73 posts from: Tangible Thoughts
Whats wrong with this code?
(Indexed 2009-10-15):
[code] /// /// Gets or sets the site URL. /// /// The site URL. [WebBrowsable(true), WebDescription("Url of the site to process reports on"), WebDisplayName("Site Url"), Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.Shared)] public string SiteUrl { get { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(siteUrl)) { return SPContext.Current.Web.Url; } return siteUrl; } set { siteUrl = value; } } [/code] The above code snippet looks like a reasonab...(truncated)...
Patrick you will be missed
(Indexed 2008-09-09):
I only got news of Patrick Tisseghem's passing away today. And it wasn't the kind of news I was expecting to find when browsing RSS Feeds. Its very sad.I knew patrick only briefly, through IM, and his blog. But as everyone else has testified he was a really helpfull guy, willing to help with a SharePoint problem or pass his thoughts.His pasing away leaves a void in the SharePoint community, and all of us are going to miss him quite much.Very very sad.My condolences to Patrick's family.Patrick yo...(truncated)...
911 - MOSS Query Tool
(Indexed 2008-04-22):
With the closure of GotDotNet this wonderful tool has gone missing. I redid my machine today and went looking for it. I couldn't find any alternative hosting for it either. Does anyone have a copy of it that they can share please? Would greatly appreciate the help. Thanks, Tariq Technorati tags: SharePoint, Search, MOSS, QueryCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image][Image]
Office Live Workspaces
(Indexed 2008-03-06):
Not that I use these things much, but on a few other occasions I have had the need to use Google Documents, and was quite contempt with it. The scenario where I would personally see the need for these kind of applications is when I want to share documents and stuff, and also be restricted with not having the Office programs available, e.g. WebCafes etc. So today moved by all the hype around the announcement of Office Live Workspaces I gave it a try, and I am impressed. The interface looks elegan...(truncated)...
No VSE WSS for VS 2008 Until Summer
(Indexed 2008-03-06):
Dated: March/2008 Yes as saddening that sounds, it seems it is true. Having a bit of slack time and not being able to give VS2008 a whirl earlier due to project pressures, I broke it out today all eager to gauge what elegance this IDE brings, specially since I had the need to write a test WebPart. Out of instinct I went File -> New Project -> *hold up where is the SharePoint Category. So then me thinks ah! its not built in to the product, maybe another extension for Visual Studio. So googled and...(truncated)...
MOSS BDC Design Studio by Simego
(Indexed 2008-03-05):
I am actually pleased that today we have a bit of variety in tools that can generate BDC Application Definitions.An addition to this list of tools is "MOSS BDC Design Studio" by Simego, which actually quite good and easy to use. The site offers a 14 day trial version, and prices aren't that bad (but me thinks it should priced more a little bit more reasonably). But still for all the tool is quite good, it seems to be limited to SQL Server and WebServices which is a limitation. The other limitati...(truncated)...
Customizing List Item Permissions at a Granular Level
(Indexed 2008-01-03):
I am sure some of you have been stuck with this, or are reading this because you are still stuck with this problem. i.e. not being able to change the granular permissions of a listitem for a user or a group. Well then I shouldnt waste your time but should point out to null's blogwhich shows you how its done. Technorati tags: sharepoint, moss, permissions, securtiyCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image]_qacct="p-03-ZsKAm7O3lI";quantserve();[I...(truncated)...
Great Post on SP Security Model
(Indexed 2007-11-30):
Was doing some deep digging in google to find a comprehensive post on MOSS's Security Model, and came across Reza's post. Its a good read and comprehensive. Technorati tags: SharePoint, MOSS, WSS, Securtiy, Object Model, Permissions, SPRole, SRoleDefinition, SPRoleAssignmentCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image]_qacct="p-03-ZsKAm7O3lI";quantserve();[I...(truncated)...
Is There no Way to Add a Document Template as a Feature?
(Indexed 2007-10-07):
Yes, that's the question I have been pondering for the last couple of hours (maybe more). And I am begriming to believe that it cant be done. Other than for the route of either writing a feature receiver to upload the template toa list on activation (but I think this approach is unclean) or modify onet.xml (a site definition?). I think both approaches are unnecessarily complex for the task at hand. Think about it, just so that I could have a custom document library or form library with a custom ...(truncated)...
