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SharePoint 2007 and Outlook 2007 Email

Does anyway know of the list of all fields that can be passed between SharePoint 2007 and Outlook 2007 for Email. I need them for Discussion and Document Library. I don't like Document Library as much as Discussions because you can't copy and paste from Outlook 2007 where as with Discussions you can copy paste right from Outlook 2007 but I seem to loss some fields I'd like to get back. Working on an Email Archive solution. Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

SharePoint BUG! Can't keep title of web part on list's form pages!

So if you create a list on a typical site in Sharepoint, you'll notice that the web part contained within does not have a title. Fair enough, wouldn't look great with one, but if you want to add a web part below that one, and keep this web parts title on the screen, you can't! I keep setting its web part properties to "Title only" and it keep switching back to "None" everytime in hit ok. I even tried to trick sharepoint by select apply and then cancel, but that didn't work either! I'm ready to cry, cause I promised my client a scripting solution that utilized the title of the web part as its identifier. If anyone has had any similar solution or found a work around, please let me know! Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Problem with Custom Web Part! Big issue!

Ok, so I can use this web part and it adds to the list just fine, but when my colleague with the same permissions to the list uses it, she can't get it to add to the list.... I implemented the run with elevated priviledges and used guids instead of using the spcontext.current(heard that negates the elevated priviledges) Any thoughts? private void PopulateDataset() { try { mySite = new SPSite(siteURL); try { myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb(parentURL); } catch { myWeb = mySite.RootWeb; } favList = myWeb.Lists[listName]; NAPWS.Service napService = new global::WPRecordSiteVisits.NAPWS.Service(); oDataSet = napService.SearchClients(); oView.Table = oDataSet.Tables[0]; } catch(Exception e){ lblError.Text += "| PopulateDataSet: " + e.Message; } } private void RecordSiteVisits() { try{ if ((HttpContext.Current.Request.UrlReferrer == null || HttpContext.Current.Request.UrlReferrer.AbsoluteUri.IndexOf(SPContext.Current.Web.Url) == -1) && (HttpContext.Current.Session["Referrer"] == null || HttpContext.Current.Session["Referrer"].ToString().IndexOf(SPContext.Current.Web.Url) == -1)) { if (HttpContext.Current.Session["Referrer"] != null) HttpContext.Current.Session["Referrer"] = SPContext.Current.Web.Url; string pathString = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsolutePath.ToString(); string strNC_Number = ""; if (pathString.IndexOf("NAP/") != -1) { pathString = pathString.Substring((pathString.IndexOf("NAP/") ...

SharePoint Pro Online Live Event Today!

Wow, this event was extraordinarily useful! From Document Management and Office integration to Features Building and AJAX Web Parts. They had it covered. Very impressive. If you are interested in MOSS 2007 at any level you should check out the recorded sessions at http://events.unisfair.com/rt/sharepoint~oct07 . Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Discussion: Custom Field Controls vs. Custom Web Parts

I watched a video with Andrew Connell, and it was brought to my attention that Custom Field Controls may be more appropriate than custom web parts in certain situations... One question that I have is if the tool pane is accessible for the end user when dealing with a field control... Can the design set configuration data from sharepoint designer? Please post any thoughts you may have. Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

SharePoint Terms: Native SharePoint

Please someone define this term for me.... I had a client use this on me, like I don't have to include a specification for this because it is native sharepoint.... What is that? I believe effective communication is effective communication and if you want a SharePoint list added to a site that has the template of discussion board, you should write into your specification that you want a sharepoint list with a template of discussion board. Effective, clear communications is all I am asking for... Any thoughts here, I believe we should set some standards for specifications if we are to be sharepoint developers. Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

KC Office User Group Meeting: Topic: Layout pages

One interesting sub topic of the group's meeting last night was Layout pages. The scenario was used to showcase approval workflow mentallity of SharePoint, however, I would like to delve deeper into this. Has anyone else had some grand uses of Layout pages? They seem to be a decent replacement for wiki libraries, if you don't need the extra functionality that comes with a wiki page. Please share your thoughts and experiences. Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Custom Web Part Code: Adding the default doc lib menu to a custom web part

So I found a way to add the default drop down menu to the items of a custom web part control. Its pretty convoluted, so if you form a more direct way let me know. See code below: This Template is needed to be instantiated, but we don't render it... (lil trick) msaListMenu = new MenuTemplate(); msaListMenu.ID = "DocLibMenu"; I use this menu column to expose multiples values I need for the menu: SPMenuField msaColMenu = new SPMenuField(); msaColMenu.HeaderText = "Name"; msaColMenu.TextFields = "FileLeafRef, ID, COUID"; //msaColMenu.TextFormat = "{0}/{1}/{2}"; msaColMenu.MenuTemplateId = "DocLibMenu"; //msaColMenu. msaColMenu.NavigateUrlFields = "FileLeafRef";//Client_x0020_Name_x0020_2"; msaColMenu.NavigateUrlFormat = SPContext.Current.Web.Url+"/[Doc Library Name]/1/{0}";//1 msaColMenu.TokenNameAndValueFields = "EDIT=ID,NAME=Title,TYPE=DocIcon,REF=FileLeafRef"; msaColMenu.SortExpression = "Title"; msaGrid.Columns.Add(msaColMenu); Javascript I implanted directly after the rendering of the SPGridView Control (this javascript manipulates the menu field that we put in our SPGridView control and gives it the identical html that the default web parts use for their menus: string transplantMenuFunction = ""; transplantMenuFunction += "<script>\n"; transplantMenuFunction += "function transplantMenu(){\n"; transplantMenuFunction += " var error;\n";...

