is that
added a list view webpart on the page
Modified the toolbar property to show fulll toolbar
...
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1answer
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How to pass Url as value in Hyperlink field Type in List Instance?
I have try to add Url as value in List Instance.
<ListInstance Title="Lists Link"
TemplateType="1005"
Description="All Lists Link Url in This Custom List"
...
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2answers
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Location of SPResource.GetString() strings (for Access Request emails)
I'm looking into changing the text on the emails which are sent out after a user clicks the Request Access link on an Access Denied page in MOSS (2007).
This blog post has some helpful information, ...
3
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1answer
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how to backup a SPList with 25000 records including attachements on SP2007
On SP2007 there is a sharepoint list (SPList) with 25000 records. The records contain attachements. In SP Designer 2007, the list has a size of 64MB.
How can a backup be created ?
Options ...
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2answers
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No 'edit' button on sharepoint 2010 after upgrade from 2007
I've upgraded a SharePoint 2007 (12.0.0.6421) database to SharePoint 2010 (no SP's or anything yet) and I noticed that there is no edit button that brings up the ribbon to edit a page in the upgraded ...
3
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SystemUpdate(false) not able to retain Modified fields
I am using SystemUpdate(false) in my code block and was not able to retain the modified values for a document library (both folders and files) when I am trying to rename the folder or file. Please ...
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2answers
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How do I set a recurring event on every 8th day of the month?
I want to create a recurring event in a calendar to be every 8th weekday of the month. I see that the options for this include first, second, third, fourth and last. It kind of just doesn't make sense ...
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2answers
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WCF service in SP2010
I want to use WCF service in SharePoint 2010 but have problem.
First, in mapped Sp2010 folder(ISAPI) I created newfolder/myfile.svc and in that file I put a reference to my DLL:
<%@ServiceHost
...
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1answer
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Arrange content source by content database
As per this question when we move site collections around, they drop from the search results. Our last full crawl took over 8 days and while that's happening we don't get incremental results which ...
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2answers
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stsadm.exe crashes on all commands
All of a sudden, stsadm has stopped working, crashing on all commands it is run with (even -help!)
e.g.
> stsadm.exe -help
Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
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1answer
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Exchange 2003- Publish free/busy information to sharepoint
I have Exchange Server 2003 and I want to see free/busy schedules for the users in SharePoint. Is it possible?
I want to do this in SharePoint 2010.
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2answers
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What to watch out for developing an HTTP Module in SharePoint 2007
Has anyone created a custom HTTP Module for SharePoint 2007? If yes,
what should I watch out for?
I need to add a course grain
authentication check to SharePoint (can a user see this app), so I need
...
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3answers
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Single Sign-On in SharePoint
We have a requirement to implement ‘Single Sign-On’ for SharePoint and a Java application.
We have a Java web application running on JBoss server with normal authentication and authorization process ...
3
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1answer
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Read-only document displays Check Out button in MS Word “Server Document” bar
Similar to the issue described here, I have a customer whose users see the "Check Out" button when opening Word 2007 documents directly from a document library with the checkin/out enabled.
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3
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1answer
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Web.config backups
Can we prevent the automated backup of moss web.config files or limit the number of them?
3
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1answer
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Moving Workflow History
Has anyone ever tried to move a subsite to a new site collection and keep the workflow history? It seems a standard export/import ignores this list, even more advanced tools such as CopyMove, Codeplex ...
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2answers
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Deploying all components of an InfoPath form plus managed code as a solution
Has anyone successfully packaged up an InfoPath form solution with the following features?
Custom site columns for properties promoted from form
Custom content types to be associated with form
...
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0answers
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Cannot specify an Audience for a Summary link web part: “no exact match was found”
I would like set an audience on a Summary web part.
This reason for this is the fact that two groups of users have access to the page on which it will be shown, let's say members and admins. One ...
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2answers
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MOSS timing out on regular basis
I have been running into an issue on MOSS 2007 for the last two weeks, users are reporting extremely slow responses from SharePoint, a lot are reporting time outs when doing anything within ...
3
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1answer
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Custom Action Safe Control 2007
In extension to this question of mine, If I put location of custom action as
"Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu"
it gives me error
Failed to create a control from assembly '', class ...
3
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1answer
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“Changed On/Modified” columns - Date Format & Regional Settings
I was wondering if I change my regional settings through: Site Settings - Regional Settings - Locale: Dutch (Netherlands), affects the date format of the standard columns (Changed On/Modified e.g.).
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1answer
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What would make someone lose site collection admin rights and disappear from all SharePoint Groups at the same time every day?
We have someone who has been a site collection administrator for years and is suddenly losing site collection admin rights at 3PM each day. The person also disappears from all SharePoint Groups that ...
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1answer
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Opening a document in read-only mode using an external control
I have a .Net application that (amongst other things) provides a front end to a sharepoint document library. Users are able to open documents, and I use the Open Documents Control to do so ...
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How can I print all of the documents in a document library using code?
I want to know how to print all the files in a document library. I googled it and unable to find the solution. But during search I found a tool which provides almost the same type of functionality.
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Creating custom Actions within an Retention Policy
Does anyone know, either via the object model or through xml, if you can create custom actions for a retention policy, which is defined as part of an Information Management Policy?
I know that you ...