VS Template for WSPBuilder?
(Indexed 2007-09-29):
I've been pondering about the lack of a more efficent process for developing MOSS/WSS Solutions (I mean a solution to a business probelm and not a wsp)lately, because believe it or not, when your MOSS Solution contains more than just one component, e.g. WebParts, Features, ASPX pages, Workflows etc, there is no Solution template in Visual Studio where you canadd all these project types and have them compile to a single wsp. Its kind ofa pain to develop without this functionality. Serge pointed m...(truncated)...
WSS MOSS Resources
(Indexed 2007-09-29):
Nothing much in this post. Just some intersting MOSS/WSS resources on the web. WCM Andrew Connells SharePoint WCM Resources - http://andrewconnell.com/blog/articles/MossWcmResources.aspx Localisation Mikhail Dikov's post on Featurelocalisation - http://www.mikhaildikov.com/2007/03/sharepoint-resources-typ...(truncated)... Troubleshooting Dan Attis's post EventReciever example on changing absolute urls to relative ones - http://devcow.com/blogs/jdattis/archive/2007/09/27/11463.aspx Technorati ...(truncated)...
Managed Property Stumbling Block
(Indexed 2007-08-23):
aka, List Column not appearing in Managed Propperty Selector. I am not sure if I have blogged about this before, but I do recall falling for this stumbling block earlier. If I have blogged it, then this is a worthy reminder When wanting to map a crawled property as a managed property, please be cautious when declaring the managed property to select the appropriate type, because when you click that "Add Mapping" buttonto select the crawled properties to map to, the crawled properties that are go...(truncated)...
MOSS Metadata Propperty Mapping Wierdness
(Indexed 2007-07-27):
I am noticing some wierdness with the MOSS's metadatapropperty mappings. The scenario I tried was, went to a document library and added a new number column, did an incremental crawl, came back to search settings and went to add a new metadata propperty. If declare the metadata propperty as Integer it does not pick up my new column, but if I declare the metadata propperty as text it does. Is that wierd or what? Technorati tags: MOSS, SharePoint, SearchCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Imag...(truncated)...
ConnectionPoint Ids
(Indexed 2007-07-20):
A little obscure fact about WebPart Connections. If you are writing a WebPart that is a Provider as well as a Consumer it is better to give your ConnectionPoint's unique Ids. Infact if you have multple Providers on the same WebPartPage the connections wont work unless each ConnectionPoint like so [ConnectionProvider("DisplayName", "ConnectionPointId")]public IWebPartField ConnectionInterface(){return this;} Technorati tags: MOSS, WebParts, Connections, ConnectionPoint IdsCross-posted from tariq...(truncated)...
MOSS Search API - Returning the Blurb Where your Searched Text Appears in a Document
(Indexed 2007-06-16):
I was doing some work on the MOSS Search API to execute a few custom queries. I also wanted the Search Engine to return the blurb of text that contains the occurence of the searched term. A little digging around and I discovered there is a managed propperty that contains this. The managed propperty is HitHighlightedSummary (just in case any of you are stumbling down this route too). Technorati tags: MOSs, Search, SharePoint, Managed ProppertiesCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
MOSS Query Tool - My New Favorite Tool
(Indexed 2007-06-14):
I came across this tool from JOPX's list of SharePoint Tools (see my previous posting). Its a good thing I did, since now this is my favorite new SharePoint tool. It helps that I am playing around with Search these days to put the tool to good use. Thanks for the link Joris, and speschka you rule Technorati tags: MOSS, SHarePoint, SearchCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
JOPX Does it Again- SharePoint Tools List v 2
(Indexed 2007-06-14):
Joris has update his list of SharePoint Tools. This time its more shiny and uber than before. He provides a very upto date aggregation of the tools available for MOSS that are out there. Check it out. http://jopx.blogspot.com/2007/06/sharepoint-2007-tools-colle...(truncated)... Technorati tags: SharePoint, MOSS, ToolsCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Lessons Learnt on the BDC
(Indexed 2007-05-23):
Here are few lessons learnt from playing with the BDC on a project 1. Even though the BDC can crawl associated entities in your database schema, the search results will not show related entity instancesfor the item you searched. 2. Incase of mapping 'complex' db schemas specially ones that contain m:n relationships between entities, sometimes it might be advisable to show un-normalized relationships via stored procedures or views, but this approach provides the following roadblocks Un-normaliz...(truncated)...
