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Windows SharePoint Services is a Web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint has historically been associated with intranet content management and document management, but recent versions have significantly broader capabilities.

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Set permission on edit to an item in Spreadsheet view depending on column values

I have a spreadsheet view with 50 items created in it. I have a status column for each item whose value could be Completed or In-Progress. Here my requirement is to disable the edit link whose status ...
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controls to make extendable zone

I'm making a setting page in my SharePoint site and there is a lot of setting zone on this page, so I'm thinking what's the asp or SharePoint control that makes each zone appears just by clicking on ...
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how do I know if the specific list is a document library?

when I'm getting all the lists with my Client program from a specific SharePoint server, I'm getting quite a lot of them, but I'd like to present to the user only the Document Libraries. How can I do ...
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What is the difference between the SharePoint API's [closed]

I would like to know the difference between the terms - SharePoint Webservices, Server Side Object Model, Client side Object Model(CSOM), REST(oData),JSOM in Microsoft SharePoint.And would like to ...
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Wrong order with SharePoint updates

I have installed a hotfix package for SharePoint and after that I found out that there was another for WSS. I understand that, as long that we have separate hotfixes for WSS and SharePoint, if for ...
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SharePoint - Remove/Hide 'Upload' option on specific document libraries

On WSS, is there a method to disable the 'Upload' toolbar option on a document library level basis. The reason for this is we want to force all new documents added to the library to be created by the ...
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After migrating user from one AD to another AD, the user can no longer access WSS

We have migrated users from one AD domain to another AD domain in SharePoint 2007. But after migration, the users can no longer access windows SharePoint services e.g, permissions and roles etc. Any ...
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Custom Workflow won't auto start, but only for one user

I am using Sharepoint Designer 2007 and Sharepoint WSS 3.0 (I know, time for an upgrade). Anyways, I have a workflow developed in Designer 2007 that simply populates a field in the relevant item with ...
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Deploying Visual Studio 2012 solutions to SharePoint 2010 like WSPBuilder

I have spent several years developing SharePoint solutions for WSS 3.0 using Visual Studio 2008 and the WSPBuilder add-in. WSPBuilder would generate a folder containing a setup.exe file. This file ...
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WSS_Web Analytics Service Application database not found error

I have received the following error for a while: A critical incident has occurred where a database was not found on server . Event ID: 3760 Event Description: SQL Database 'WSS_Web Analytics ...
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attach content db to SharePoint Server 2010

I need to migrate the WSS3.0 SP2 + Project Server 2007 SP2 based farm to a SPS2010 SP1 + Project Server 2010 Sp1 farm. I create a new farm (new VM on hyperV 2012) SPS2010 based (build 14.0.6028.1000) ...
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Not sending an email when user is assigned to list

I have a Sharepoint List that has an 'Assigned To' column which is a 'Person or Group' - usually when adding someone it send an email however this has now stopped working. I've marked 'Yes' in the ...
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Sharepoint Modified By and Created By are Blank

When any user other than a site collection administrator goes onto a document library or a survey for example they can't see any details in the modified by or the created by columns. I've given the ...
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MS Chart not displayed in custom Web Part

I am using WSS 3.0 and am trying to display a Chart object from the System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting namespace in a custom Web Part. My Web Part was built in C# in Visual Studio 2008, and I am ...
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Export/Import a SharePoint List/Document Library

I'd like to be able to export/import (or backup/restore) lists and document libraries only, with versioning and access rights. If it is a custom list (deployed via feature), I understand that the ...
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How can we configure WSS 3 to disallow user authentication from select OUs?

I'm working with a web admin who has recently improved our WSS 3 deployment such that selected user OUs (e.g. service accounts, domain admins) in our Active Directory forest are explicitly ...
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can sharepoint search service work with form authentication?

I have windows sharepoint services 2007 installed on windows server 2008. I enabled forum authentication on one of web application. the search is not working , it can't find anything. the search is ...
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how to migrate a wss 3.0 to another server?

My site is WSS 3.0 built in 2009. Now I got a high performance server and I want to move my site to that server. I have installed several dlls into the windows /assembly folder in my old box and have ...
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Sharepoint - User getting Access Denied error although has correct permissions

I have a group of users are getting an error 'Access Denied' on a particular page. I've checked permissions for that page and they have contribute rights - they also have contribute rights in the ...
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WSS - Filtered Drop Down (Workaround)?

