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    - Migrating from WSS3 to MOSS2007 I didn't prescan the daatabase before attaching it. Adding default.aspx produced the same 404 result. Running enumsites gave the error: <Sites Count="1" Error="Object reference not set to an instance of an object."Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Which doesn't mean a great deal to me I can try unattaching the content DB and running a prescan if that is worth trying Thanks, Neil Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Help with View Filtering Instead of typing the word Empty, try leaving the field empty, as in blank with nothing in it. It works for me. -Brian Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Sharepoint Server 2007 and Longhorn Server Beta 3 Above was in 64 bit--in 32 bit longhorn beta, Sharepoint server would not even install (setup applicatio wrapper kept crashing). Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - SetRange Performance Setting the workbook to calculate manually in Excel Client should be sufficient. Did you check the logging level Also you should perhaps check if setting one cell gives you the same performance. Checkout the performance counters under Excel Calculation Services and Excel Services WFE that give you the request processing times. That way you can narrow down on where the time is being used ECS or on the WFE. Sometimes it could be you network (for example DNS) that is taking the time in case you have separate machines for WFE and ECS. Note that though you are using Direct Linking there is still the web service call between the WFE and ECS. -Sanjay. Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - waiting for 2 events to happen... This is the error I receive if I try to update the form before editing the task: Value cannot be null. System.InvalidOperationException: The event receiver context for Workflow is invalid. at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.ValidContext() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.ValidReceiverFields() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.GetSqlCommandToAddEventReceivers(IList`1 erds) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOESubscriptionService.CommitNewSubscriptions(Transaction txn, IList`1 erds) Error in commiting pending workflow batch items: System.InvalidOperationException: The event receiver context for Workflow is invalid. at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.ValidContext() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.ValidReceiverFields() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEventReceiverDefinition.GetSqlCommandToAddEventReceivers(IList`1 erds) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOESubscriptionService.CommitNewSubscriptions(Transaction txn, IList`1 erds) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPPendingWorkBatch.ProcessWorkItemBatch(Transaction transaction, Work method, IList`1 workItemBatch) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPPendingWorkBatch.Commit(Transaction transaction, ICollection items) WinWF Internal Error, terminating workflow Id# acf30817-ec17-4064-9dbc-2b6bd7efd51c This is the error I receive if I edit the task (approve the document) before I update the form: Engine RunWorkflow: System.Workflow.Activities.EventDeliveryFailedException: Event "OnTaskChanged" on interface type "Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.ITaskService" for instance id "b9efcc6b-f6ae-4bb0-8d29-cde4c728f4a7" cannot be delivered. ---> System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array. at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization.ActivitySurrogate.ActivitySerializedRef.System.Runtime.Serialization.IDeserializationCallback.OnDeserialization(Object sender) at System.Runtime.Serialization.DeserializationEventHandler.Invoke(Object sender) at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.RaiseDeserializationEvent() at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream) at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Activity.Load(Stream stream, Activity outerActivity, IFormatter formatter) at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Activity.Load(Stream stream, Activity outerActivity) at System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.WorkflowPersistenceService.RestoreFromDefaultSerializedForm(Byte[] activityBytes, Activity outerActivity) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOePersistenceService.LoadWorkflowInstanceState(Guid instanceId) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowRuntime.InitializeExecutor(Guid instanceId, CreationContext context, WorkflowExecutor executor, WorkflowInstance workflowInstance) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowRuntime.Load(Guid key, CreationContext context, WorkflowInstance workflowInstance) at System.Workflow.Runtime.WorkflowRuntime.GetWorkflow(Guid instanceId) at System.Workflow.Activities.WorkflowMessageEventHandler.EventHandler(Object sender, ExternalDataEventArgs eventArgs) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Workflow.Activities.WorkflowMessageEventHandler.EventHandler(Object sender, ExternalDataEventArgs eventArgs) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOETaskService.RaiseEvent(SPWinOeWorkflow workflow, SPWorkflowEvent workflowEvent, Object workItem, IPendingWork workHandler) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeHostServices.Send(SPWinOeWorkflow winoeworkflow, SPWorkflowEvent e) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWinOeEngine.RunWorkflow(Guid trackingId, SPWorkflowHostService