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    - Deploying Custom Content Types as Features using VSeWSS Hello, I am attempting to use Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services (VSeWSS) to deploy custom content types as features. These are the steps I followed: 1. Create Empty SharePoint project. 2. Add Content Type called "Client", this creates a "Client" folder with the files Client.Fields.xml and Client.xml 3. Added 2 Custom Site Columns/Fields to be associated with the Client Content Type. The Client.Fields.xml file looks like this: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">  <Field ID="{3EABF79A-0A2F-4481-BD60-68DD4E89D586}" Name="ClientName" SourceID="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3" StaticName="ClientName" Group="NDEx Columns" Type="Text" Sealed="FALSE" ReadOnly="FALSE" Hidden="FALSE" DisplayName="Client Name" ColName="ClientName" > </Field> <Field ID="{1B301B3C-235C-4914-9F75-4A9184546072}" SourceID="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3" Type="Text" MaxLength="255" Group="NDEX Columns" Name="AuthorizedSigners" DisplayName="Authorized Signers" StaticName="AuthorizedSigners" Hidden="FALSE" ReadOnly="FALSE" Sealed="FALSE" ColName="AuthorizedSigners" > </Elements> 4. Link the Custom Site Column to the Client Content Type. The Client.xml file looks like this: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">  <ContentType ID="0x010061423b716ea6476d98569734882cef59" Name="Client" Group="NDEx Content Types" Description="NDEx Client" Version="0"> <FieldRefs> <FieldRef ID="{3EABF79A-0A2F-4481-BD60-68DD4E89D586}" Name="ClientName" Required="TRUE" ShowInNewForm="TRUE" ShowInEditForm="TRUE" /> <FieldRef ID="{1B301B3C-235C-4914-9F75-4A9184546072}" Name="AuthorizedSigners" Required="FALSE" ShowInNewForm="TRUE" ShowInEditForm="TRUE" /> </FieldRefs> </ContentType> </Elements> 5. Hit F5. At this point, the Client Content Type shows up under the Site Content Types Section (Site Settings>Site Content Types), but with only the field "Client Name". Also, the Site Columns gallery is broken with an "Unknown Error" message. I changed some settings to make the unknown error show more debug information and now it says: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.FieldListRenderer.Render(HtmlTextWriter output) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.Render(HtmlTextWriter output) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlContainerControl.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Page.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) Has anyone seen this behavior Or, have you successfully been able to use VSeWSS to deploy Custom Content Types Sometimes, the deployment will work , but most times it does not. I have a feeling it has something to do with the GUIDs generated for the content type when it's deployed from Visual Studio. Any help/insight would be appreciated! Thanks, Kim Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Custom Content types issue First of all thanks for your quick answers.. And no, the code is not in an event handler ...this is horrible! I spent like 2 hours just to realize that a behavior was caused just by the WSS cache... I can't seem to get this to neither way: neither through newItem[ "ContentTypeId" ] = cType.Id; nor through newFile.Item[ "ContentTypeId" ] = cType.Id; I have this block now: Code Snippet public File AddFile( string filename ) { byte [] bytecontents = new byte [0]; SPFile newFile = baseFolder.Files.Add( filename, bytecontents ); if (IsExcelFile(filename)) { 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; newItem[ "ContentTypeId" ] = cType.Id; newFile.Item[ "ContentType" ] = cType; newFile.Item[ "ContentTypeId" ] = cType.Id; // save the changes newFile.Item.Update(); newItem.Update(); return new ExcelFile (newFile.Item); } return ( File ) SWBItemFactory .GetItem( newFile.Item ); } and it DOES NOT work.. I must be really missing something.. HEEELP... Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - where to fill out the form Not sure if this is a stupid question - I have published and then activated an administrator-approved form template on my site collection. I can see the template at http://server ort/sites/Forms/default.aspx --> View all Site Content -> Document Libraries -> Form Templates -> my_test_temp. If I double click on the template, a fillable form opens in the browser. I can fill in the form. The issues are: 1. There is no save or save as. I can only see Close | Print View. 2. When I hit "close", the form closes and I don't see the "document" I filled out though. Where is the document/form (not the template) that I filled out That makes me think that I need to go to a different place to "use" the template to create documents/forms. but where thanks. Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Updating navigation links 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! Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - workflow not starting Alana replied that this was not the problem - do you have any other ideas I have a similar issue where a workflow is put in wait and never picks up when the condition it is waiting for is satisfied. This is a workflow generated in SharePoint Designer. Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Check services enabled in the farm says inconsistencies in MOSS services Hi Using the 'Check Services enabled in this farm" I get the following warning: "Web Front End servers in the server farm are not consistent in the services they run. Users may have intermittent failures while trying to access Web pages in this server farm. Navigate to the Servers in Farm page and make sure that the same services are started on each Web front end in the server farm." When I check the services on the WFE's I see: Office SharePoint Server Search Windows SharePoint Services Incoming E-Mail Windows SharePoint Services Web Application on each WFE. What am I missing Should there be something else running on the WFE's Thanks for your help... Mike Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Sharepoint Services Web Application "Status Upgrading" Hi all, I upgraded from Sharepoint 2003 to Sharepoint 2007 - it all went through OK, but when I look at the Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration, it shows under "Assign Services" that the web application is "required on farm, not running" with a status of "Upgrading". I have tried all of the fixes that I can find; they all seem to end up the same way, reporting that they cannot continue as "an upgrade is in progress". Also re-started, re-assigned server etc - none of this makes any difference. All of the advice in the manuals seem to suggest that I should be able to re-start the service by clicking on the link, but the page doesn't actually provide that function. Most of the 2003 sites are running OK, and some of the admin is also OK; however, there are some pages that won't display, presumably because of the status of the web application. Has anybody had this problem before I've searched the forum and found nothing. Appreciate any feedback. Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - How to check data source permissions hi, i oso face the same problem. Finally i found the solution with it, hope can help u. 1. Open the Central Administration site. 2. In the Central Administration site, click the Application Management tab. 3. Under the Application Security section, click the link titled Authentication Providers. 4. If the correct web application is not already selected, drop down the Web Application selection list and click Change Web Application. 5. On the Authentication Provider page, click the Default Zone link. 6. On the Edit Authentication page, uncheck the box labeled Enable Anonymous Access 7. Click the Save button Well, done. So now, try to open your form again at WEB. Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - People search on user profiles imported from AD Hello All: We are experiencing sort of the opposite of this problem and I hope you can help me out. In our case, user profiles are still showing up in the People search results AFTER the user account has been removed from Active Directory (no longer with the company). The user profile has been manually deleted from SharePoint and the record is marked as deleted in the UserProfile database table. It seems like a database indexing issue as the deleted records are not being purged out of the database index Or something else I am out of ideas.... I would greatly appreciate any pointers you can give me on this. I am also new to SharePoint. Thanks in advance! Shola. Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Issues With Delay Activity So, I obtained the fix thanks to the Enterprise Go people - PSS couldn't help, YMMV - and Delay now works. Sort of. I set up a delay to repeat every ten minutes in an infinite loop. Watching the workflow history I can see the delay fire after maybe twenty minutes, then an hour, another time after maybe four or five hours. There doesn't seem to be much of a pattern to it. Is anyone else still having issues after installing the patch Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter 'SharePoint'. I have this erro: Error 3 Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter 'SharePoint'. C:\Projectos AS\Projectos 2005\DocumentPage\DocumentPage.aspx 13 53 C:\...\DocumentPage\ Can anybody help me Thank's! Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Eliminating Search box Hi: Is there a way to disappear the search box ..can anybody tell me how can I do it Regards Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - How to use multi user at sharepoint 2007 Hi, I just want to ask about very general question about sharepoint 2007. currently i have installed single end user at my computer server to evaluate sharepoint 2007. now, as i want to add new users into the site, it doesn't let and recognise other user. How can i add other users from the server also, can any one tell me what is the difference between single end and farm environment as long as i understand farm environment is for muiti sites, so it has no realtion to the multi user, right also, i heard that i can have 5 user licenses with MSDN license. can anyone tell me more about it I really appreciate your kind answer....and prompt answer. Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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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: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - moving documents based on rules No, there are multiple ways to do exactly what you need (all of the ways you mentioned, plus a few others), you just need to write some code. There is some out of the box functionality that may come close, it all depends on what you need. Again, workflows (VS or SPD) or timer jobs would do the trick. You could also use event receivers. You will need to write code, though. Let me know if one of those approaches interests you and I can provide some info to help you get started. -Dave Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - waiting for 2 events to happen... Not sure, I removed the OnWorkflowItemChanged event, and I still receive an error. I don't think its exactly what I posted before, but similar. I get "the value cannot be null" error as soon as the item is updated (having NO OnWorkflowItemChanged activities) which seems crazy. Then on submission of the task form it acts like it doesn't go anywhere, you submit the form but the edit task bar reappears. if you do it the other way around, the workflow errors out. I have 3 ifElse Branches after the OnTaskChanged activity, 2 of them work (approval moving on to completing the workflow, and then rejecting) the third which will send it on for a second approval doesn't happen, which checks 3 boolean values (that i know get set correctly, so it must lie in the OnTaskChanged event) I'll try recreating my OnTaskChanged event and see what happens tomorrow. Do you think it could be a problem with checking a promoted field that gets updated through the item Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - WebPart Custom Properties not updating after user clicks "Ok" or "Apply" in ToolPane Hello, I am working on a WebPart that has a custom property represented in a dropdownlist. The property works correctly, the user can select from one of two options, "tabular" or "dropdown". I am using an Enum to hold the selection options. Here's what the property looks like: protected enuViewType m_enuViewType; public enum enuViewType { Tabular, Dropdown } [ WebBrowsable ( true ), Personalizable ( true ), WebPartStorage ( Storage .Shared), FriendlyName ( "Sub-site list format" ), Description ( "Select desired list format (table or drop-down)" ), CategoryAttribute ( "Settings" )] public enuViewType ListFormat { get { return m_enuViewType; } set { this .PartCacheInvalidate(); m_enuViewType = value ; } } As I listed above, this dropdown works correctly in the UI. After the user changes the option, there is code that checks the user's selection and uses this data in code. protected override void CreateChildControls() { [......] switch (ListFormat) //this is the custom property { case enuViewType .Dropdown: //do something with data in dropdown format break ; case enuViewType .Tabular: //do something with data in tabular format break ; } } My problem is that the value for "ListFormat" doesn't update until the second time the page does a refresh. For instance, if the user opens the page with the dropdownlist set at " Tabular ", and then selects " DropDown " and clicks "Apply" in the toolpane, the page will post back and refresh with " DropDown " value selected in the dropdownlist (this is correct behavior), but in the code: switch (ListFormat) the value of ListFormat is still " Tabular "...the value it was at before the user clicked "Apply". Same thing happens when they click "Ok". They either have to reload the page, or in the case of clicking "Apply" they have to click "Ok" to get the change to occur. What might be causing this behavior I have attempted to clear the ChildControls cache, using this .PartCacheInvalidate(), etc. but nothing seems to have any effect. I appreciate any help the community could provide on this one. Thanks very much! Cheers, Kevin Worthington Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - stsadm -o import fails - Access (.accdb) database Hello, when trying to move a site to a new server using stsadm -o import, I'm running into problems: -- [9/26/2007 2:24:47 PM]: FatalError: The element 'WebPart' in namespace 'urn eployment-manifest-schema' has invalid child element 'OpenApplicationExtension' in namespace 'urn eployment-manifest-schema'. List of possible elements expected: 'Script, PagedRowset, PagedClientCallbackRowset, PagedRecurrenceRowset, ViewFields, ViewData, Query, RowLimit, RowLimitExceeded, Toolbar, Formats, Aggregations, ViewStyle, ViewBody, ViewEmpty, ViewFooter, ViewHeader, ViewBidiHeader, GroupByFooter, GroupByHeader, CalendarViewStyles, ListFormBody' in namespace 'urn eployment-manifest-schema'. at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.SendValidationEvent(ValidationEventHandler eventHandler, Object sender, XmlSchemaValidationException e, XmlSeverityType severity) at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ElementValidationError(XmlQualifiedName name, ValidationState context, ValidationEventHandler eventHandler, Object sender, String sourceUri, Int32 lineNo, Int32 linePos, Boolean getParticles) at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElementContext(XmlQualifiedName elementName, Boolean& invalidElementInContext) at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidator.ValidateElement(String