Questions tagged [sharepoint-2007]

SharePoint 2007 is a Server Product from Microsoft. It is an Application Development Framework that helps you create web applications in no time. It combines collaboration and web publishing, providing a wide palette of functionality (Content Management, Search, wiki, blog etc.) all under its stack.

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SharePoint 2007 is a Server Product from Microsoft. It is an Application Development Framework that helps you create web applications in no time. It is used for collaboration, web publishing and file sharing as well as providing a wide palette of functionality: content management, search, wiki, blogs, etc.

Questions that suit this tag:

  1. Those related to the functionality of SharePoint.
  2. Specific help with code or debugging.
  3. Advice on best practices.

SharePoint 2007 is also known by the following names:

  1. MOSS – Stands for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
  2. SharePoint – with the release of SharePoint 2010 this name has become ambiguous.

Frequently Asked Questions related to this Tag:

  1. Getting Started

Important Links that will help you:

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  3. Product site
  4. Product Team Blog
  5. Books you should read
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SharePoint Custom Current Navigation / PortalSiteMapProvider

I'm working on a custom current (left) navigation on a SharePoint solution. What I need is that the root of the navigation is a variation web, the immediate child of the root web. All the sites and pages which are immediate children of this…
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Sharepoint CMS vs UmbracoCMS

I work for a large local government organisation who are about to embark on using SharePoint to replace our ageing intranet with an all-singing all-dancing collaborative site. The focus for the intranet will be replacing random files, content pages…
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Accidentally deleted a webpart, how can I get it back

I have deleted "New comment" webpart on the Blog Post detailed Page on the my SharePoint blog site, I am unable to find it in the webpart list. How can I get undo / add the webpart back.
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Sharepoint API - How to Upload files to Sharepoint Doc Library from ASP.NET Web Application

I am new to Sharepoint Server, Do we have any utility to upload files from ASP.NET application. Could you please provide your valuable answers?
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how to find Sharepoint Guid of a list

I am new to Sharepoint 2007 and I have done some google to find guid of a list which I want to use for outlook synchronization of my sharepoint project using stssync. Can somebody please help me finding out guid of a list in sharepoint 2007. Thanks…
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Sending Emails in Sharepoint

I need to know what is the best practice for sending emails from my sharepoint webparts and/or customized features. Should I just use the normal .Net classes to send email ? or is their a better way to do it through integration with an outlook…
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Can I create a COUNTIF calculated column in SharePoint?

Is there a way to create a SharePoint calculated column that returns a count of the number of entries in a list? So If I have 3 customers in my list with the company "Starbucks" I'd like the field to return "3"
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Scope of a timer job feature

I am writing a timer job for the first time. I am following the examples that can be obtained by googling as my reference. In many such articles, I am coming across the timer job features being activated to the Site Collection level or the Site…
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When does one use Web Parts vs. Full blown ASP.NET application in SharePoint?

I'm still struggling with this question as I'm trying to get up to speed with SharePoint, coming from ASP.NET Web Forms. We're looking to use SharePoint exclusively for several reasons; one of the main selling points is to consolidate our…
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Difference between FieldLinks and Field in Sharepoint

I'm in the middle of trying to copy a custom content type from one web to another. I've googled around and found some examples that use FieldLinks and Fields. I'm kind of lost as to which one to use, since when I get the FieldLinks from my source…
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SharePoint Custom JS file Best Practice

I made a custom master page. I also made a custom CSS file, which I uploaded to "Style Library". I link to this CSS file by: Now I want to…
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Unable to Update Sharepoint Document Properties: Required Fields are Empty

I am updating Documents on Sharepoint using the List.asmx web service. But problem I am facing is: Fields are not getting updated as some of required fields are not added. But to fill required fields I have to Update again. "ID" field is compulsary…
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How to update Properties of Uploaded Documents on Sharepoint using Web Services?

I am trying to Update/Edit Properties of Uploaded Document on Sharepoint 2007. My code: Lists listService = new Lists(); listService.PreAuthenticate = true; listService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username,password); listService.Url =…
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Recursive ASP user control

I am trying to make a user controls for multi-level menu. I have created first-level control which works. Its iterating with repeater and instantiating my own MenuButton class. Each MenuButton object has children of same type. The question is: How…
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How to tell if page is in edit mode on a non-publishing site

For our publishing sites we use the SPContext.Current.FormContext.FormMode enum to work out if the current page is in edit mode. I've seen that this does not work for a team site I'm currently working on. The FormMode is always set to…
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