for questions completely specific to SharePoint 2007 and **not past or future versions**
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create content type from workflow task
I have been looking all over the internet for instructions on how to create a content type based off the Workflow Task type. Everything I have found thus far seems like it is incomplete or has gaps ...
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All views in MOSS 2007 reset when updated infopath 2010 form is published
I have an InfoPath 2010 form that submits to MOSS 2007. The problem is that whenever I publish an updated version of the form(the product promotion does not change) ALL the views reset and delete the ...
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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 ...
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Add more than one page owner to a page in SharePoint 2007
Is it possible to add more than one page owner to a page in SharePoint 2007. I have a page where 3 people need to have access to it for updating purposes.
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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 ...
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2answers
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SharePoint 2007 - 100% CPU usage
Our SharePoint 2007 server is using 100% cpu usage, we have a single farm setup with a 1 application server(central admin) and 1 database server.
Inspecting the tasklist I can see there are 7 ...
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2answers
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Event Handler on MenuBar
whats sharepoint renderingtemplate is and how can I use it to add event handler to "Respond to this survey" link button
For last couple of days I have been researching on how to add some kind of ...
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3answers
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PeoplePicker not find users in FBA using multiple domains
I'm facing a problem with my forms authentication that has consumed me some good hours.
My forms authentication points to 2 providers. Both are AD using a ldap connection to diferent domains.
I have ...
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0answers
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Central Admin gives Server error 500 [duplicate]
I tried to update my server SharePoint 2007 to service pack, when I run Office x86 service pack 2 exe on my virtual pc, it made my CA stopped working, I am pretty sure I used right exe file, however ...
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Document library connected to Outlook, error
I have connected my document library to Outlook and if I right click a file and select Forward some of the files attach to emails and others produce the following error
You cannot make changes to ...
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1answer
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Maintaining role groups and users in two farms simultaneously?
We currently have two farms - a SharePoint 2007 one and a SharePoint 2010 one. We have the same groups in both farms and the same userbase.
At the moment when someone joins or leaves the company ...
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0answers
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Deleting all versions of plain list items
I have a plain list (not a document library) in SharePoint 2007 that has a lot of list item versions. I'd like to loop through the list items and programmatically delete the old versions. I am doing ...
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1answer
42 views
SharePoint List as Lookup Issue
I am using SharePoint 2007. I have a list which contains the names of all 50 states in the United States and as such contains a total of 50 items in the list.
I created another list which has a ...
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1answer
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Writing to and reading from owstimer config file
My question is regarding writing to and reading from owstimer configuration file.
Could anyone provide any of examples how to do so? I tried searching but didn't find any good examples.
Also to note ...
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1answer
201 views
SharePoint Item Edit Form (editform.aspx) keeps closing webparts
We have a custom list within MOSS 2007 which sporadically closes the edit forms web part, despite the fact that the web parts property 'allow close' is unticked. The only way to make the form work ...
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Designer Workflow Error : List item not found
I have a workflow in Moss 2007 for a document library i.e holds uploaded document upto 365 days then sends to subsite(Archive) and delete the list item.I am able to pause for 365 days and able to move ...
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1answer
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Pre Requesties for wss-kb981043-fullfile-x86-glb.exe
I updated my Machine with MOSS service pack 2 and trying to install wss-kb981043-fullfile-x86-glb.exe but it's giving error, not sure what am I missing however I am getting different exception ...
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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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Error while attaching content db to a different server
I got back up of content db from a demo server and trying to attach it to a newly created web application in my personal copy of same demo server but not up to date. however I am getting this error,
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2answers
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Best way of getting SPWeb in Event Receiver [Best Practices]
what would be the best way of getting SPWeb and List in context below, specially when list title can be different for different cultural websites,
private bool ...
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1answer
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Site Columns and Content Type missing
My task is the create a replication of a live site collection on a pre production server after the move none of the site collection Content type or site columns are listed.
So far I have copied the ...
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1answer
87 views
restoring content databases and retaining permissions
I have a production Sharepoint web app that contains several content databases serving a group of site collections. There are some critical files in a group of document libraries and lists, so ...
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1answer
160 views
In a Designer workflow is “compare field” case sensitive?
Whenever a field contains a keyword then a certain person needs to receive an email e.g. if "Field Name" contains "apple", email Enilorac.
Will it still send the email if "Field Name" contains ...
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Duplicate a list and associated custom workflows
I have a list with custom forms (created in Designer) and custom workflows (also created in Designer). It has been decided that that information entered into this list should be kept in two lists in ...
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changing default search result
We have a form library that contains our servers information. When someone is looking for some server form through the search feature, the metadata in the result set always references the person who ...
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1answer
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How to enable anonymous access to custom app page
I'm trying to make a custom application page which can be viewed by anonymous users. So far I've:
Inherited the code behind from UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase
Overriden AllowAnonymousAccess to always ...
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1answer
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How to add an existing group to a newly created site through poweshell?
