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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SharePoint problem while adding custom menu item in document library

I have written a feature(Site scoped) that adds custom menu items to the New Menu and EditControlBlock of a SharePoint 2007 document library. These menu items should show up only when the user has add and edit permissions for that document library.…
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onChange event doesn't trigger

I use Internet Explorer 8 and Sharepoint 2007. Briefing: I have a NewForm with various fields from a list. I need, using javascript, from one of the fields, to get the value introduced by the user (in a textBox) and paste it on other field (other…
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How do you set the Filter for a SharePoint event receiver?

I've only recently noticed the Filter element in the definition file for a SharePoint event receiver: ...
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Getting User Permissions From Active Directory In SharePoint Groups

I have been tasked with some SharePoint work that involves the following scenario. The users are in an active directory group with permissions directly binded to the AD group in some cases and in some cases the AD group is assigned to a SharePoint…
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Which CSS framework(s) work well with SharePoint publishing sites?

Past, now irrelevant back story: I was trying to make some changes to BlueBand and get 'up and running pretty quickly' but after looking at it further this is no longer an option due to tables that a previous developer introduced into the layout.…
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Taking /Pages out of the SharePoint URL?

A customer is asking if there is anything we can do to remove "/Pages" from his Internet-facing MOSS publishing site. Some Googling reveals that some clever use of HTTPModules may be able to hide the presence of Pages, but I've yet to see an…
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blank option in drop down disappears from custom Sharepoint list

I have a custom list template that is deployed as a .wsp. The list has almost 30 columns, including several DropDownLists of column type "Choice". None of the columns are required and the customer wants a blank option as the default selection for…
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how to deploy web.config modifications in a Sharepoint web application?

I have a website in Sharepoint 2007. We use a wsp to deploy our projects. We can deploy dlls, usercontrols, features, but i don't know how to include new lines in the web.config. Which would be a possible way to make changes in web.config? Another…
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Good beginning CAML tutorials?

right now I'm trying to get CAML down pat in SharePoint, where is the best place to start for this? The MSDN content doesn't impress me much as being somewhat cryptic, though the Wikipedia entry was rather good for starting out. Thoughts? …
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Web Part Not Showing In Add Web Parts Dialog

I created a couple of web parts using the Visual Studio 2008 SharePoint Web Part template. However, when I deploy it says everything has deployed successfully but, when I try to add the web parts they are not available in the add web part dialog…
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Cannot use ProcessBatchData without increasing version of processed item

I need to update SPListItem using web.ProcessBatchData without create new version. I've tried to use this xml: {some-guid}
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Where can I find good programming resources for SharePoint?

I have been trying to find a book or web reference that gives me good understanding on how to build, test, and deploy ASP.NET pages, controls, and web parts to a SharePoint web site. All I have found so far is either draggy-droppy stuff or…
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Sharepoint-Active Directory Profiles

I have written the following code to edit the User Profiles for MOSS 2007. User Profiles are being populated through the Active directory. SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate() { SPSite sc = new…
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How to check the permissions of a user with a site collection?

I want to check if a user is a site collection administrator of a particular site collection. When I go through the member functions I see two functions site.CheckForPermissions(SPReusableAcl acl, SPBasePermissions…
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Why is SharePoint dispalying my HTML and CSS content improperly?

I am trying to add content to a SharePoint content editor web part, but when I do, it displays as if it's ignoring parts of my CSS. It displays fine in Firefox 3.6 and IE 8 when it's a stand-alone page, but goes all off when the same code is placed…
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