Moving Search Scopes among Display Groups
(Indexed 2007-05-01):
This is a bit of a kludge in SharePoint 2007. In your site collection how do you move your search scope from onedisplay group to another? Logically you would expectthere to be an option in the context menu (i.e. Site Settings -> Search Scopes [Under Site Collection Administration]) of the search scope, or be able to change itin the subsequent page when clicking the search scope. That isnt the way. Here is how you would have to do it. 1. On the Search Scopes Page click on the name of the display ...(truncated)...
Accessed Denied Error Crawling BDC
(Indexed 2007-04-27):
Access Denied for User 'MOSScrawlUser'. Securable MethodInstancewith Name 'TableIDEnumeratorInstance' has ACL that contains: User 'MOSSadministrator' with Rights 'Execute, Edit, SetPermissions, UseInBusinessDataInLists, SelectableInClients' or The parameter is incorrect. (Access denied by BDC.) If you get either of the error message above trying to crawlthe BDC, the error could possibly becaused bythe crawl account nothaving access to the BDC application defintion; i.e. the crawl account is no...(truncated)...
Logs in MOSS, WSSv3
(Indexed 2007-04-27):
Something thats new to anyone comming from SPS03 or WSS 02 is the logging in MOSS/WSS3. In MOSS/WSS3 SharePoint does some good loggingand the log files are stored in "%commonprogramfiles%Microsoft Sharedweb server extensions12logs" Technorati tags: SharePoint, Moss, WSs, LogsCross-posted from tariqayad.com [Image] [Image]
CAML.NET Blessing for CAML
(Indexed 2007-04-24):
Via Mart Oooh - this tool from John is like an a couple of asprins for the developer writing those CAML queries. Thanks so much for this John Technorati tags: MOSS, SPS, WSS, Sharepoint, CAMLCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Floating SharePoint ToolPanes
(Indexed 2007-04-24):
The Kid (Vincent Rothwell) has a post on how to create floating toolpanes in SharePoint. Link: http://blog.thekid.me.uk/archive/2007/03/20/floating-toolpan...(truncated)... Lot of good content on his blog. Another SharePoint blog worthy of aggregating. Technorati tags: Sharepoint, Moss, wss, Toolpane, Themes, Templates, CssCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
YAMQ - Be Vary How You Enter User Names in Central Administration
(Indexed 2007-04-21):
Continuing the YASQ series but now updated for MOSS let me introduce my contribution to Yet Another MOSS Quirk (YAMQ). I was trying to enable Windows SharePoint Search Service on a MOSS Server, on the configuration page I kept entering the required user accounts as just "UserName", and the configuration kept failing. I tried this over and over, and checkign the username, password, secuirty permissions etc. with no luck. The logs provided no help either. How do you get around it, you need to ente...(truncated)...
Screencast Setting up MOSS to Recieve Email
(Indexed 2007-03-29):
The other day I was totally playing around with configuring SharePoint to recieve emails. I totally went to town with with configuring Virtual Server (VS), Creating a Private Network within VS, and setting up MOSS Virtual Machine (VM) and Exchange/DC VM. For some reason I couldnt get far. I see the messages I send in Exchange's queue, and on the MOSS box in IIIS under SMTP Sessions I see a session with the Exchange box. But thats it, my lists dont recieve the emails I send. Anyways enough of my...(truncated)...
SharePoint Solution Generator hardcoded to lookup the Default Website (Port 80)
(Indexed 2007-03-09):
I experienced an issue with the SharePoint Solution Generator today it kept crashing right the first screen (i.e. choosing Site Definition and clicking next). The exception being thrown shows that the tool is looking for a SharePoint site on the default website i.e. http://ServerName Now in this paticular case there was no SharePoint site on the on port 80 so http://ServerName would naturually fail. As much as I would like to I am not going to complain about this being a silly Exception. The wo...(truncated)...