I am creating sites through powershell and creating the groups for them. I have a situation where if the group is already existing group then I have to add that group to the site. Coz might be ...
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What is BCS and what can it do for me?
I've been hearing a lot about it but even having Googled the subject I'm not sure what it is or what it can do for me. I believe BDC's could be considered a BCS component? What is BCS?
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Getting only new column data from users
I have an existing custom list in which I just added a drop-down required column. For new items, that column is required, but I want to gather only that column data from users for existing items ...
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1answer
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Custom webpart Personalization properties not saving in Sharepoint 2007
I've inherited a VB.NET / MOSS 2007 Sharepoint application and have been tasked with adding a new custom Webpart.
I've declared a number of public properties to store configuration data for the ...
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1answer
114 views
ftp upload in sharepoint and presenting list of files on ftp server in sharepoint page
I have SharePoint 2007 portal and I need a solution for my problem the problem is as describe below
I need a page (in SharePoint portal) that it could be send some files to a ftp folder in a ftp ...
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2answers
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How check if a site (not site collection) has sub sites in it? [Object Model]
I am trying to figure out a way to check if a Site inside a Site Collection has sub sites in it.
To get sites inside a site collection, we can use the below code.
foreach (SPWeb siteobject in ...
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1answer
510 views
Discussion Board. Can I remove the quoted text?
Is there a way to remove the quoted text when replying in a discussion board?
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Does Pages in SharePoint 12 hive have code behind files
I am not sure if we call them application pages or something else but am talking about standard sharepoint forms like "NewForms.aspx" or "EditForm.aspx" for lists in 12 hive.
Does they have any code ...
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Remove My username in SharePoint URL
Is there a way to rewrite the URL for mysite inside either SharePoint 2007 or 2010. What I need to do is obfuscate the user within the URL string.
I need to change:
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Content Type change won't save
I have a list with 2 list content types. When the content type is changed and then saved the old file retains the old content type. We are on SharePoint 2007
Our process is the users upload a file as ...
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2answers
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Pop-up on event handler in MOSS 2007?
I have written an event handler using ItemDeleting event , instead of showing default error page when user try to delete a document from document Library I want to show a warning message in Pop-up box ...
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1answer
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SharePoint 2007 Form auto submit
I would like to use standard SharePoint form for list (NewForm.aspx), but want to auto submit it after specified time - 60 minutes to list. All fields will be optional. This will be used for quiz for ...
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auto populating infopath forms from SQL Server Database
We are using Infopath Forms to store and manage our server documentation. A lot of the information there is already drawn from the devices (memory, CPU, network adapters etc), and stored in a separate ...
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Web Analytics Reports for a site in 2007 mode after a farm upgrade
We did upgrade our SharePoint farm from 2007 to 2010 but we still have some sites that are still in 2007 mode. Because of this, the web analytics reports feature is not available but we noticed ...
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Respond to survey button “Code Behind” Survey list
When any user clicks on "Responds to Survey" button/link I want to perform some operation using code behind but can't figure out how can I do it or which event handler can be used.
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Unable to seperate normal and hidden folder such as “Forms” [SPFolder Object Model ]
While performing certain task in a console application, i am unable to separate normal folder and hidden ones such as "Forms","FormServerTemplates" etc. I am using SPFolder in the obejct model. I have ...
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Formatting controls in web parts
If you have multiple controls in your webpart how do you format them 'nicely' so they don't all appear in one horizontal line?
So you would have something like
CompanyName:
First Name:
Last Name:
...
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Getting Error Access Denied when creating Filtered Lookup in SP2007 List
Using WSS SP2007 as a site curator.
List A is a new list.
List B is a resource list with a view showing active Project Managers.
When I go to create a filtered lookup column in List A I immediately ...
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Sharepoint 2007 _layouts/Upload.aspx does not open in my custom template
I've created custom template for Sharepoint 2007 by editing master page in _catalog/masterpage/defoult.master.
Every thing seems to be fine except upload.aspx form of my Library. When I hit upload ...
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Elements of type 'Receivers' are not supported at the 'Site' scope. This feature could not be installed
I created a event receiver for survey list types "102" why I can't scope it as anything other then "Web" scoped. If its Microsoft's restriction only option I got is to add it to template and then save ...
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2answers
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Tutorial for displaying a MessageBox in a WebPart [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Couldn’t find any way of displaying a message box in Visual Webpart 2007 (User Control)
I have been working on SharePoint 2007 for more then a year but still don't have ...
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Couldn't find any way of displaying a message box in Visual Webpart 2007 (User Control)
I almost tried everything I could to display a nice message box in user control (.ascx) or code behind, but I failed miserably,
Can anyone find me a tutorial in context to what I need and will 100% ...
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Survey Permissions Issue
I want to give a single user permissions to add questions but not to respond to survey but I am not sure which permission level can be used as currently it got "Contribute" permission level and he can ...
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Getting Library contents along with Folder structure [Console application using Object Model]
I am developing a console application which will get all the files in a document library and copy it to a particular location on system. I was successful in retrieving all the files within the ...
