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create a new homepage

jenn — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:04:11 GMT

hi,

i want to create a start page for my wss3 site. i want to create a page where the user can log in first and when the user click on the log in button my wss3 site open.

isn't there a way i can create a new page in sharepoint designer and set it as my home page?
but i dont want it to be like the master page.

CQWP using a date range

jonescq — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:34:39 GMT

Does anyone have experience creating a query web part that will surface documents based on a date range. Example: Show all documents that have been uploaded today - 14 days. It must surface documents from multiple libraries.

SharePoint 2--7 Consulting

jonescq — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:22:01 GMT

We are developing a new SharePoint site and it is requiring some cusomt code. I am looking for resources that can help with this initiative. Please contact me if you are interested and I will fill you in.

Commerce Server 2007/2009

jonescq — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:20:32 GMT

We are investigating using Commerce Server 2007/2009 to solve our b2c problem. Does anyone ahve experience with installation, setup, configuration? Willing to entertain a consulting solution, if the company has experience with e-commerce.

Anyone???

Mapped File System Folder into Sharepoint Document List

Sharepoint God — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:08:23 GMT

I have had the following question asked three times in the last week.

Can you turn a file system folder of documents, say, pdf files, that is mapped to a drive on the

Sharepoint server, into a Sharepoint Document Library without importing the files?

There are several utilities like SPIEFolder that can import files, but there are customers that do not want this.

What they want is to be able to see all the documents as a doc list, perhaps even with metadata so that

search will work. Maybe even the double click (open) can be made to work.

Thanks in advance

Garker

Reading XML files from a SharePoint Library

jlarremore — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:13:55 GMT

I have some XML files in a library that were placed there using InfoPath. I want to dynamically pick one of the files and display the information either using InfoPath or SharePoint. Any ideas?

Does anyone know default SharePoint forms can be modified offline?

tgsims — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:38:27 GMT

Does anyone know if there is a way to change form or list properties so modifications can be made offline and then reuploaded to the SharePoint server?

Editing the 3 default SharePoint forms (new, edit, and display) is painfully slow because the forms are WYSIWYG and every time I make a change I have to wait for that individual change to refresh the server and return before I can do the next change.

Adding character restriction to multi line text box

Scott1667 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:27:36 GMT

I have been playing around with this and have not been able to get anywhere. The environment that I work in is pretty well locked down but I have been able to do similar things with java in the past. Can someone take a look at this and see if they can get it to work?

http://www.getsharepoint.com/blogs/bw/Lists/Categories/Category.aspx?Name=SharePoint%20Designer

You can email me directly at Scott_muldowney@countrywide.com

Managing Multimedia Files in SharePoint

wagent — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:44:16 GMT

During the March developers breakout group someone asked about the best way to manage large media (video) files in MOSS. After thinking about it, what about using the Link to Document content type? If you add this content type to your document library, you can add a link to a file on an external web server and still allow metadata to be attached to the document. Of course, you would have to find a way to upload documents to the external web server, perhaps through a custom upload form.

Thoughts?

March 2009 Developer Breakout Group

eshupps — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:05:36 GMT

Join us for an advanced breakout session after the main presentation. This month we will be covering web part programming using MOSS search. We will demonstrate how to leverage the search API's to access list data, use indexes to speed query execution, and look at the various data types and output mechanisms available in the SharePoint object model.

A general question and answer session will follow the demonstration and code review. Bring your toughest MOSS/WSS development challenges and we'll solve them together!

create master list

ed@dfw — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:01:10 GMT

I would like to create a list of servers that will not allow duplicates and use this as a master list that will automatically populate several child lists that will contain different information but is tied to each server. Want to know if there is a way to do this without programming.

Pulling the Month out of the date field

dwjordan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:10:20 GMT

Hello,

I hope someone can help me figure this out. I am creating a custom task tracker that has a date column available to select a request date. My issue is I only want the month to show up in the All view when looking at all of the columns. I have tried to use the MONTH() function but I had no luck.

