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  • Role Of ItemMetadata.xml in infopath forms
    by Praveen battula
    5 Replies
    Last post by Praveen battula
      • hi friends, i didn't understand the concept of itemmetadata.xml in infopath forms, i created custom workflows and deployed on moss. but till now i didn't use this xml file, any one plz explain brief, i read some articles, but i didn't understand how the communication between two forms exists through this xml file both of my forms contains instructions field, in one form,i enter the instructions
  • Personalize Reports using Reporting Services
    by rogupta
    3 Replies
    Last post by SamCosta
      • Hello Everyone, I am trying to personalze my reports for each user, for example: Say I have a report which takes in userName as a parameter and then generates the report. Is it possible to use the same userName that the user used to login to the reporting services enviornment. This way the user don't have to enter their userName to see the report, it will be entered by default. Thanks a
  • Does SPD and the data view really support ODBC connections?
    by Amandusson
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    Last post by Amandusson
      • I've been trying to set up and use ODBC connections from the SPD but with no success. I have installed the "Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC" package wich is supposed to be required but it does not help. I can't even get the ODBC provider to show up in the data conncetion dialog i SPD. I've been searching on different forums on the internet but I have not found any
  • Problem using email to initiate workflow
    by Scott Wickham
    3 Replies
    Last post by David_JS
      • I have a situation where a workflow attached to a list is being initiated successfully in one case but not another. My setup uses two lists, one workflow, and one event handler: List 1 "BizOp Announcements" : this is a Sharepoint announcements list that is set up to receive email from a user whenever a new Business Opportunity comes in (the user gets the email and forwards the emai
  • Alternate Access Mappings and Site URLs
    by T.Vreeland
    2 Replies
    Last post by Lee_Dale
      • Imagine you have an existing corporate internet web site ( www.corp.com ) and you want to pull that site into MOSS. That's easy enough to do BUT, you don't want the ugly sharepoint "/pages" sub-folder under the domain name. (because your current site shows up very high on organic search results so you want to keep all your page content at the root level). Is it possible to configure the
  • Infopath forms and sharepoint
    by venuvaradhan
    2 Replies
    Last post by Sundar Narasimman
      • Hi all, I have a infopath form that is now added to the document libray and when I click it it goes to a window which contains ( new ,upload,action,settings) now when I click new button the infopath form is opened all is fine but now i dont want to go to new button and open the form instead i want menu item in quick launch and then when i click that link the infopath form should open
  • Start a workflow
    by HANK1
    3 Replies
    Last post by HANK1
      • Hi Guys Can I start a Workflow by link No all the workflow that I work on need to have a document. is it possible start a workflow in sharepoint without associted thi to a list Can I have I links for each one and Start in the point
  • Change "System Account" user to actual user in workflow
    by Grace Wang
    3 Replies
    Last post by Nishant Shah
      • Hi all, How can I change the System Account to the actual user in MOSS. When a user starts an approval workflow on a document, the Modified By column shows "System Account¡±. Can this value be changed to the actual user who started the workflow Also, when a user approves a document, a notification is sent with "System Account" in the body. Can this value be
  • Web Part Page Layout?
    by Sharppy
    7 Replies
    Last post by Sharppy
      • Hi all, I'm fairly new to sharepoint, so maybe this is a really stupid question: How can I change the layout of the web part page When I use the default web part page in my sharepoint 2007 fresh installation, then the quicklauch menu on the left, for example, is gone. And there are also some other elements I would like to remove from the page (title, etc.). Is there a way to do this in sharepoint
  • Meta Data Search Coming up Short
    by Reed987
    3 Replies
    Last post by Reed987
      • I just got done following directions for adding the custom columns of my document library to SharePoint Server 2007's advanced search. It seemed to work out great, but upon closer inspection it turns out that all the documents are not being indexed properly. For example, I have around 70 files with the Doc Category value set to Engineering, however when I use the advanced search to look for Engine
  • show a progress bar while web part is loading..
    by Sriram Rajamanuri
    4 Replies
    Last post by MKeeper
      • Hi, How do I display a 'progress bar' while a web part is loading in WSS v3 Something similar to loading the following page - http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/forums/default.aspx Secondly, does the web part loading process happen asynchronously (without impacting the rendering of rest of the page/other web parts ). If not, how to make it asyncronous Thanks
  • How to apply custom filters on Excel Web Access Web Part?
