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Links (6/29/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 29, 2008

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Links (6/26/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 26, 2008

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Links (6/24/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 24, 2008

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Links (6/22/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 22, 2008

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Links (6/19/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 19, 2008

SharePoint

  1. Colleague tracker Web Part on the MySite does not display data!
  2. WebDav interface within the SharePoint library
  3. MOSS Alerts Not Working
  4. SharePoint with non IE browsers
  5. Displaying List Attachments in Custom List Forms
  6. Browser Shootout on Michael Gannotti on SharePoint + : IE7 vs Firefox 3 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari 3.1.1
  7. Deploying External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint in a medium farm
  8. Customizing Application.master
  9. Create a Command Prompt Shortcut for the 12 Hive
  10. Help! I Can’t See New Documents Checked Out to Someone Else!
  11. EndUserSharePoint.com: Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” - Customizing a Task List
  12. How to programmatically retrieve the root site of a Variation
  13. How to set the default value for a look-up field, for an item as it is being created?
  14. Add files to the SpFileCollection and update the time of creation WITHOUT creating a new version
  15. SharePoint Performance Tuning References
  16. How to configure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Kerberos authentication
  17. SharePoint Web Services
  18. Relative paths to important SharePoint settings pages
  19. Thoughts on a SharePoint 2007 Operating Model
  20. SharePoint Development is an Adventure
  21. How to Build a “Hello World” SilverLight Web Part for a SharePoint Site in 10 Easy Steps (Part 1 of 2): Introduction to Silverlight Development
  22. How to Build a “Hello World” SilverLight Web Part for a SharePoint Site in 10 Easy Steps (Part 2 of 2): Deploying a Silverlight Application into SharePoint
  23. Phil’s Top 10 Best Practices for Branding SharePoint (Part 1 of 10)
  24. Phil’s Top 10 Best Practices for Branding SharePoint (Part 2 of 10)
  25. Phil’s Top Ten Best Practices for Branding SharePoint (Part 3 of 10)
  26. One small step toward SOX Compliance within SharePoint: Content Types, Features, and Event Receivers in action!
  27. Announcing: WSS3Workflow Tools on Steroids
  28. EndUserSharePoint.com: Can I filter on “nothing”?
  29. How do I make our SharePoint site stop asking me to login? – Part I
  30. How do I make our SharePoint site stop asking me to login? – Part II
  31. Update: Imtech Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Dynamic Help v1.0.1
  32. RealNiceRugs.com Iteration 0
  33. Why do Visual Studio Extensions for WSS 3.0 not support 64-Bit Platforms?
  34. User Profile Sharepoint Designer Activities 0.1.0
  35. Hiding List View Group Headers
  36. Ajaxify MOSS - now featuring .Net 3.5
  37. How To : Work with RunWithElevatedPrivileges
  38. How To: Work around OnTaskCreated activity to get TaskId
  39. How To: Steps to create web services in MOSS 2007
  40. Resolution: MOSS: Cannot execute multiple tasks in workflow
  41. Resolution: MOSS: Custom document library doesn’t display metadata with more than one content type

Office

  1. Create Your First OBA: Part 4

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Links (6/17/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 17, 2008

  1. Belated Announcement: SharePoint Server 2007 Scalability and Performance whitepaper now available
  2. SharePoint IT Pro and Developer Training Resources Sheet
  3. Preserving the last “Modified By” when checking in a file
  4. Content Deployment and Object Reference Not Set to an Instance
  5. Redirect to your own MySite Landing Page
  6. Using the PeoplePicker in your custom web part
  7. EndUserSharePoint.com: Free screencast - Case Study Using Content Types
  8. How We Did It: Christian Children’s Fund extranet powered by SharePoint
  9. Create Search Scope in Feature Receiver
  10. Some SharePoint problems and resolutions
  11. Registering a CSS File in SharePoint
  12. How to fix SharePoint Designer created workflow that periodically stops and does not send emails
  13. Table Web Part Connections, IWebPartTable, and PropertyDescriptors
  14. Chart View! 100% SharePoint
  15. Tag Clouds considered harmful
  16. How Do I: Build State Machine Document Approval Workflows for SharePoint Server 2007 Using Visual Studio 2008
  17. Video: Building State Machine Document Approval Workflows for SharePoint Server 2007 Using VS 2008
  18. Deliver Modular Workflow Functionality in SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2)
  19. Deliver Modular Workflow Functionality in SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2)
  20. EndUserSharePoint.com: In Defense of SharePoint Designer
  21. Show an “Operation in Progress” page from your code
  22. MOSS + VS2008: New tools for MOSS Ninjas!
  23. How to customize the Content Query Web Part XSL to aggregate blog posts
  24. Document libraries: Specify which items users can edit/delete - explained - Part 1
  25. Why do Visual Studio Extensions for WSS 3.0 not support 64-Bit Platforms?
  26. BDC Mapper Web Part - new release
  27. Presetting Lookup Field Values via a Link

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Links (6/15/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 15, 2008

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Links (6/12/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 12, 2008