localName, String namespaceUri, XmlSchemaInfo schemaInfo, String xsiType, String xsiNil, String xsiSchemaLocation, String xsiNoNamespaceSchemaLocation) at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessElementEvent() at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.ProcessReaderEvent() at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read() at System.Xml.XmlWriter.WriteNode(XmlReader reader, Boolean defattr) at System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadOuterXml() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.ParseObject(Type objectType, Boolean isChildObject) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.DeserializeObject(Type objectType, Boolean isChildObject, DeploymentObject envelope) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ObjectSerializer.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ImportObjectManager.ProcessObject(XmlReader xmlReader) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPImport.DeserializeObjects() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPImport.Run() [9/26/2007 2:24:48 PM]: Progress: Import Completed. [9/26/2007 2:24:48 PM]: Finish Time: 9/26/2007 2:24:48 PM. [9/26/2007 2:24:48 PM]: Completed with 0 warnings. [9/26/2007 2:24:48 PM]: Completed with 1 errors. -- The only weird thing I can see about this list is that it's using an Access database stored in another document library. Besides deleting the offending lists, is there something I can install or configure on the new server so it works its way past this problem Any advice is appreciated. Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - What table from SharePoint Portal Accociate with Issues on PWA? Hi all, I am looking for table name of the Issues column on the Project Web Access which associates to SharePoint Portal. I don't know where the table is located on Project server database or Sharepoint Portal database. Please help. Thank you, Jack Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - How can I add custom action button to particular list? WSS3 question I read this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms473643.aspx that teach how to add a custom action button to user interface. What I want to do is just add a custom action button to particular list. Is it possible Thanks. Jason Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - Number of days between two dates Hi The problem with using the calculated field is that it's only calculating on creation and editing. The field isn��t refreshed when someone views the list. See the comments in this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/cjohnson/archive/2006/03/16/552314.aspx Mart1n0 Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?
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    - question about searchbox Sherman If I understand your problem correct then what you are essentially saying is that the user will issue search for en-us from a search box in a particular page and for fr-ca scope from all together different page. So you do not want to show en-us scope to people going to http://server/fr-ca and vice versa. This is possible by setting the following properties on the searchboxex control UseSiteDefaults="false" DropDownModeEx = "HideScopeDD" SearchResultsPageUrl="http://server//%PathToYourResultsPage% On the results page specified in the search results page url property you can go and set the default scope on the results webpart. Hopefully this works for you. -Puneet Tag: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?

Bob from the Midwest

Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint And other applications that are on a user's local PC Our execs want SharePoint to be a one-stop place where a user can do everything.

Bob

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Re: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?

Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT)

Standard office products automatically are supported for autolaunch. Anything else will use the typical browser behavior. For example, a PDF file will open Adobe in the current web browser window, if Adobe is installed.

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Re: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?

Srinivas Uppuluri

Hi Bob,

You can open any application from sharepoint only if its extension is registered with an application on the users PC, if you do not want things in that way where the application will not be on the user PC but the user wants to open the application related extension which means that the user does not have word installed but still he wants to open word in his PC then you have to go for some centralized hosting solutions. I know only one of them eg: Citrix ICA Client on user end and a Citrix Server (this might be a costly solution but a long term cost effective solution, please note that the licensing varies in this scenario you can contact Microsoft pre sales before proceeding).

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Re: Can you launch applications like Word & Excel from SharePoint?

Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT)

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.

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