Westin's Technical Log

SharePoint Wiki Page Incoming Links Web Part

wkriebel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:36:00 GMT

Ever want the “Incoming Links” page to show up on the wiki page rather than be a separate page? Well, here is a handy web part you can add to a wiki page.

This provided without warranty, just link to this article and tell folks how you used it.

It uses some clever JavaScript to get the content from that page and asynchronously render it in a web part.

Upload the Incoming Links.dwp file to your Web Part Gallery
Edit the wiki page in question (not the wiki content, the whole page)
Add the Incoming Links web part to the web part zone at the bottom of the page.

This will either prevent you from the hassle of also having to support wikimedia in your environment (which is really great if you can) or buy you time until you can deploy SharePoint 2010.

Setting Project Priorities from TFS Priorities

wkriebel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:13:18 GMT

Here is a handy macro that allows me to set the task priorities in Microsoft Project 2007 based on tasks that I have imported/synchronized to Visual Studio Team System.

The reason I do this is because this allows me to have dependencies between TFS work items, determine which ones need to happen first, level my resources, and calculate completion dates for the work items.

Attribute VB_Name = "Module2"

Sub SetPriorityFromTFS()

Attribute SetPriorityFromTFS.VB_Description = ""

‘Description

    LevelingOptions Automatic:=False

    For Each T In ActiveProject.Tasks

        Select Case T.Text19

            Case 1

                T.Priority = "900"

            Case 2

                T.Priority = "700"

            Case 3

                T.Priority = "500"

            Case 4

                T.Priority = "300"

            Case 5

                T.Priority = "100"

        End Select

    Next T

    LevelingOptions Automatic:=True

    LevelNow

End Sub

DHS Threat Level SharePoint Web Part

wkriebel — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:03:58 GMT

I recently created a XML Web part that uses XSL and the DHS Threat Level web service to render the current threat level in a way that looks exactly like the DHS Threat Advisory image:

Here it is for free to download with no warranty: DHS Thread Advisory.dwp

There is also an image: http://www.dhs.gov/threat_level/current-sm.gif

For fun, link to this post if you use the web part.

How To Display the InfoPath Form Version on the Form

wkriebel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:32:20 GMT

Very handy for testing and help desk calls:

Tip: insert form version with the expression:
substring-before( substring-after( /processing-instruction()[local-name(.) = "mso-infoPathSolution"], 'solutionVersion="'), '"')

Source: http://www.nivot.org/2008/09/30/WhyVSTO30VisualStudio2008SharePointWindowsWorkflowAndInfoPathMightGiveYouAHernia.aspx

Collect Data by Email

wkriebel — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:18 GMT

Scenario: “Please respond to this email indicating your t-shirt size and which session you can attend… or whatever” send to: 40 people.

Read this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA100154271033.aspx

How to Fix PWA Reminders web part in MOSS

wkriebel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:46:40 GMT

Add and hide this web part on the page where the reminders web part is located.

Often folks will want to export the Reminders web part from Project Web Access (PWA) 2007 and have it shown on a related SharePoint (MOSS) page. You can export the web part, you can add it to a SharePoint page, you can set the PWA URL to your PWA URL and it will work.

It will throw a javascript error.

The error presents itself as a document.stylesheets[0] etc. etc. javascript error and prevents all javascripts from running (such as menu flyouts).

The attached web part is simply a function redefinition that doesn’t require a feature deployment that fixes the reminders web part on that and only that page.

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint (ECTS) Installation Notes

wkriebel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:40:48 GMT

These notes are in addition to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296362.aspx

These are the notes I generated that I used in overlay with the installation instructions.

Make sure Cert Server is installed and available
Configure a certificate for ADAM
Run ADAM setup from internet
· Add/Remove only works if you have the OS disk
Create DNS entries
· For example: collab and collab.external
Create Collab web app
Reset IIS
Create email address (e.g. SharePoint@yourdomain.com)
Extend to an SSL external (e.g. collab.external)
Create a site collection on the web application
Run ADAM script that comes with kit
Change the ADAM Service account
Run database script
Run SPScript
Note: ADAM ports are typically 389, 636 or 50000, 50001
Request IIS Cert

How I made my laptop faster

wkriebel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:18:00 GMT

For some reason my laptop got really sluggish a while back. Normally I wouldn’t blog about this type of thing, but it was so impactful I thought I would share. I’ve already done and always do the typical stuff: defrag, clean registry, uninstall add-ons, maintain free disk space, etc. This one, however, was the culprit.

Check this out if you are experiencing the same: kb822158 Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista

Excerpt: “This article also contains information to help you minimize the effect of antivirus software on system and network performance.”

How to update Microsoft RoundTable firmware

wkriebel — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:04 GMT

Download the firmware: Microsoft® RoundTable™ Firmware
Download the manager: Microsoft® RoundTable™ Management Tool
run this at the command line:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft RoundTable\Device Management>rtmanage -m:img -i:nk -f:"C:\RoundTableQfeFirmware\nk.bin" -s:"C:\RoundTableQfeFirmware\nk.cat"

passcode/password is probably: 78491 (factory default, see RoundTable Deployment Guide)
Run This command:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft RoundTable\Device Management>rtmanage.exe -m:img -i:EBOOT -f:c:\roundtableqfefirmware\cpueboot.bin -s:c:\roundtableqfefirmware\cpueboot.cat
Reboot by running this command:
Rtmanage.exe -m:cfg -r

What makes a good model?

wkriebel — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:54:09 GMT

Andrea takes a stab at stating it.

Excerpt:

As simple as possible, and complete (Better not bigger, spanning the semantic space)
Consistent
Extensible and reusable (Designed to evolve and be used beyond original purposes)
Design tradeoffs well-understood and documented
Normalized (To a point)
Incorporating stable and well-defined concepts and semantics – Usually taken from other standards and models
Designed and encoded for interoperability and sharing of semantics – But not limited by a specific encoding (such as XML Schema or database limitiations)

Can you restore a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 backup to a MOSS farm? No.

wkriebel — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:57:00 GMT

If you try to restore a SPD file from SharePoint 2003 to a MOSS instance, you will get this error:

Your backup is from a different version of Windows SharePoint Services and cannot be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file should be restored to a server with version '6.0.2.8117' or later.

SharePoint Training and Internal Communication

wkriebel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:38:00 GMT

Note to self:

Here are some packaged solutions available to help make the user community aware, prepared, and excited.


	Office Online SharePoint Help
	Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training built on SharePoint Learning Kit Here is a screen capture video showing how it works. The SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) is government SCORM compliant, and can be used to deliver and track any training that uses the SCORM XML course definition. The Office SharePoint Server 2007 training is skinned and contains courses for SharePoint users.
	SharePoint Internal Buzz Kit The Internal Buzz Kit is designed to help you generate demand for your newly deployed SharePoint Server 2007 sites, increasing your Return on Investment. You may need to revise some of the pieces in the Kit, depending upon your particular deployment environment and company policies. You may download all the materials in one file, or download them separately

Official Blog Icon?

wkriebel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:11:03 GMT

Interesting. Is this the "official" blog icon?
Not terrible.

http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?assetid=ZA102499971033

Bigger

See it in action here: SharePoint 2007 Help and How-to

Locking Your Computer with a Script

wkriebel — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:42:19 GMT

For humans: ÿ-L

For computers: %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

So cool.

Command line source: Shutting Down Computers and Logging Off Users: TechNet

Model Driven Development

wkriebel — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:31:00 GMT

A great post by Gabriel: Valuing the Undervalued Solution Model