host, SPWorkflow workflow, Collection`1 events, TimeSpan timeOut) The first error occurs in the w3wp.exe process, the second occurs in the owstimer.exe. Actually, the first error occurs regardless of updating the task first then updating the item. I wrote history logs directly after the On***Changed events that report the values of my boolean values that get checked in my ifElse activities, and they get set correctly. It seams that it hangs at the second On***Changed event. And I cannot find what is trying to write a null value. Here's my code for the On***Changed activities: OnWorkflowItemChanged: Code Snippet private void itemUpdatedWithFoodApproverInvoked( object sender, ExternalDataEventArgs e) { SPSite site = new SPSite ( "http://spserv" ); SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb(); SPUser foodMgr = null ; secondMgrName = workflowProperties.Item[ "Manager Food Approval" ].ToString(); foodMgr = GetSiteUser(web, secondMgrName); if ((foodMgr.ToString() != null ) || (foodMgr.ToString() != "" )) foodManagerNotBlank = true ; web.Close(); site.Close(); } OnTaskChanged: Code Snippet private void onMgrTaskChanged( object sender, ExternalDataEventArgs e) { mgrIsApproved = bool .Parse(afterManagerTaskProperties.ExtendedProperties[ "mgrIsApproved" ].ToString()); mgrIsRejected = bool .Parse(afterManagerTaskProperties.ExtendedProperties[ "mgrIsRejected" ].ToString()); managerTaskProps.ExtendedProperties[ "mgrComments" ] = afterManagerTaskProperties.ExtendedProperties[ "mgrComments" ].ToString(); if (managerTaskProps.ExtendedProperties[ "mgrComments" ].ToString() != "" ) taskComments = managerTaskProps.ExtendedProperties[ "mgrComments" ].ToString(); else taskComments = "None" ; if (mgrIsRejected == true ) rejectedBy = managerTaskProps.AssignedTo; } What's odd is that the task item shows in progress if the task is updated first then the item; if the item is updated first then the task item is changed, it says not started. So it hangs somewhere. I think something is going on when it dehydrates/rehydrates, but I am at a loss at this point, I may try recreating the state from scratch. Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - 2436 Error - With a twist :) Well recently the server started recieving 2436 errors. After spending a whole day googling and trying numerous suggestions, tearing my hair out, the next morning I almost instanty figured out what the problem was However I still haven't found a solution, hopefully some guru's out there can help... Explanation below: Setup: WSS 3.0, fully patched. Single server install. I have two sites on our server, one internal over http: and one external using https: mapped to separate IP's. The server at some point started giving pairs of 2436 errors, one for each site. I wont go into all the other 2436 suggested fixes, but they mostly focused on permissions and loopbacks not working. This problem ended up being permissions in a different way... A few weeks ago we disabled integrated windows authentication on both sites because we are running novell logins instead of windows logins for all users (this will hopefully change soon, but thats the way it is ). By disabling integrated windows authentication, the service/content accounts which were manually keyed in and belong to the neccessary groups, ceased authenticating to the server! Turning integrated authentication back on fixed the problem, however we want to run with it OFF given our sad/unique environment. Has anyone run into this problem before Any suggestions on how I can get these accounts authenticating to the server without having to have integrated authentication on Thanks Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - MOSS + FBA + Navigation + Anonymous Access Enabled/Disabled I have publishing site with FBA enabled and have following site structure Home [Anonymous Access Enabled] |___ News [Anonymous Access Disabled] |___ Updates [Anonymous Access Disabled] Default Behavior When user reaches the web site he has only home tab visible and once user is logged into the site then he can see all tabs like [Home | News | Updates] My Requirement I would like to show all the tabs in pre login state. But when user click on News or Updates tab he should be redirected to login page since he is in pre login state. I am using CombinedNavSiteMapProvider from siteMap > providers section with securityTrimmingEnabled="false" but no luck. Please let me know if I am heading towards wrong direction. Thanks Aj Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Changing Color for Links Erzed check out Heather Solomon's SharePoint CSS Reference page: http://www.heathersolomon.com/content/sp07cssreference.htm You can check that to find out what you need to change in core.css to get the results that you are seeking. Using a replace all command is likely to end up with unexpected changes. However, to anwser the question you asked regarding that I believe that person was suggestion you go into find and replace and use that to change the color. Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Deploying Custom Content Types as Features using VSeWSS I solve this probleme with the following actions. In the site collection settings. deactivate feature custom fields re-activate feature custom fields The Site Columns gallery is OK Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Custom Content types issue First of all: Yes, the newFile object is a new SPFile that has been added to the folder. Thank you for the answer! And for the link also. But I am quite confused on how you used this property: Code Snippet newItem.ContentType = cType; The SPListItem.ContentType property is read only.... And I've tried this: Code Snippet SPListItem newItem = newFile.Item; // using the list item's parent List, get the content type that // I want to allocate from the List's Content Types collection SPContentType cType = newItem.ParentList.ContentTypes[ "Excel file content type" ]; // allocate that content type to the List Item //newItem["ContentType"] = cType; newFile.Item[ "ContentTypeId" ] = cType.Id; // save the changes newFile.Item.Update(); I get the content type that I want - except it does not update the file info.. What am I doing wrong Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - can't use way of View in Web Browser I create a Document Center site and add a Document library named excelServiceSample to store excel document The location of excelServiceSample is :" http://vistaserver:27490/sites/bj/Doc/excelServiceSample" And I create a "Trusted file location" and assign the address to excelServiceSample("http://vistaserver:27490/sites/bj/Doc/excelServiceSample") But I can't use "View in Web Browser" to view the excel document I uploaded in excelServiceSample directory.... The error message is: You do not have permissions to open this file on Excel Services. Make sure that the file is in an Excel Services trusted location and that you have access to the file. My logon account is the administrator . I can access the page of "Excel Services " And the address is "http://vistaserver:27490/sites/bj/Doc/excelServiceSample/_vti_bin/excelservice.asmx" Any suggestion A lots of thanks in advance for you Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - any guidelines about uploading a windows folder tree to sharepoint site or just uplaoding a folder with its files into sharepoin any guidelines about uploading a windows folder tree to sharepoint site or just uplaoding a folder with its files into sharepoint Thanks a lot Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - MOSS + FBA + Navigation + Anonymous Access Enabled/Disabled I have publishing site with FBA enabled and have following site structure Home [Anonymous Access Enabled] |___ News [Anonymous Access Disabled] |___ Updates [Anonymous Access Disabled] Default Behavior When user reaches the web site he has only home tab visible and once user is logged into the site then he can see all tabs like [Home | News | Updates] My Requirement I would like to show all the tabs in pre login state. But when user click on News or Updates tab he should be redirected to login page since he is in pre login state. I am using CombinedNavSiteMapProvider from siteMap > providers section with securityTrimmingEnabled="false" but no luck. Please let me know if I am heading towards wrong direction. Thanks Aj Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Creating auto increment feild ( or column ) in List in Sharepoint 2007 I want to create a Column in a list ( Custom list ) in sharepoint 2007 that is auto increment ID ( the user is not allowed to add it manually ), how can i do this thx Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - where to fill out the form Click on Advanced settings and enable Allow management of content types and Display as a Web page if the form template is browser-enabled and if you want to force forms to open in the browser when InfoPath is installed on a client. Click OK . Back on the settings page, you will see that a link named Add from existing site content types will have appeared. Click on this link, choose the content type for the form template you previously activated to the site collection from the list, and click OK . Now when you go to the form library and click on the New button in the menu bar, you will see your content type listed. Use that to fill out a new form. Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - use the values collected from the user in workflow step?? hi every body i have to steo in my workflow 1- collect data from user: approved:yes or no value,comment:text 2- if the collected is yes: go to step 2 else: send the comment varrible in email the quastion is how to check if the field(approved) in collected data is equal to yes and how to get the comment variable: how to get the data collected from the user please help Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - workflow not starting did you resolve this - I have a sililar issue - when the workflow waits, it never restarts Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Check services enabled in the farm says inconsistencies in MOSS services Are you sure that all these services on the web front end are in the 'Started' state Are any of them in the stopped or the starting/provisioning state Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Document Library Modified / Created Date after File Upload Hi Everyone I've got loads of documents from the past 3 years that i want to transfer to a number of sharepoint site document libraries When i upload the files through a drag n drop in explorer view, the files appear to retain the correct metadata for Modified Date, Created Date and Author. However, if you go into any other type of view, you get the date and time of upload plus the user who uploaded it instead of the correct meta data. Now, i've seen a couple of apps out there (like DocKit) that claim to solve this problem, but i can't seem to get them to work properly (nor do i want to spend hundreds of dollars on them) Anybody know an easy way to fix this, because it will get really confusing for end users who often use the date created / modified to identify the correct document. If you don't, and