Things that should be easy: Hiding a link from a Publishing sites Top Navigation Bar
(Indexed 2007-03-08):
In a MOSS publishing site (can I say CMS 2007?) there is an editor in which you can change the navigation elements shown on the Top Navigation. At first glance you would assume that it would be easy to manupilate elements on that top navigation bar through code. Infact Todd has an in-depth article showing you how to add and remove items from the navigation bar. But have you tried to hide an element. Its not as easy at it would seem. TheSPNavigationNode.IsVisible propperty is readonly, and I am y...(truncated)...
Renaming a MOSS Server
(Indexed 2007-03-06):
Mikael Gannotti has a posting on how to rename a MOSS Server. http://www.mikeysgblog.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=282 Thanks for the tip Michael. Technorati tags: Rename, MOSS, SharepointCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
WSS3 ready for Download
(Indexed 2006-11-17):
Here's the link http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sha... tags: WSS v3, SharepointCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Visual Studio Extentions for SharePoint CTP
(Indexed 2006-11-13):
Via Serge The long awaited (atleast by me) Visual Studio 2005 Extentions for SharePoint is out. I've been wanting this for a long time. Here is the link tags: SharePoint, Visual Studio 2005, ExtentionsCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Office 2007 System Pricing
(Indexed 2006-11-10):
The Microsoft Office site has a page that lists pricing for the Office System. It lists down the pricing for each of the products as well as the suite/editions and the server products (oops scratch that. Office Servers are only available through volume licensing) Wait, Office Servers only available through volume licensing? hmmm... I am confused but no time to ponder, anyone else have clearer idea on how this would work? tags: SharePoint, Licensing, Office Servers, Office PricingCross-posted fro...(truncated)...
Want a People Lookup control for your WebPart?
(Indexed 2006-11-08):
Ever want to use a control that would allow you to choose users in a WebPart. I needed to today, and came across the People Editor control for MOSS. Ishai Sagi has a good post on its usage tags: SharePoint, People Lookup, WebParts, MOSSCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Insightfull Sharepoint Development Blog
(Indexed 2006-11-05):
Googling for some insight on the SPDataSource I came across the blog by the guys at SharePoint Solutions. Its a very usefull programming reference blog. If you are a SharePoint developer check out their blog, because they have some good tips to share, and while the posts may not be many, the content so far is good. Link: http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/ tags: SharePoint, Development, Visual Studio 2005, WSSCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Find the W3WP process for an Application Pool
(Indexed 2006-10-30):
When debugging WebParts not knowing which w3wp process to attatch to has always bugged me. Thankfully ASPalliance has this article to show you how to identify the w3wp process for an app pool. The gist of it is. Shipping with Windows 2003 is a vbscript named iisapp.vbs. running "cscript iisapp.vbs" from the command prompt displays list of w3wp processes running, its process id, and the app pool it belogns to. tags: SharePoint, IIS6, Windows 2003, WebParts, Debugging, Application Pool, Attatching...(truncated)...
MOSS 2007 DVWP Sorting Bug
(Indexed 2006-10-27):
A colleague of mine ran I ran into a bug in MOSS today with the DVWP. i.e. It treates numeric fields as text for sorting (when sorting on column headers is enabled), hence if you sorted in ascending order on the column, the values would be like 1, 10, 11, 2, 3 etc. This happens even though the field is formatted as a number and even when the type is set to x:float. on the sort column. tags: SharePoint, DVWP, Bug, Sorting, Numeric, MOSS 2007Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Master Pages as a Feature
(Indexed 2006-10-25):
Heather Solomon has a good post on how you can enable provisioning of Master Pages via features. Thanks for the info Heather. I am definitely going to use this in the next few days. tags: SharePoint, Master Pages, FeatureCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
MOSS B2TR Expired on Me
(Indexed 2006-10-19):
MOSS B2 TR expired on me today. It took me totally by surprise. I backdated the machine by one day and it was fine. Brought it forward by one day, and it said the trial period had expired. Was a bit confused since all web posting for this issue cliam it happens on Domain Controller, and my MOSS server wasnt a domain controller. Anyways the fix is to run the patch for the DC. StandaloneDCWorkaround.msi Thanks for the link Jan tags: SharePoint, Moss, Office Server, 2007, Beta 2, Technical Refresh,...(truncated)...