SharePoint

  1. Browser Button (a.k.a. Favelet or Bookmarklet) for Parsing SharePoint List Item IDs
  2. SharePoint Debugging and Logging Tips and Tricks
  3. EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I restrict views to the contributor’s content, only?
  4. EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I view access rights?
  5. Room and Equipment Reservations SharePoint Template Can’t Reserve
  6. How to: Create a Custom Document Library
  7. Synchronize Content Types and Site Columns between team sites
  8. Using Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server to implement a large-scale content storage scenario with rapid search availability
  9. Unexpected SharePoint List Definition Behavior
  10. Delivering Modular Workflow Functionality in SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2)
  11. Delivering Modular Workflow Functionality in SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2)
  12. End-to-End Content Deployment Walkthrough
  13. Latest SharePoint Development Resources to Support Top Partner Initiatives
  14. Enabling MOSS to use .Net 3.5
  15. The User name and Account name fields are not synchronized in MOSS when the user account information is changed in AD
  16. ForceCheckOut and how it affects development
  17. Quick Tip: Could not load file or assembly System.Web.Silverlight.dll
  18. Showing “my links” on a web page
  19. Building Web Parts with User Controls and AJAX
  20. EndUserSharePoint.com: How can I transfer a content type?
  21. Change Days to Show New Icon
  22. Create a Custom Theme for WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007
  23. Data View Web Part, Web Services, & AAMs…oh my
  24. 2nd Stage Recycle Bin Fallacy
  25. Real World SharePoint MVP in Wrox Chapters on Demand

Office

  1. Microsoft Office Developer Show Episode 4 (Harry Miller)
  2. Outlining in OneNote

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Links (6/10/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 10, 2008

SharePoint

  1. How We Did It: Integrating Telligent Community Server Evolution 2008 with SharePoint Server 2007 – my buddy Leon was instrumental in this
  2. Roadmap to Document Management - pt3: Full Circle - From Documents to HTML Forms to Documents Again
  3. Write Better, Write Faster Using CQWP and dataTransfer
  4. Getting started with SharePoint and Silverlight - Part IIb
  5. Renaming Virtualized SharePoint Environment
  6. Rating System for SharePoint documents
  7. Solution Development for SharePoint 2007 Part 8
  8. EndUserSharePoint.com: Help! I re-labled my “title” column
  9. EndUserSharePoint.com: Pages and Sites in SharePoint 2007 (Case Study)
  10. Postbuild script for SharePoint project in Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008
  11. eXo Platform: The Open Source alternative to Microsoft SharePoint
  12. Great Visio Stencils for SharePoint
  13. Podcasting Kit for SharePoint
  14. Creating a SPListItem in a SPFolder
  15. DeliverPoint 2007 offers FREE version with production license
  16. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Continues to Emerge as Enterprise 2.0 Platform of Choice
  17. Imtech XML Sitemap (Free SharePoint Feature)
  18. Silverlight Web Parts Developed in ASP.NET for MOSS 2007
  19. How do I: Build an Expense Report Approval Workflow for SharePoint Server 2007 Using VS 2008
  20. How do I: Configure and Deploy Workflows to SharePoint Server 2007 Using a Solution Package
  21. How do I: Create Custom Workflow Activities for SharePoint Server 2007 Using Visual Studio 2008
  22. Event handler on a document library with custom editform
  23. How We Did It: blueKiwi SharePoint Connector and OfficeAssistant
  24. PowerShell Plus SharePoint: Cornucopia
  25. Rewritable Web Parts Library
  26. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007® Scalability and Performance whitepaper

Office

  1. InfoPath Managed Form Templates - upload status stuck or remains forever in ‘installing’ or ‘deleting’ state

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Links (6/8/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 8, 2008