Has anyone done this before? Any information is greatly appreciated!

Dorian

SharePoint Designer keeps refreshing in desing and split views

cjlangham — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:41:54 GMT

I have a problem with SharePoint Designer where I am in design or split view mode and the PlaceholderLeftNavBar keeps refreshing. When the refresh happens the LeftNavBar disappears and is replaced by rotating arrows and displays "Rendering in Progress" in the status bar notification area. The refresh takes place about every 30 secs. This makes it difficult to work in design or split view mode because the screen jumps around when working in these views. Sometimes SPD eventually ends up crashing. Anyone know how to turn this off?

Workflow Deployment Error

Funiculus — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:35:57 GMT

I was wondering if someone might be able to help me with a problem I've run into. I've created a workflow designed to route some forms for approval when the form is created or modified. This was done in Designer (though I'm hoping to port it into Visual Studio for some fine tuning later).

Yesterday, I brought the XOML and rules files over to a new server, built the workflow, and fixed the GUIDS to test it in a new environment. Everything worked except for the automatic kick off. Despite being toggled in Designer, the workflow would only be started if manually triggered (at which point it behaved like the original on the other web application).

Is there somewhere else I need to make an adjustment besides in designer's wizard in order to allow this workflow to be triggered automatically?

Webpart

SteinerTCU — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:10:49 GMT

I'm trying to find out how I can take my list of sites created and have them list with bullets in a webpart on the main page...

I'm not too familiar with XML or CAML or anything and not even sure if that knowledge would be necessary to do this.

Any help would be great. Thanks

Developing a letter writting product using Sharepoint

joshirhiren — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:47:20 GMT

I am new to MOSS and I am evaluating if we could use MOSS to develop a letter writing product for our clients. I looking for a product that allows me to create and manage a letter template online and then merge with a data file to produce mass mail letters to be mailed out to our clients.

I would like to know if I could achive my objective using MOSS.

Thanks,

Modifying SharePoint Templates

cjlangham — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:23:35 GMT

Has anybody modified any of the 40 or so templates, specifically the IT Team Workspace template?

I am having problems with Project list DispForm.aspx. The Related Tasks webpart I want to change so it does not display tasks with a "Completed" status. When I try modifying the filter the tasks that were displayed in the webpart are all missing. I cannot even set the filter back to display the original items that were in the webpart. Anyone else have this problem? Thanks.

What is the best way to add calculated fields to a list?

anyam_99 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:36:25 GMT

I have a pretty simple task to complete. I have a custom list in MOSS 2007 with a date field. I need to calculate a bunch of other dates based on the value of the date field entered and the values of other fields in the list. The standard 'calculated' field type for a column can not accomodate what I am trying to do. I need to add some code to execute every time the date field changes to preform the calculation and write back to the appropriate list columns.

What is the best way to do this? I've tried looking at Sharepoint Designer but do not see an onChange event for a data bound list field control. I've also been struggling trying to write an event handler for the list where I could do the necessary calculations. Can't get it to work so far. Am I missing something in Sharepoint Designer, can I attach code to a change action on a list field?

Thanks so much for any help.

Content Query Web Part - query data w/special characters

jmgscott — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:45:42 GMT

I've managed to customize the CQWP to add columns to the Group & Filter drop-downs based on columns custom to the list. I am also aware of the requirement that when you have a special character, like a space, in a column, that must be replaced by "_x0020_" in the column name when referencing it in the .webpart file.

My problem is when performing a query on one of these columns in the 'Additional Filters' section when the data contains a special character. For instance, I have a column called 'Region' which is attached to a menu where "US/Canada" is one of the options. I select 'Region' from the filter menu and select "is equal to" and put "US/Canada" (without the quotes) in the text field. Every time I get a "This query has returned no items..." when I know for a fact a valid item exists.