Cant add a Generic collection to Session
(Indexed 2006-10-11):
Its wierd, and I cant make head or tail of it. I was writing a webpart today, and I was maintaining a generic stack collection which I wanted to place in the session. What is wierd is that if i were to add object of type Stack to the session, SharePoint says an unrecoverable error has occurred. The moment I changed the stack from a generic to a plain old .NET 1.1 non-generic Stack the error was gone. tags: SharePoint, WebParts, Generics, SessionCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Find an PublicKeyBlob from an assembly
(Indexed 2006-10-10):
A colleague of mine had a problem today where she connected to RSWebParts on MOSS 2007 and SharePoint gave her a security exception. The solution was to make an exception for the RSWebparts assembly in WSS_MinimalTrust.config. The problem with that approach is that you do know the PublicKeyBlob of the RSWebParts to make the exception. How you go about finding a the PublicKeyBlob is to open up the assembly in ildasm. Check the assemblies manfiest, and there will be the PublicKeyBlob in there. [Im...(truncated)...
MindSharp Training in Sydney
(Indexed 2006-09-29):
I got the following 2 links via the User Group. MindSharp Summit - SharePoint Developer MindSharp Summit - SharePoint Administrator Its training by MindSharp on SharePoint in Sydney, need I say more? tags: SharePoint, Training, SydneyCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
YASQ - WSS/MOSS B2TR Document Library Page Hosting Quirk
(Indexed 2006-09-28):
Lately I have discovered a quirk with document libraries in WSS v3 and MOSS that is not very consistent.Basially the problem I am seeing is that SharePoint doesnt consistenly handle query parameters passed to aspx pages store in document libraries.For instance if you had a page in a document library called MyPage.aspx, and if you were to point it in your browser ashttp://server/[site]/Document Library/MyPage.aspx?MyQueryParam=Valueyour page would load only some of the time. More of than not Shar...(truncated)...
SharePoint Designer B2TR is still Annoying
(Indexed 2006-09-21):
B2TR of SharePoint designer even though its a bit more stable than plain old B2, it is still frustrating to work with. I will be editing a DVWP when all of a sudden an action like adding a new , or saving would cause the whole thing to crash. Whats worse is if I restart it after the crash, and open the page, DVWP i was working on will be corrupted. This just sucks. Minor consolation is the DVWP works, but I cant do too much before SPD crashes. 1 step forward... well its more like the wall that ...(truncated)...
Renaming the Title Column in your ContentType Definition
(Indexed 2006-09-19):
The Title Column inherrited from Item typically shows itself up in any contentType that would define. But ever wanted to call it something else? Here is how you do it. The trick is in the DisplayName. Reference the Title Colulmn and give it a seperate DisplayName And you could even have a go at LinkTitle tags: SharePoint, wss, v3, 2007, Feature, Definition, ContentTypeCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Calculated Columns in ContentTypes
(Indexed 2006-09-19):
Creating and using Calculated Columns in your ContentTypes are a bit tricky. First off the syntax for defining a Calculated column is like Some Forumula For the calculated column to work in multiple ContentTypes each of the fields referred in calculation should be a part of the ContentType and ... ... the referred columns should have the same Display Name in the ContentType as when Columns were originally defined. That is you cant use a column referred in a Co...(truncated)...
Creating List Definintions as Features and Mart's Tip
(Indexed 2006-09-19):
2 Good blog postings on creating list definitons as features 1. Steven Van de Craen's attempt at customizing announcements (thats what I did too) 2. Tod Baginski's in depth analysis of creating list definintions. But the major problem with the approach is CAML for the Views are pain to tinker with. Just absolutely chaotic, requiring a lot of patience, and if not done methodically would result in admitting yourself to a mental institution. Now Mart gave me a tip yesterday (Mart you should really...(truncated)...