there is someone from the sharepoint dev team reading this: Please fix this in a service pack as it is stopping Sharepoint from being a truly great bit of software!!!! Thanks in advance Rik Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - How to use ASP.NET 2.0 theme/skin files in Sharepoint with SmartPart and UserControl I'm converting some ASP.NET user controls in an effort to run them in Sharepoint using SmartPart v3. My controls all use ASP.NET 2.0 theming, with the themes mainly setting CSS classes which exist in a CSS file in the directory with the .skin file. I don't know how to apply the same theme files within Sharepoint - do I still create an App_Themes directory under the root directory of the site How do I ensure the standard CSS for Sharepoint is included alongside my additional CSS classes Thanks in advance for any ideas! Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Sharepoint Services Web Application "Status Upgrading" run C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>psconfig -cmd upgrade -force You might need to rerun the hotfix and rerun the upgrade. If it was applied maybe uninstall reboot and reinstall. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=78549f3c-3cd2-445e-9dc0-417ca5a4a079&DisplayLang=en I had wto front-end installed so after doing the fisrt step could i run the wizard to remove the server and rejoin it to the farm and apply the patch again. Hope this helps Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Backgound color hover state quick launch menu I'm having a problem with the backgound highlighting in the Quicklaunch menu. I've set: .ms-navheader :hover{ background-color: #ffffff; } But it only highlights the background behind the text and not the entire table. I just can't find out how to light up the entire area behind the text( I tried various alterations with .ms-navheader, ms-quicklauchheader etc.) I should be as simple as... Can anyone tell me what else to modify in the css Thanks Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - SharePoint Server 2007 Content Deployment Issue Hello, We want to deploy Document Libraries, Form Libraries, and site content (InfoPath docs - these are .xml files) that currently exist in our DEVELOPMENT environment (running SharePoint Server 2007 and SQL Server 2005 on a single machine) to another DEVELOPMENT (aka SANDBOX) environment (also running SharePoint Server 2007 and SQL Server 2005 on a single machine). We are doing this between 2 separate DEVELOPMENT environments to "proof" it out before we try this between our DEVELOPMENT and STAGING and eventually between our STAGING and PRODUCTION environments. We tried deploying this using the following 2 tools: 1. Content Deployment process (in Central Administration >> Operations) - I setup a "Path" between the source and target environments and then created a "Job" and assigned it to the "Path." 2. "stsadm" command line utility (used the "export" and "import" operations) But we are getting this SAME error when we run these tools: [8/6/2007 1:11:27 PM]: FatalError: Could not find Feature FT-01-df5c1223-9072-7ded-b47b-a39ffc8cb5be . at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ImportRequirementsManager.VerifyFeatureDefinition(SPRequirementObject reqObj) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ImportRequirementsManager.Validate(SPRequirementObject reqObj) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ImportRequirementsManager.DeserializeAndValidate() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPImport.VerifyRequirements() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPImport.Run() The ��Feature�� that the error is referencing above relates to an InfoPath template that was published to a Form Library. InfoPath Templates are installed as FEATURES. I verified this by looking in the FEATURES folder under \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\ on the DEVELOPMENT server. There is a corresponding folder under FEATURES for FT-01-df5c1223-9072-7ded-b47b-a39ffc8cb5be . The InfoPath templates that we developed contain custom VB.NET code (coded using Visual Studio Tools for Applications). And any InfoPath template containing custom code needs to be approved by the SharePoint Administrator. So the templates first get published to the Central Administration site (under InfoPath Forms Services). The SharePoint Administrator can then Activate it to a Site collection. So a site collection (containing Form Libraries) needs to exist BEFORE the InfoPath Templates can be activated. If this is the case, then it looks we need to FIRST create a "Blank" site in the target environment (including empty Document Libraries, Form Libraries, etc) in the SANDBOX environment BEFORE we can use the Content Deployment tool (or the stsadm utility) to deploy content. Am I correct Or does the Content Deployment tool (or the stsadm utility) actually create the site structure (including Document Libraries, Form Libraries, etc). Am I using the correct tools (Content Deployment, stsadm) to deploy content or is there another tool that I should be using Any help or guidance you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Kiran Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint? Yeah...that's pretty much what I said. Let me add that you can extend this behavior if you use the right tools. SharePoint has an extension -> ProgID mapping that allows you to configure the application you want to use per document type. Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - How to check data source permissions Dear Kalyan, I want your concern to resolve this problem. I reviewed your suggestion and make this operation..... Currently my InfoPath form is opening sucessfully in client mode but not supporting the datasource in browser oriented mode and throughing the message below message highligted in RED. Even though the same form is working fine when i use the datasource with http://servername but not working when i use https://servername . An error occurred accessing the datasource. LogID: 5566 Continue Start over When i click the Continue the form open with data and submitting properly. What i've done to check this issue: 1) Checked all Infopath services and associated checkes.... 2) Checked all logs, but didn't find any exception. 3) Used Full trust to form but the problem is still there with datasource Please help me to resolve this issue. Best Regards, Hina Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - People search on user profiles imported from AD Hi if you have imported the user prifile from AD. Start full crawl on "local sharepoint server sites". Add a people search box webpart and change the "target result url" to results.aspx May be it will work Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Issues With Delay Activity Sergiy, Just out of curiosity, do you have any more information on the fix and how did you get your hands on it rnellis2002 Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter 'SharePoint'. Problem Solved!! Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Problem with templates they don't work correctly, please read I have wss 3.0 setup and working great. However!!! When I create a site template it no longer (it did in v2) carries the default site view, toolbar setting or title bar settings with it in the template. Each time I create a new site off of a template I have to go back and change the view of the webpart/list, turn off toolbars and turn off title bar. Also I have found two links that don't transfer, this is a major problem. Follow me here for a second. I create a new site from a template, everything looks ok other then the views and title bars... I then click on the left menu bar "Document" or "List" expecting to see my list of folders but I get a file can't be found. When I go back and check the link at the top address bar it is trying to access the "Documents" or Lists" link from the origenal templated site and not the new site. New site: projects/v175/default.aspx old site: projects/v1001/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx BaseType=1 This is a major bug. Will someone please test this out on their install, I am using FBA. Create a template, then create a site with that template, then click the link address for documents and lists to verify they are valid to the new site. Thank You to anyone that can help me out. P.S. I am also using drop downmenu's in wss 3, this could be the cause of the problem if so how would you fix these two links ***Edit*** Fixed template for links by recreating template and starting over (must have broke something in editting) However this doesn't fix the view, toolbar and other stuff that doesn't transfer in the template. Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Eliminating Search box SearchBox (SearchBoxEx control) is included in default.master inside webpartzone. You can remove Search in particular page layout by editing that page layout in SharePoint Designer. Once you open that layout (i.e. aspx) page in SPD, you can click inside that web part zone, open task pane for it and choose "Custom content" or "Default to master content". Using this, page layout will create custom content inside that webpartzone and override search box defined inside master page. HTH Dragan Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - How to use multi user at sharepoint 2007 On the MSDN licensing this is for development and testing only (as Mike stated above), if you have Team Edition you do have CALs for the Team Foundation Server that uses WSS V2 but that is for development and therefore inline with the MSDN licensing. If you are a small business you should be looking at the Microsoft Action Pack ( uk link ) which provides you with licenses for 10 PCs covering everything from Vista to Office Client to Enterprise Server Licenses and CALs for these 10 PCs. HTH Andrew Tag: Updating navigation links
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    - Project Server on another machine Is it possible to have Project Server 2007 on another machine but in the same MOSS 2007 farm Hassan http://mhrhap.spaces.live.com Tag: Updating navigation links

Osaki

Hello,

I would appreciate any tips or advise you can give me about this issue. Our company is using MOSS 2007. I noticed our navigation breadcrumbs are not being updated when we move sites around from underneath each other. For example:

Current structure and navigation: HomeSite > SubSite1
Changes: Move SubSite1 one level down from underneath HomeSite to CategorySite (so that HomeSite > CategorySite > SubSite1)
Problem: Breadcrumbs navigation at the very top still display HomeSite > SubSite1 instead of HomeSite > CategorySite > SubSite1

Interestingly enough, the links still take you to the correct site... In addition, any sites that we brought over from the old version of SharePoint displays our old "home" link, but takes you to the current one. For example, old home was called Intranet1 and was renamed to Intranet2 upon conversion to 2007. The old sites still display Intranet1 but takes you to Intranet2.

Thank you in advance for any suggestion or direction towards the solution!

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