for questions completely specific to SharePoint 2007 and **not past or future versions**
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Why is SharePoint so slow?
I'm a SharePoint user.
My company has introduced SharePoint and use it as their intranet site. They've made some changes to the masterpages, etc. to let the intranet have a 'corporate' feel. There ...
15
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4answers
294 views
Infrastructure knowledge for SharePoint developers
As a SharePoint developer I find that having a good understanding of the underlying infrastructure (such as Active Directory, DNS server, etc.) is very useful.
I must say I'm not that good when it ...
14
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4answers
1k views
Any reason not to create a new content database for each site collection?
When creating a site collection in stsadm there are 2 commands I could use: createsite and createsiteinnewdb, where the latter creates a new content database for the site collection.
Reading around ...
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11answers
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What are the regular checkups needed on a SharePoint installation?
What are the regular check ups that need to be done on a SharePoint installation to preemptively prevent any problems or at least detect them early?
I can think of:
Checking event logs
Check ...
10
votes
1answer
1k views
Localizing the Content Query Web Part in XSL
Has anyone managed to get the locale ID for the context of an instance of a Content Query Web Part in XSL, without extending the class?
DataViewWebParts have a Language parameter passed in, but CQWP ...
9
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1answer
1k views
Making Document Libraries visible to some users and not others
I have several document libraries that I would like to list on the front page but make visible to certain users only.
If I set it up this way:
-UserLib1, user1 has read permissions
-UserLib2, user2 ...
9
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1answer
269 views
How can I retrieve a list of all user names logged in to SharePoint?
How can I get all user names that are currently logged in to the system in SharePoint 2007?
8
votes
2answers
979 views
Global variables in SharePoint
Is it possible to define a global variable in SharePoint 2010 and then reference it in menus and server-side pages? We currently have a menu item on all 30+ web sites that points to the existing ...
8
votes
2answers
567 views
Executing a new instance of a timer job before the previously running instance has finished executing
I have a timer job that invokes a WCF service that invokes a single threaded API internally.
TO ensure that my system does not fail, i want to ensure that only a single instance runs at a time.
I am ...
7
votes
3answers
732 views
Sharepoint template bug, workflow fix not working
I downloaded Microsoft's Employee Training Schedule and Materials template and installed it. Everything works as I need it to except for one bug, which seems to be well documented. When you register ...
7
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5answers
4k views
SQL Server 2005 vs SQL Server 2008 on SharePoint 2010
I'm writing a recommendation for an upgrade scenario from SharePoint 2007 to SP2010.
Customer is currently running x64 SQL Server 2005 SP3 on Windows 2003 Server.
Does anyone have pros/cons for ...
7
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1answer
3k views
How can I migrate my existing MOSS 2007 userprofiles including audiences to SharePoint Server 2010?
We are planning to implement SharePoint Server 2010 in our orginization. Many of our in-house application are heavily dependent upon userprofiles and audience targeting.
Is there any Microsoft ...
7
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3answers
1k views
Data View Web Part and Custom List Form show Attachments
I have found a few ways to add attachments to a Data View Web Part, but I can only get this to work when the SharePoint:AttachmentsField is not being used anywhere else on the page.
Currently my ...
6
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7answers
525 views
Getting started with SharePoint 2010 for SharePoint 2007 Developers
Do you know some quick links that will help a SharePoint 2007 Developers to get started with SharePoint 2010.
Let me start with the links I know.
General Information on SharePoint 2010
Must watch ...
6
votes
3answers
355 views
Moving a site to a different site collection
I am looking for a C# script that will move a site with all permissions and content to another site collection. Google isn't helping me or maybe i dont know what exactly to look for.
e.g.
I have a ...
6
votes
2answers
2k views
“View all site content” Site actions menu link missing
For some reason the "View all site content" link in the Site Actions menu is missing for sites that do not use the Publishing feature. The moment I enable the Publishing feature for the site the link ...