What happened to my Site
(Indexed 2006-09-19):
Take a look at this. [Image] See the link at the top and all the big fonts. I have no idea what happened, and not sure how to turn it off, and actually not sure how I turned it on in the first place. But this actually proves that there are accesbility options baked in to SharePoint 2007 tags: SharePoint 2007, WSS v3, AccesibilityCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Andrew May: ContentType Ids
(Indexed 2006-09-15):
In case some of you missed it, Andrew May has a good post on how to create content type ids for feature definitions. Now as you might gather, creating features requires a whole heap of GUIDs on your hand. So a tool that can do this static void Main(string [] args){ if (args.Length == 0) { // Show GUID Form} else { Guid g = Guid.NewGuid(); if (args[0].ToLower() == "d") { Clipboard.SetDataObject( g.ToString("D"), true); } ...(truncated)...
WSS SDK B2TR Version
(Indexed 2006-09-15):
Yay! There is an update to the SDK to reflect WSS v3 B2 TR. Looks like the OSS SDK is still on B2 (i.e. not TR) tags: sdk, wss, sharepoint, v3Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
I/We Need a Tool: Backup ContentTypes
(Indexed 2006-09-14):
Having to upgrade servers to B2TR today, I was wondering, it would really be cool to have a tool that could backup ContentTypes that you have defined using SharePoint into a feature definition. That would actually make defining ContentTypes as a feature more easy, provide a means of porting them between servers, and also assist as a means of fascilitating granular backup. Does anyone else see eye to eye with me on this? I am thinking that if Microsoft doesnt have this on their radar it might be ...(truncated)...
B2TR - The Gates are Open
(Indexed 2006-09-14):
The SharePoint Team blog points to the SharePoint Beta 2 Technical Refesh download links. The ful list is on the Microsoft Download Site as they say. Heres is the link sorted by date (descending order) so that 2007 B2TR downloads are on top Link tags: sharepoint, beta 2, technical refresh, downloadCross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
ASP.NET NavBars
(Indexed 2006-09-14):
I went through this big list of vendors providing Outlook style navigation bars. Out of the list, 3 stand out in terms of quality of their products. Telerik's r.a.d. panel DevExpress's ASPxNavigation and ComponentArt's NavBar My ultimate goal was to use the control in a webpart, hence I was using the control entirely through code (no utilization of a designer/SmartPart capabilities) Out of the 3 above, the telerik product is just exceptional in terms of ease of programability. Its a very good p...(truncated)...
SPListItem Hierarchy not Navigable through API
(Indexed 2006-08-29):
In WSS v3, the concept of folders has been introduced into lists, and a folder is also a Content Type, which basically means that you could define your your custom columns/fields against a folder as a content type to track metadata of interest. For example within a Book list, you could have Genre as a Content Type derived from Folders, which could contain a series of book items. I am not going to argue that genre is more appropriate to be a field against the book item rather than a folder, but ...(truncated)...
SPD Poem
(Indexed 2006-08-24):
Nope, I am not a bit literary buff, but if I were to write a poem on SharePoint Designer it would consist of the following phrases. Start Open Site, Work, work, work, Save Work, Save, Crash Start Work, work, work, Save, work, work, Close site, crash Start Work, Work, Save, Crash Painfully tolerating Beta 2 till the technical refresh comes out.Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Code Guru Article on Writing a SharePoint 2007 WebPart
(Indexed 2006-08-23):
I've seen quite a few blog post on the topic of writing a SP 2007 WebPart. But heres one at CodeGuru http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/net_asp/webfor...Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Sharepoint Designer - Is the DVWP Broken?