    by Vasu576144
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    Last post by Vasu576144
      • Hi, How to pass values from a web part (Filter Web Part) to the Microsoft Office Excel Web Access Web Part I want to facilitate the user to select a product from a list of products in a Filter Web Part, and then simultaneously display the current inventory level as a Microsoft Office Excel table in one Office Excel Web Access Web Part, and a sales summary over the past five years in
  • SharePoint 2007 Authentication issue when downloading document from Anonymous site
    by Randine
    3 Replies
    Last post by Christian Dira
      • Hi, I¡¯ve created a extranet and internet site the anonymous access work fine on the internet site!, I have a document library which contains a csv file that is accessible using a url link to download this document anonymously, however I get a challenged to authenticate and provide username and password when I select the link. If I select cancel at this stage for authentication opens the do
  • Microsoft Agent Within SharePoint
    by dwacon
    7 Replies
    Last post by Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT)
      • We wanted to utilize the Microsoft Agent API to provide interactive help within our MOSS deployment. Since we are using JavaScript, we thought it would be best to put the code within an HTML page exposed within MOSS via a web part. The problem -- we get ActiveX warnings for each of the controls (two agent characters, the Agent server engine, and the TTS engine) but no dialog box pops up thr
  • BDC import error
    by JamesLiang
    9 Replies
    Last post by Pravin Chandankhede
      • Hi. I wrote a BDC xml file amd import in MOSS and get error, does anybody can help me Error message is : Application definition import failed. The following error occurred: Could not locate the Type 'system.string' of Property with Name 'Rdbconnection Pooling' on Metadata Object with Name 'SAPDataInstance'. Error was encountered at or just before Line: '17' and Position: '10'.
  • Uploading Infopath form stuck in "Installing...."
    by TontW2222
    1 Replies
    Last post by Priya_30
      • I'm uploading an infopath form in central administration and I've done this before but now it says "Installing..." forever. The timer job says "Deploying..." forever. What's going on
  • How can I estimate the time for a Sharepoint implementation
    by Mismym
    5 Replies
    Last post by Mismym
      • Hi to all I am ask to estimate(number of days, knowing that a day is 8h (working time) )a MOSS implementation. What are the criteria I have to take into account to do it Does it exist standard estimation anywhere Please help me Thanks in advance
  • action to display message to a user?
    by Powell T
    1 Replies
    Last post by Paul Galvin
      • Hi, I am new to SP workflow so this maybe a stupid question. I am creating a simple custom workflow in Designer. I want to display a message to a user if a condition fails.. Example I create a condition, If [some field] equals [foo] do action, add to list or whatever Else if [some field] does not equal [foo} Display a message to the user when workflow is instantia
  • Accessing customized list from sub site
    by hzha034
    1 Replies
    Last post by Curtis Ruppe (MicroStaff IT)
      • Hi, I have defined some customized lists in the site collection and want to share them between the sub-sties. Does anyone know why I can't see them from "Lists & Libraries" the sub-site What changes or configuration should I take to make the things happen Thanks in advance! Chris
  • Error creating Record center on a separate web application
    by thusinh
    4 Replies
    Last post by thusinh
      • Hi Guys, I keep getting error when creating a record center on a separate web app. Error 01: Event id 6610 Safe mode did not start successfully. This page has encountered a critical error. Contact your system administrator if this problem persists. Error 02: Event ID: 7089 Records Center Provisioning for http://record.sharepointdr failed. Unable to cast object of typ
  • Doc lib: Making column required when using "Add from existing site columns"
    by Dundalk
    7 Replies
    Last post by Metchie
      • In a document library, if I create a new column, I see the config setting allowing me to "Require that this column contains information." I want to surface and require a column which is already an existing site column. Specifically, the "comments" property from a Word doc. But I can't figure out where to set this requirement. I'm brand new to using / administering a SP si
  • Set Different Page as Home Page
    by SharePointing
    2 Replies
    Last post by SharePointing
      • I need to be able to set a page in mny pages library as the home page for my site. I would prefer to do this through code so i can set it OnFeatureActivated. I see that the Wiki site tempalte does this but haven't been able to figure it out. Any Ideas
  • Listening for List Item Changed (Repeatedly)
    by boulder_bum
    6 Replies
    Last post by boulder_bum
      • I'm new to SharePoint workflow and I'm wonder if there is there a way to design a workflow (in Visual Studio) such that you run through the workflow every time an item (InfoPath form) is changed I want to repeat a workflow (or at least repeat a composite activity) with each change until the item reaches a "complete" status. So far I've only been able to start a workflow upo
  • copy production to development environment?
    by rdub
    2 Replies
    Last post by rdub
      • Hi all, I'm somewhat new to sharepoint development.... I have a production MOSS server that a consultant put up a few months ago....but I don't have the development server he used...the production server has no dev tools on it. I need to make some changes to the Masterpage and i'd like to setup an development environment. I already have a MOSS dev vpc setup with MOSS, VS2K5, SQL, etc. How can I ge
  • _layout pages and masterpage
    by Frederik Vantroys
    9 Replies
    Last post by Marcel Haas
      • Hi All, I'm a bit confused here. Is it true that modifying the application.master (which I don't want to do) is the only way to change the masterpage for the _layout pages in Sharepoint 2007 In fact changing all the files themselves is not an option either because it's not supported I was told. So how's the correct procedure to change the _layout pages from your sitecollection Fr