Discussion: SPSite/Site Collection: Does it contain the permission and features that are inherited to the sites within?

Or does the root web(site) contain those? If the root web(site) contains holds all of that information, is the SPSite(Site Collection) simply a container for SPWebs(Sites)? I'm interested to see peoples thoughts here. Also, SPSite can not contain SPSites within them, correct? Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

High Priority ISSUE! MOSS 2007 craziness! Problem!

Okay, I've got to explain this in a way that translates that shear nonsense that happens here. So I search web part taht search oracle for client ids, brings back the client id and sends it to a redirect page. The redirect page has a web part on it that grabs the client id from the query string and either creates a page for the client if none exists and then ships them to the page, or just sends them to the sharepoint page. On the client's page, There's quite a bit of custom functionality through the use of javascript and custom web parts... The client page is also given a query string "NC_NUMBER=346" to tell the page which client it is so the custom webparts can query oracle for some related info about the client. So thats the scenario. And this works perfectly on my computer and a couple other peoples computers, however, when certain end users try to get the client's page, they get a: "List does not exist The page you selected contains a list that does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user. " Now, this is nuts enough just if it happened when going through the redirect page, however, it does this if you attempt to open a new IE window and paste the url with the nc_number parameter. No redirect involved... AND THEN, check this out, if you go to the site, get the error message, and then hit go back to page, it will load the page no worries. What seems to occur on the users page, is the sharepoint pulls some query parameters out...

Discussion: AJAX enabling SharePoint

I've done this in a VPC on a single server farm with tutorials I found on google, and I've written various AJAX WebParts for use with sharepoint inside that VPC. I'm looking now for some examples of how people have use this on production systems and if they've had any headaches or problems with any Use Case Scenarios when dealing with SharePoint after its been AJAX enabled. Does all of SharePoint different built in features accept AJAX enabling? I know that there's been talk about Microsoft putting AJAX enabling into SP1, has anyone heard any confirmation of this? Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

MOSS 2007: Is collaboration for everyone?

I met with the SharePoint Users Group of Kansas City today. And they brought up an interesting topic. And all in all it makes sense. Should IT release SharePoint in the hands of the end users... I would say yes, but your managers and execs would probably say no. Like the mindsharp people were saying SharePoint is a tool for their employees to communicate with other employees... and everytime you attempt to increase the communication in the workplace there is hesitation by management. The oldest MCT in the biz, a mindsharp trainer, was recalling the days when companies were first thinking about placing phones at employees desks... and then when email was to hit the desktop with Outlook... Each time a tool becomes available to enhance communication among employees, management wants to have their hands in it, with an attempt to control and police it. However, like with email and the phone, SharePoint will produce more results when it is placed in the hands of the employees. Each individual employee having their own mysite, and each dept having its own site with subsites. There will be a learning curve, but someday it will be an everyday utility. There is also another side to SharePoint, a development environment for web based applications. Also SharePoint can be used as a WUI, web user interface, (Intranet) for various web applications you already have in place, or develop new Web Part centric applications. Your applications, now housed in SharePoint, will inherit SharePoint's...

Discussion: What is the purpose of PortalName and PortalURL properties of SPSite

I am unsure as to what the purpose here is. From what I've seen this is how you associate various site collections(SPSite) back to a central "portal" (another site collection). I'm guessing that if these properties are set then a link appears somewhere in the child site collection leading them back to the parent portal. Also this occurs within the SPWeb, again I'm assuming that this basically relays a link within sharepoint back to a parent portal. Does anyone know of any other uses for this? Can anyone confirm what I have stated? Has anyone have any use cases where this became neccessity? Does anyone know where this link turns up when implemented? Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Discussion Boards Bug

Has anyone else had problems with the discussion boards? My end user will simply modify the view and end up causing problems with the entire list. The the default view will become the home page... And the links won't go to the threaded discussions, they will begin acting like folders... Anyone else had these types of problems? Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

Discussion: Site versus Web in MOSS 2007

I would like to open this discussion up because I'm having trouble differentiating the terms. Especially when dealing with the object model. SPSite vs. SPWeb. Are there any known differences? My latest thoughts have been that SPSite is the top level site for a site collection and SPWeb can be a site within that site collection... But very unsure here. Please comment! Posted on SharePoint Blogs Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks