Archive for the "SharePoint Server 2007" category

 

Viewing detailed Workflow history list (Hidden List)

 
Overview When writing MOSS 2007 Workflow, you can log events (e.g. Log exceptions detail for debugging) to workflow history, which can be view in the task item page. However, the task item page only shows simplified version of workflow history item. To view detailed workflow history list. You will have to enter the [...]

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Using custom workflow for SharePoint page approval (web content management)

 
Overview SharePoint provides a out-of-the-box mechanism for Web Content Management (WCM) in document library (for example: a page author must seek web master approval before his page can be viewed by publish). But sometimes we may want to use our custom workflow for the approval process, and indeed it is possible to do so [...]

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"Page is customized" in SPD 2007

 
Overview I come across a situation that the "Edit Page" menu item is missing for certain page in a SharePoint Site. Later I found that it is caused by "Customized Page" created by SharePoint Designer (SPD). If want to enable the "Edit Page" function of customized page, you can navigate to [...]

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Delete users from a Site collection

 
Overview A user might belongs to many user groups in a MOSS site collection. Below steps show how to remove users from all groups of a site collection. Reference Removing Selected Users in MOSS 2007/WSS v3 Steps Select "Site Actions" -> "Site Settings" Click [...]

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Save MOSS sub sites as a template

 
Overview Site templates are very useful when creating sites with similar structure & settings. However the link "Save site as template" is only available under Look and Feel at the Top Level of the site collection. So can I create site template of my sub site? Yes, and the way to do it is [...]

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Silverlight + SharePoint integration (Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint)

 
Overview Microsoft provides a Blueprint for integrating Silverlight 2 applications with SharePoint sites. The Blueprint includes guides to configure SharePoint runtime environment for hosting Silverlight 2 application, as well as VS 2008 development environment for building Silverlight 2 wrapper webparts. Besides, 5 examples application are included in the Blueprint. Reference Silverlight Blueprint [...]

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Renaming a SharePoint 2007 / WSS 3.0 Server

 
Overview Sometimes you have to rename a Server, it can easily be done in "System properties". However, if the Server host a SharePoint Services/Server, then renaming will cause SharePoint sites to stop functioning. Eventually I found a Blog showing the steps to rename a SharePoint 2007 / WSS 3.0 Server, and I have repost [...]

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My struggle with Browser enabled InfoPath Form connection to ‘UserProfileService’ Web Service

 
Overview I faced a silly error when trying to use data connection in a Browser-enabled InfoPath Form to connect to MOSS built-in ‘UserProfileService’ web service in order to retrieve the display name (Preferred Name) of the logged in user. It works great without any error when I preview the form in InfoPath. However, I [...]

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Deploy old SQL Reporting Services Reports to SharePoint Site

 
Overview In my previous post, I discussed about how to setup SharePoint Integrated SQL Server Reporting Services (RS). Now that I have the Integrated RS ready, I can deploy the reports to the SharePoint site. But wait, how can I deploy a Pre-SP2 RS report to SharePoint site? Below shows the steps I used. [...]

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Guides on setting up SharePoint integrated SQL Server Reporting Services

 
Overview This is going to be a long post, in this post I am trying to describe how I setup Integrated SQL Server Reporting Services on a Standalone SharePoint Server. According to my understanding, these steps can be applied to SharePoint Services too. Software Configuration SQL Server 2005 [...]

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