6
votes
2answers
125 views
Create a decrementing budget
I'm new to sharepoint and I have been tasked to create a depreciation list using a sharepoint 2007 environment. Does anyone how to create a list that displays a fixed fiscal year budget, and as data ...
6
votes
5answers
165 views
Should I use lots of SharePoint Lists or a SQL Database to store the data for my new bespoke application?
I am working on a project to create a new bespoke intranet website for around 50 users. The data volumes are relatively small, but in order to model the data I need to store (about the 100 or so ...
6
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2answers
3k views
SPItemEventReceiver ItemUpdating and BeforeProperties / AfterProperties
I've bound and ItemUpdating event to a document library of a MOSS publishing site, I’m then trying to compare the Before and After properties.
When I amend the field in the UI I expect the two values ...
6
votes
7answers
4k views
'Sign in as Different User' Not “Taking”
In some instances of WSS or MOSS when you use the "Sign in as Different User" option, the new login doesn't "take". Is there any known issue here? Usually logging out and then logging back in with ...
6
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4answers
2k views
Avoid sending emails to manager while deleting My Site in Moss
I want to stop the functionality of sending email to the manager of user whose mysite is going to be deleted rather mysite cleanup activity if below things happened to user/user profile:
1) If he ...
6
votes
2answers
158 views
What is a good way to build/install/provision a full web application?
I have a fairly simple SharePoint web application, with a publishing front end, an extranet for customers and an intranet portal.
I want this web app to be easily redeployable -- pretty much a ...
6
votes
1answer
239 views
Custom Activity Dependency Property Inheritance
I have created a couple of custom workflow activities for SharePoint 2007 and they are working. However, I find that my custom activities share a lot of properties/methods and so I have attempted to ...
5
votes
7answers
1k views
Is using SharePoint as a intranet/extranet portal a good idea?
I work for a fortune 500 company in IT and we have developed many systems/applications to do a variety of things. We are in need of some commonality of these applications and a better ...
5
votes
8answers
8k views
Missing “Upload Multiple Documents” in SharePoint 2007
I'm using MOSS on the server and have Office Enterprise 2007 and IE9 on the client. In all libraries, I can only upload a single document at a time; the multiple document upload option is not ...
5
votes
4answers
1k views
Catch exception in web part, or let it bubble up?
I'm writing a web part for other sites to use in their SharePoint installation. In the logic of the web part I throw exceptions at certain failure points. I'm wondering whether it is a better ...
5
votes
3answers
942 views
How to add new field to custom list (See edit!)
I am using a Microsoft template for adding Training and Courses for people to register for. Everything is working fine, but I want to add a field to the Courses list. I want to add a field to indicate ...
5
votes
3answers
128 views
Getting All users from a site
Has anybody have the awareness about to getting all the users from all the site and sub sites. I want to create a access report that will describes each users permission in each and every site and sub ...
5
votes
3answers
2k views
Images and Css located in the _layouts folder
Is it wise to store images and css for the site in the layouts/1033 folder within a .wsp and then letting the deployment of the .wsp take care of location, i.e. dont use elements.xml etc.
I seem to ...
5
votes
2answers
137 views
Why we need to do IIS Reset after adding a template
I added a template using,
STSADM -o addtemplate -filename "C:\Stalker\BaleeeBaleee.stp" -title "YouBreakLive"
I can see it in Central Administration in "Custom" site templates when I try to create ...
5
votes
2answers
992 views
Using dependency injection with SharePoint
In the particular project I'm working on we are already using Enterprise Library. I'm researching using it (i.e. Unity) for dependency injection.
The recommended way to include Unity is modify ...
5
votes
3answers
4k views
Is there a list of Sharepoint 2007 WebParts, Features and ContentTypes that Sharepoint installs with?
Does anyone know where I can find a list of all the WebParts, Features and ContentTypes that are available to a regular Sharepoint installation?
What I need to do is identify any of the above in a ...
5
votes
2answers
579 views
Web.Config changes to extended sites programatically
How can you add web.config changes to Extended sites programatically? SPWebConfigModification class does this for both the Main web application and extended web application. I want to do it only for ...