(Indexed 2006-08-21):
I wanted to try out DVWPs with OSS 2007, so I fired up SharePoint Designer and chose DataView -> Insert DataView from the menu, clicked on a DataSource like a SharePoint list (even tried a DB) in the task pane and double clicked (or Show Data from the context menu). What I get is the error below [Image] "The server returned a non specific error when trying to get data from the datasource" Is anyone else seeing this in SharePoint Designer 2007?Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
OSS 2007 Column Names - Rant1
(Indexed 2006-08-21):
Ok this is just a Rant - no thought put into it. OSS 2007 (not sure about WSS v 3) comes with a whole heap of site columns. Now that is a good thing, but for me lately they have become a bit of a bother. Why you might ask? Because all of the good column names are already taken. So for example if I wanted to Create a Column called Location for one of my content types, which is a lookup and picks values from another list, I cant, because its already taken. Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Im...(truncated)...
A good run down of InfoPath 2007 Features
(Indexed 2006-08-10):
This MSDN Mag article by Scott Roberts and Hagen Greenhas a very comprehensive rundown, and mini tutorial of InfoPath 2007.http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/08/InfoPath...(truncated)... discussed are InfoPath Forms Services, Hosting InfoPath in a managed/unmanaged application, Document Information Panels and much more. Technorati : 2007, infopath, sharepoint Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
WSS v 3 - Unable to Validate Data
(Indexed 2006-08-07):
I deployed a sample ASP .NET 2.0 app in to the _layouts directory of a WSS v 3 setup. This app was not precompiled.When the app runs, executing code that accesses the SP object model gave me the error "Unable to Validate Data".I can think of any reasoning behind that error.But after resetting IIS, all was fine.Note to Self: Recycle the Application pool after each deployment. Technorati : 2007, Sharepoint, Wss, v3 Cross-posted from tariqayad.com[Image][Image]
Day 1 & SharePoint Setup
(Indexed 2006-08-01):
So I spent my first day at my new employer's and I am not as impressed as I innitially thought I would be. Spent most of the day setting up or trying to setup MOSS 2007 Beta 2. Ran in to a couple of issues innitially. First there was the issue of a concurrency problem when configuring MOSS. At stage 8 in the configuration process, the Configuration wizard it gave me the following error. An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUpdatedConcurrencyException was thrown. Additional...(truncated)...
I hope this gets fixed
(Indexed 2006-06-29):
I and a few others were on on a call with Microsoft Consulting (India) who were giving us a presentation on SharePoint 2007. Interestingly the consultant said that the Beta is good for deployment and the only changes to be expected in the final from the Beta would be minor stuff like 'UI look and feel'. And there I was thinking "Bullshit!". It just could have been the consultant trying to make the sale, but he should know better than to bullshit with people who actually use the product. Any who....(truncated)...
Enterprise 2.0 = SharePoint today
(Indexed 2006-06-17):
Somewhere around March this year Ron Jacobs published an interview where he discussed Web 2.0 trends in the Enterprise with Dion HinchCliffe on ArcCast. If you have been working with SharePoint for sometime then you'd realize what they speak about in terms of 'Democratisation of Content' isnt something really new. This was something anyone working on SharePoint first got excited about when SharePoint 2003 came out. Harry Pierson (a.k.a DevHawk ;) ) elaborates on this idea on his blog, and more r...(truncated)...
FeedBurnerized
(Indexed 2006-05-31):
Hi Guys,I created a few Feedburner Urls to the feeds on my blog. SharePoint Content only – http://feeds.feedburner.com/TT_SharePointAll blog content – http://feeds.feedburner.com/TangibleThoughtsCurrently they point to this blog so you might have to still tolerate the ads (I am looking into what I can do about that).but for starters they are FeeBurner Urls.SharePoint Content only – http://feeds.feedburner.com/TT_SharePointAll blog content – http://feeds.feedburner.com/Tan...(truncated)...
WSS v 3 Configuration - I dont get this
(Indexed 2006-05-27):
I was trying to setup WSS v3 on a VPC today.The setup went fine, but then the configuration (I mean SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration) failed about 4 times at the “Registering SharePoint Servces” i.e. 5/10 stage before it finally continued. I really dont get it. The exception in the log says this05/27/2006 17:16:52 10 ERR Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "WSS_Search_HEX" requ...(truncated)...