Background info - I'm a Business Analyst for a company providing shared cloud solutions to pharma clients. We use Sharepoint to track multiple things such as Action Items, Service Requests, etc. As ...
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In-place upgrade from WSS 3.0 to SharePoint 2010 failed

How can I do a rollback after a failed SharePoint upgrade? Or If anyone knows how can I get the upgrade back on track, please advise. Many thanks
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Moving site template from wss to sharpoint foundation

I am migrating my site from WSS to SharePoint Foundation but I have few site templates in the WSS version which I want to know how to move the .stp file to SharePoint Foundation ? Let me know Thanks
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Dynamic View on SharePoint lists

I want to create a dynamic view on my list. The list is filtered based on the current users' information coming from an external database i.e. based on which user is logged in, a value is fetched from ...
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Sharepoint List Event raised when a current view is changed

Is there a event which is raised when current view of a SharePoint list is changed. For example the current view displays all items in the list and now the user selects a different view say Added by ...
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Telerik SpellChecker crashed Site.Help! [closed]

I am using Telerik Rad Editor for spellcheck for my wss 3.0 site. Site has been working all fine, but it suddenly just crashed without any action from my side. I got following error" Web Part Error: ...
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What field contains the "created date" in a SharePoint Search Index?

We need to list documents, list items, etc from a Sharepoint Search Server Express Index by the created date. The problem is we can't find it in the index even though we've tried to map it to ...
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wss or moss: define constants

I em working with wss3.0 and moss. I need to define a constant which is true for wss3.0 and false for moss. I am using the following method to detect whether my custom webpart is running under wss or ...
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Permissions issue using SPJobDefinition

I have an SPJobDefinition (WSS) that runs each hour. Based on some values, and if met, it adds an item to the calendar list. This calendar list has an event receiver attached to the ItemAdded event. ...
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Hide "Edit Page" menu on customized DispForm.aspx

I have a custom web part (C#) for viewing/editing a SharePoint list, which I have added to the NewForm, DispForm, and EditForm pages for that list. Unfortunately, users with Edit permissions for the ...
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Title link points to portal, not to list

I have an unusual problem. One of my SharePoint lists suddenly displays the title link differently, and we are not sure why. Let's say my SharePoint portal (WSS 3.0) is http://www.futility.com. My ...
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How to set date field to Today's Date in Wss 3.0 Custom list form programatically

How can i pre-populate newitem.aspx form with today's date. When user adds new item i want to prepopulate date field with todays date. <SharePoint:DateTimeControl ID="dtcDateofInsp" runat="server"...
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Service Application in WSS 3.0 doesn't save password

i'm trying to set service application account in WSS 3.0 for default application pool which hosts portal site. But when i choose not to use default account and add another managed account, after the ...
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How to doing cashing with list In Moss 2007?

i have no idea that hows to doing cashing in Moss? In my application during page load taking so much time around 20sec. so i want to reduce this time period. Problem is that i have retrieved data ...
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wss 3.0 missing sharepoint list attachments contents

I encountered with one problem where the wss 3.0 site lists attachments contents are missing .Attachments appear in the list but when i click on them, contents inside the attachments are not there. ...
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Intellisense in SharePoint User Controls

I have the following (simplified slightly) at the top of my application page in SharePoint: <%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft....
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SharePoint (WSS 3.0) Edit Page link missing

I have a page used to display our custom webparts that's always worked perfectly until deploying the solution via a custom site template on a new server. On one particular page in a site, the Edit ...
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SPDatePickerControl odd behaviour

I have this application page with the following (simplified) markup: <%@ Page Strict="true" EnableViewState="true" Language="vb" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" Inherits="Microsoft....
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Using the SchedulePicker Control

I want to be able to reference the inner controls of SharePoint’s (WSS 3.0) SchedulePicker control. I have this (simplified) in my application page: <%@ Page EnableViewState="true" Language="vb" ...
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Custom Data Source Control to use in SharePoint Designer

I want to create a Custom Data Source control which can be used to bind any data bindable control in SharePoint e.g. DVWP etc. No, I am not looking for custom navigation source :) What I have done so ...
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WSS3.0 Workflow not attaching itself to items to be started

I have a sharepoint (WSS 3.0) site with several workflows on it. The problem I have got is that it seems all the workflows have unattached themselves from the list items. For example when I go to ...
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How to add Excel web access web part in WSS 3.0

I'm new is SharePoint and struggling with adding web part. I'm using WSS 3.0. I want to add Excel Web Access Web Part, so I go to site Actions -> Web Part Gallery and try to upload .wdp file which ...
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WSS 3 on SBS 2003

I just recently identified that upgrading WSS 2 to WSS 3 on SBS 2003 is not supported. I need to plan the best approach to get a client using WSS 3 with the current SBS 2003 environment. It is a ...
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Warm-up scripts for MOSS/WSS

I'm looking for a comprehensive guide to creating and using warm-up scripts for a SharePoint installation (WSS/MOSS). How do i create one? What should be in it? What not? How does it get run after ...