SharePoint

  1. Day of SharePoint Developer Training - webcast on June 11th
  2. SharePoint Reporting with Nintex Reporting 2008
  3. You’ve got Questions (About Workflow), here are the Answers
  4. Solution Development in SharePoint 2007 Part 4
  5. Solution Development in SharePoint 2007 Part 5
  6. Solution Development for SharePoint 2007 Part 6
  7. Solution Development for SharePoint 2007 Part 7
  8. How to delete SPRecycleBin items?
  9. SharePoint - “Cannot connect to the configuration database”
  10. WSS FAQ additions and corrections CVII - 1st to 7th June 2008
  11. UPDATED: Building a simple ASP.Net page based SharePoint application in Visual Studio with the Visual Studio Extensions for WSS 1.2 with Visual Studio 2008
  12. SharePoint ListInstance Person Data
  13. SharePoint AjaxControlToolkit 403
  14. Announcing: Administering Records Management in Office SharePoint Server 2007
  15. Edit Business Data Using Business Data Catalog Actions and InfoPath Forms Services
  16. Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies for the Professional .NET Developer
  17. Chapter 7: Managing Complex Business Processes with Custom SharePoint Workflow
  18. Build and Distribute Workflows in SharePoint Products and Technologies for Use in Customer and Partner Environments
  19. Understand the Report Center and Dashboards in SharePoint Sever 2007
  20. Ten Tips for Using SharePoint Server 2007 with Excel Services
  21. Develop Workflow Solutions with SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows Workflow Foundation
  22. Adding “Jump to ID#” to a list view…
  23. Workarounds for ItemAdding/ItemAdded Event Handlers
  24. Best Practices for Elevated Privilege in SharePoint
  25. ModalPopupExtender and SharePoint 2007
  26. Multiple RSS Aggregator Web Part Example
  27. How to use Web Part Custom Properties in SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0
  28. Placing a link on the logo: You can make it happen!
  29. K2 BlackPoint
  30. Style up your ‘Best Bets’ results in SharePoint (pt 2)
  31. Managing Growth of Data, Database Sizes, SLAs and Solutions
  32. Web Content Management Resource Center for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
  33. Populating BDC fields from a query string in MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) 2007
  34. Add SPFieldType.Choice, SPFieldChoice with SPChoiceFormatType.RadioButtons
  35. Reporting Services and WSS Lists
  36. SharePoint Content Deployment Error: The specified name is already in use
  37. Programming navigation in WSS 3.0
  38. Updating ‘ModerationStatus’ field
  39. Enterprise 2.0 – Midori + SharePoint
  40. Tomoye Ecco and SharePoint Integration – How We Did It and What We Will Do Next
  41. Add Blackberry support to Forms Server 2007 or Sharepoint 2007
  42. Hotfixes and SP1
  43. SharePoint Smart 404 Feature – looks interesting
  44. Creating a Enhanced MOSS 404 Feature - Part 1
  45. Deleting config values specific to a web application
  46. How We Did It: NewsGator Social Sites 2.0 - Enhanced Social Computing on the SharePoint Platform

Office

  1. Schema Validation Errors with InfoPath Document Information Panels
  2. Create Office Business Applications Using Excel Services and Open XML Formats
  3. How Do I: Update Document Information Panels for Content Type Changes in SharePoint Server 2007
  4. Tracking Activity in Shared Notebooks

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Links (6/5/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 5, 2008

SharePoint

  1. **** Want to know why SharePoint loads up very slowly during the first request? - worked for me
  2. **** Using Google Gadgets to add external content and boost user buy in
  3. Leveraging Content Types in SharePoint Document Libraries and Lists
  4. Working with the AssetUrlSelector
  5. Browsable Hyperlinks in SharePoint 2007
  6. Understanding the Crawler Architecture in SharePoint Server 2007 and Search Server 2008
  7. Announcing the VSeWSS version 1.2!
  8. EndUserSharePoint.com: Wiki page library vs wiki subsite
  9. Assigning SharePoint Groups to Tasks in SharePoint Designer Workflows
  10. How to avoid ‘Read-Only Mode’ when opening documents in SharePoint
  11. Kick Start my Project Site, What Web parts should I add to my site?
  12. No more fancy color on your Site Actions button
  13. How We Did It: Australia National Native Title Tribunal website - advanced web content management
  14. Custom Navigation in SharePoint - The Full Monty
  15. Saving multiple STSADM backups
  16. K2 Announces blackpoint™ For Building Process-Driven Applications with Microsoft SharePoint
  17. SharePoint Solution Accelerators
  18. How do you provision a MasterPages across all SharePoint sites from a single Feature?
  19. Tip - SharePoint 2007 Escaped Column Names
  20. Structured and repeatable deployment of Content Query Web Part instances
  21. Solution Development in SharePoint 2007 Part 3
  22. SharePoint 2007 Wiki Library Issue
  23. Building a 2008 MOSS 2007 VM - Part 3
  24. Windows Search 4.0 released
  25. Lookup Fields in a ListTemplate
  26. Deploying a Theme as part of a WSP
  27. Feature Receiver to set a site’s master page and theme
  28. Deploying a custom MasterPage to SharePoint 2007
  29. How to Create a Silverlight Web Part in ASP.NET for Use in SharePoint Server 2007
  30. RadControls for ASP.NET Ajax in SharePoint 2007 and DotNetNuke
  31. Full-featured RadEditor for MOSS 2007 (version 5.0)
  32. Making Business Data Searchable: Business Data Catalog or Custom Federated Search Connectors?
  33. SharePoint Security: The Evils of RunWithElevatedPrivilege (and our hero, SPUserToken)
  34. Feature Dependency Order

Office

  1. InfoPath Forms Services 2007 Web Testing Toolkit
  2. Updated Office Developer Posters
  3. Stumbling Through: K2 blackpearl - InfoPath Integration (Part III)

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June 2008 Cincinnati SharePoint User Group Announcement

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 3, 2008

The June 2008 Cincinnati SharePoint User Group meeting will take place on 6/9 at 6:00 pm at MAX Technical Training in Mason. Check out the website. There are two sessions:

  1. TBD
  2. Using Silverlight in SharePoint Sites, Bill Crider, Sogeti - Silverlight is a new technology you can use to spice up your SharePoint sites. In this demo, we will review and demo some of the latest various tools and code to help you use these 2 technologies together.

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Links (6/3/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 3, 2008

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Links (6/1/2008)

Posted by Steve Pietrek on June 1, 2008

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