Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0
Questions tagged [wss-3.0]
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How to troubleshoot "The server tag is not well formed. " error on sharepoint?
I'm trying to edit a legacy wss3 sharepoint site.
Messing around with a 700+ code lines aspx page I got a "The server tag is not well formed." error on sharepoint and The ?content=1 trick does not work.
Anyone has a tip on how to get to the line…

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Retrieve a list of web parts on a page
I am trying to get a list of webparts deployed on a web page in sharepoint 3.0. Is there way I can retrieve it from sharepoint content database or can I do it programmatically?
user184568
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WSS 3.0 Internal Database
What is the internal storage mechanism of WSS 3.0? Does it need SQL Server 2005 or can we use SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition automatically installed with WSS 3.0? If yes then what is the limit of the content for a web application if it uses…

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How do I remove the "Personalize this Page" option in WSS 3 with feature code?
How can I remove the "Personalize this Page" option in WSS 3.0? I'd like to do it in code with a feature at the web application level if possible.

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SharePoint - How can I customize NewForm.aspx in custom feature?
I have created a custom list in a SharePoint site and generated a Visual Studio 2008 project using SharePoint Solution Generator. I can package this as a feature and install it. It runs fine on my server.
After testing this out, I've been able to…

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What significance does "NewWeb" and "Blank" configurations have in WSS site definitions
I customize a WSS site definitions by tweaking one of the built in definitions. When examining the sts definition, I see it has a configuration "NewWeb" with ID -1, and "Blank" with ID 1. In the sps definition these are defined like…

Øyvind Skaar
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SharePoint - Doing a user lookup on GetListItems SOAP call
I'm using jQuery and the WSS 3.0 SOAP service to retrieve and display data from a list. I'm wanting to filter the data by the CreatedBy column. Here's my CAML query:
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Using SharePoint's lists.asmx and UpdateListItems to delete an item by Guid or UniqueId
I am trying to call the lists.asmx UpdateListItems() to delete a list item by unique id or guid. The following batch xml fails with "Invalid URL Parameter. The URL provided contains an invalid Command or Value. Please check the URL again".

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Why do I get 401 UNAUTHORIZED when I'm entering to WSS 3.0 site?
When I'm opening for the first time my webpage on WSS 3.0 I always get 401 UNAUTHORIZED.
I was trying a lot of resolutions from Google results. I disabled loop back check. Added administrator rights for sharepoint account. I have to add that I'm…

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How to get currently adding item to SPList from SPItemEventProperties inside event handler?
I'm using ItemAdding Event for one of my SPLists. The question is how I can get the new not yet added item from SPItemEventProperties? I've tried to ListItem.Item but the debuger shows that the property is set to Nothing. Any correction…

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SharePoint Unknown SPRequest error occurred. More information: 0x80070005
Oh SharePoint...
I've built a custom event receiver that just checks for some fields from the list, and changes some of them as needed.
Still, it's throwing this exception:
Unknown SPRequest error occurred. More information: 0x80070005
ERROR: Failed…

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Is it possible to use Google-friendly URLs in WSS 3.0 site?
I have website designed in WSS 3.0 (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0). Can i re-write URLs to Google / SEO friendly URLs? If yes then please do let me know how to do it?
Thanks,
Rau.

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Sharepoint performance under heavy load and capacity limitations
I'm working on a new storage system for a business solution package that consists of around 40 applications. Some of those applications generate documents (mostly docx, some pdf) that are currently saved and organized in a network share…

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Timing in SharePoint features deployment
I have a wsp package that contains many features. Some of the features included in the wsp package depend on other features that are also in the wsp package.
In my case, 2 content types are created via features (Content Type A and Content Type B)…

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SharePoint 2007 (wss) search and Unable to validate data Exception
We have a problem with SharePoint's search box. Whenever we try to search for something we get:
Unable to validate data. at
System.Web.Configuration.MachineKeySection.EncryptOrDecryptData(Boolean
fEncrypt, Byte[] buf, Byte[] modifier,
Int32…

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