5
votes
2answers
4k views
How can I filter a view using a blank multi-line field?
I have a multi-line text field and need to be able to show a view with only items where that field is blank (or functionally blank to a human looking at it).
I've tried:
field contains ""
field ...
5
votes
3answers
293 views
Content deployment un-hiding navigation items?
SharePoint 2007 Enterprise, SP2, no post-SP2 CUs.
We have a pretty standard staging -> production content deployment job that runs nightly to move over any new or modified content that had been ...
5
votes
4answers
341 views
Better to try to reuse built-in site columns, or create your own?
I'm creating a client content type. One of the properties I want to store for each client is their postcode.
I could create my own site column, say Client Postcode. But there's also a site column ...
5
votes
2answers
876 views
Why is Session State disabled in SharePoint by default?
Why is Session State disabled in SharePoint by default?
Does it not make use of session in any feature of SharePoint at all?
If so then which features require session?
5
votes
4answers
3k views
Deleting Old Versions in a Document Library
I have a Very Large List (~5000 documents) which has been chugging along for about a year. It has had versioning turned on, with major versions, keeping 2 old versions. We're totally restructuring ...
5
votes
5answers
3k views
How do you remove fields from a custom list in SharePoint that have been added via the 'Add from existing site columns' menu item?
I have a custom list, and I've added a 'Page Image' field by clicking on the 'Add from existing site columns' link on the Settings page for the list. I would now like to remove the field, but clicking ...
5
votes
1answer
1k views
Get total size of attached files on all list items in SharePoint 2007with PowerShell v2.0
Using Powershell, I have to get the total size of all attached files on all list items for a generic list. I tried using the function below but this displays the total length of names for the attached ...
5
votes
2answers
841 views
Cannot check out documents anymore
Our WSS3 document libraries no longer prompt to check out. I've confirmed check out is required for editing, and I've tried a new library. We're getting the same results. I also check the ...
5
votes
5answers
2k views
User Accounts Disappearing From SP Groups
We've been running into a bizarre scenario and I'm at a complete loss.
I'm a site collection admin for my division's portal. We're on a shared internal company-wide MOSS server, and I have no access ...
5
votes
2answers
590 views
WCF: SPWeb.Update() throws NullReferenceException (eventually)
We have a custom WCF based service for automating some common tasks within our SharePoint 2007 environment. There is an issue with a piece of code that modifies the title of a SharePoint web. The ...
5
votes
3answers
821 views
Multiple workflows across a list versus one workflow iterating the list
I have a process that needs to be run across every element of a list, doing specific things (mostly sending emails) based on several different fields of that item. This operation will always be done ...
5
votes
2answers
792 views
SharePoint 2007/2010 Custom Access Request Page
Does anyone know were to start to create a custom Access Request Page or how to modify the default behavior.
We would like to use our own workflow behind the Access Approval for a specific site ...
5
votes
1answer
536 views
Language support for Help Desk application template
I am trying to add a new language support to one of the application templates, specifically Help Desk application template.
Simply changing the column names crashes the application. The wsp file for ...
5
votes
1answer
261 views
MOSS 2007 & FIPS Compliance
I'm looking to set up MOSS 2007 (unfortunately we can't use 2010) in a FIPS-compliant way. We will be using Server 2008 (or R2) in FIPS compliance mode and will be using SQL 2008 with TDE and ...
5
votes
2answers
863 views
Actual modified date of a document
Is there someway to get the actual modified date of a file in a document library. Modified field has the modified date for the item and not the file so if one of the meta data of the file changes the ...
5
votes
3answers
1k views
Sharepoint 2007 farm performance goes down?
Our sharepoint 2007 farm is not working properly and we are facing a huge performance hit, some times it throws an unexpected error too.
What all are the points to check? i.e like
Depth of the ...
5
votes
3answers
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Equivalent of a database table in SharePoint?
I'm making a Publishing site, and part of this site will display information about company products. We have a number of products, and each one should have its own description page. The description ...