New What? or List Template Ids
(Indexed 2006-05-27):
I have a little gripe with WSS v3 Beta where the New List page doesnt provide an indication about the type of list you are creating except from the ListTemplateId in the url.So for reference (primarily my own) here is a mapping105 - Document Library104 - Announcements103 - Links100 - Custom List115 - Form Library 105 - Contacts106 - Calendars120 - Custom List in DataSheet View119 - Wiki Page Library108 - Discussion Boards107 - Tasks 109 - Picture Library 150 - Project Tasks 1100 -Issue Trackin...(truncated)...
WSSv3 setup - quirk/feature?
(Indexed 2006-05-25):
A colleauge of mine was trying to setup WSS v3 Beta 2 today and was shown this message[Image]Service Pack2 is forced if you need to upgrade. Nice!So I am guessing that the upgrade path for customers who have not yet applied Service Pack 2 would be to apply SP2 first and then upgrade (i.e. 2 steps)I just cant imagine why there isnt a direct upgrade scenario. Please educate me if you know better. [Image][Image]
I love the SharePoint Show
(Indexed 2006-05-21):
I think the SharePoint show is a really great idea. Its only at episode 3 so far and I am loving it.So far most of the material we’ve been seeing about SharePoint that comes from outside Microsoft is by way of blogs and articles these have mainly been literary pieces, i.e. most of them lack personality and voice (I mean most of them are text).The SharePoint show on the other hands adds that human touch which is quite awesome. Kudos to Gene for comming up with this.As someone who works with...(truncated)...
Office 2007 Technical Readiness Program Presentations
(Indexed 2006-05-20):
Mart already blogged about this, so go check it out. I might as well add that if you are are a vendor that delivers solutions on the office platform you might be missing out if you dont check it out.Any one in paticular you should take a look at?No, check them all out :)but this might be a good starterOffice 2007 WSS Collaboration[Image][Image]
.NET 1.1, Configuration Application Block - want a lighter version?
(Indexed 2006-03-02):
Was looking for a lighter vesion of the Configuration Application Block – something that could do its job of writing settings to a ini flie or xml file. And found this http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/ReadWriteXmlIni.asp[Image][Image]
MSBee Betas published!!
(Indexed 2006-02-22):
If you havent seen it yet MSBee Beta has been release.Check it out here http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/codegallery.aspx?id=9ac...(truncated)... addition to this there are 2 additional tools that the MSBee team have apprently published. These are (in their own words)“Managed Stack ExplorerMSE is a lightweight tool for monitoring .NET 2.0 processes and stack traces. Just copy and run. No installation required.Download Managed Stack Explorer v1.1 TFS Admin Tool (Joe's Announcement)F...(truncated)...
SharePoint Mangement Tool
(Indexed 2005-12-02):
Looks iDevFactory have come out with a comprehensive SharePoint Mangement tool called USPM.[Image]“Focused Management within USPMUSPM is broken down into the four key management focus areas that comprise a SharePoint environment: Portal Management, Sites Management, User Management and Content Management. This approach allows you to get a holistic view of the management area and then immediately act and complete your management task(s). “This think looks neat, yet to try it though[Im...(truncated)...
AppPaths
(Indexed 2005-11-04):
[Image]I have been a big fan of the Run Command. Primarily because from the app you are currently working with, launching another app is just a few key strokes away.Eg. if you are working with SharePoint, then typical run commands you would use is 'iexplore', 'inetmgr', 'iisreset', 'compmgmt.msc', 'frontpg' etc.Previously I had come across an app called 'ExeCommand' that would let you add entries like the above with an associated path to the registry making it available off the run command. But ...(truncated)...
NeoWorks' SharePoint lineup
(Indexed 2005-10-08):
I am sure most of you are familiar with NeoWorks of their Log4Net fame. But they also have 2 products for SharePoint. 1. A wiki product - WikiPoint 2. And a series of XML WebParts for External Application Integration – NeoWorks XML SuiteCheck them out: http://www.neoworks.com/[Image]
Pedro's thoughts on SharePoint CAS
(Indexed 2005-10-07):
Pedro has shared a general set of Guidelines on SharePoint CAS.Definitely usefull if you are starting off on SharePoint WebParts and having to deal with CAS.[Image]