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.

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How to verify the logged in user using Javascript in sharepoint

I need to check whether the logged in user is a administrator or non-admin user by using JavaScript in sharepoint designer or content editor webpart. Can anybody suggest?
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Sharepoint solution packaging: how do I get a custom icon for my features?

I am not sure how foolish I am being here! I have a solution that packages up some master pages and layouts etc which I can deploy fine and the feature appears in the "Site Collection Features" list fine. However I would like to put a custom icon…
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Sharepoint: Calculated column based on another list

I could be looking at the wrong way to do this, but here I go: I have a Sharepoint list (titled "Trips"), which has a list of trips scheduled to particular zones. I have a second list ("Zones"), which has a fixed number of items, each item…
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Properly implement a webpart with postback?

What I'm trying to do is to create a webpart that has a textbox where you can set the value of a literal (h2) on the webpart and a "save" button that posts back and then sets the literal accordingly. This works with one huge caveat; when the page…
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Prevent SharePoint list item deletion

How can I prevent users from deleting sharepoint task list item? Should i override the ItemDeleting event or is there any other site level options available to achieve the same?
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Inject javascript to Infopath form

We use Infopath 2007 + Sharepoint 2007 and need to inject some javascript to infopath form. I know that infopath form can be hosted on the aspx page using XmlFormControl. But this solution doesn't suit us =(. Is there any workaround?
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What is a proper way to store site-level global variables in a SharePoint site?

One thing that has driven me nuts about SharePoint2007 is the apparent inability to have defineable settings that apply specifically to a site or site collection itself, and not the content. I mean, you have some pre-defined settings like the Site…
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DirectoryServicesCOMException when working with System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

I'm attempting to determine whether a user is a member of a given group using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagment. I'm doing this inside a SharePoint WebPart in SharePoint 2007 on a 64-bit system. Project targets .NET 3.5 Impersonation…
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Could not load Assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search'

I have got following error: "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an …
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SharePoint Custom Action on Site Settings Page

I have a Custom Action on the Site Settings page of my SharePoint site that appears in the UsersAndPermissions list. It is created using a feature, this is the elements.xml file for the feature:
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Programmatically logging to the Sharepoint ULS

I'd like to log stuff in my Sharepoint Web Parts, but I want it to go into the ULS. Most examples that I've found log into the Event Log or some other file, but I did not really find one yet for logging into the ULS. Annoyingly,…
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Is there a good reference SharePoint's databinding syntax?

I'm putting asp server-controls into my SharePoint XSLT using SharePoint Designer. I've found it's really handy for pre-populating values into the form, or providing a different experience than the SharePoint defined layout (hidden fields,…
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"RunWithElevatedPrivileges" in SharePoint Timer Jobs?

Can we use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges in SharePoint timer jobs? Under whose identity will the timer job run under elevated privilegs? Any gotcha's and must know facts regarding this will also be appreciated.
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SharePoint timer jobs not getting invoked

I have a timer job which has been deployed to a server with multiple Web front ends. This timer job reads it's configuration from a Hierarchical Object Store. This timer job is scheduled to run daily on the server. But the problem is that this…
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How to add a value to a lookup field in sharepoint?

Hi I have two Lists in sharepoint 2007. I have a lookup column in on list which looks the other field. I want to use the sharepoint object model to add an item to the second list. How to i set the lookup field value. (The value is already in the…
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