Is there some sort of bug or requirement that data being queried through the CQWP cannot contain special characters either? I tried all sorts of variations "US Canada", "USCanada", even tried replacing with unicode like the column name, "US_x002f0_Canada"...nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

-James

Open up MOSS 2007 to the Internet

snewsome — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:39:20 GMT

I am looking to pick someone's brain who has went through the process of opening up MOSS 2007 to the internet. I will cover lunch if someone who has gone through this process would sit down with me for around an hour. Cell # 972-415-6711. Thank you.

Can i set the default value to a field in the initiation form from spd 2007 as a current item metadata?

DanGhe — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:09:19 GMT

Can i set the default value to a field in the initiation form from spd 2007 as a current item metadata?
I have an initiation form for a custom activity created in c#. It would be very usefull if i could set the default value`s field in the initiation form as a current item column property.
Thank you in advance.
Gheorghe Dan

Sharepoint Designer Custom Workflow Activity studio.net 2005

DanGhe — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:49:40 GMT

Hello.
I am a complete noob in this section...
I am trying to create a custom action for Sharepoint Designer... It would have almost the same capabilities as the Create Item from SPD. The difference would be...that i would want to select any other document library from any site in sharepoint...not only the current site. My problem is that i don`t know how to create the interface for spd...when you click custom action there...and choose your action from extras...i don`t know how to make the "form" for the user options. How can i do this? How can i get the variables from that "form" and use them into my code?
Thank you,
Dan Gheorghe

Redirection

mrese01 — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:16:05 GMT

Where does the Source parameter in the url get set? I need to modify this to send the user to a different page after entering data in a list.

Thank you.

Change Content Type using OM

pierrebo6 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:43:46 GMT

Anybody knows how to change the Content Type of a document using the OM?

Resize/reposition image

RonFleit — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:18:31 GMT

I have a placed a company logo in the ms-sitetitle, appearing at the top center of my page. However, when I resize the browser, this logo gets covered by the GlobalTitleAreaImage on the left, and the search boxes on the right.

How can I get these to resize and reposition appropriately?

Thanks,

Ron

SQL Server Report Viewer WebPart error

bellomaj — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:58:14 GMT

I get this a generic error message when using the SQL Report Viewer in MOSS, I can create the Report Explorer and open the Reports in Report Explorer, but when I try to enable the viewer webpart I get an error and must remove the webpart from the site. I Looked in the Logs and saw a security error, but do not know where to fix the permissions.

Below is the Application Log Error Message.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3

Event Category: Runtime

Event ID: 6615

Date: 3/21/2007

Time: 6:46:17 AM

User: N/A

Computer: SFWMOSS

Description:

Request for the permission of type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Security.SharePointPermission, Microsoft.SharePoint.Security, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Partial Search in Form Webpart

parind5000 — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:59:58 GMT

Hello Guys,

I want to add a partial search for my XSLT data view. I am able to search for various field using form web part through front page but not able to implement a partial search feature, can anybody give me a direction here. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Parind.

SubArea Deleted. Trying to recover web parts. HELP!!!

brosdb — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:37:19 GMT

Hello All.

We're running SPS2003. We had a user that we trying to reorganize what he thought was just a list of links, but was actually a mixture of subareas under the Topics Area that had been renamed. While reorganizing the sections the user unintentionally deleted a very important subarea that is used by out sales department.

And of course, we didn't have a back of the SPS databases!!!

The good news is that the majoriy of that sub-area was a few custom webparts and a list of links to documents stored on another server. My problem is that I am trying to rebuild the subarea and can't find the webparts in any of the galleries. I've found the DLLs for them in the bin directory, but searched the whole machine and can't find the matching CAB or DWP files.

Does anyone know how I can get the webparts back into the site?

Thanks,

David B.

Error with Web Part

kyleclemmons — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:32:22 GMT

I am pulling data from my SQL database thru a webpart on a Sharepoint site. When the site comes up there are two popups asking if you are sure you can trust that data being pulled up. How can I get these popup messages to go away?