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How to Create Simple Approval Workflow in SharePoint Designer

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:09:27 PST

In this article i am explaining the step by step creation of simple workflow in sharepoint designer .

Open the Site in SharePoint Designer
Click File -> New ->WorkFlow

Provide the name of the workflow and choose the list from the drop down to bind the workflow to the list.

Define the Next Step to add the task list for Approvers.

Add the Task Item Name and Click Finish.

Click “these Users” hyper link to choose the approvers. Select to whom the task to be created.

Add Next Step for send email activity.

Click “this message” hyperlink to define mail template.

Click Finish to Save the WorkFlow

MVP Award

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:53:05 PDT

Hi Everyone,
I am very happy to share this to you, Today I got a mail for my MVP Renewal in SharePoint for the year 2009.

Thanks,
~Uday
http://groups.msn.com/DevGeeks

HTTP 401 Not Found web service error while publishing SSRS Report to SharePoint

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:16:32 PDT

If you are getting "HTTP 401 Not Found web service error" while publishing your SSRS report in SharePoint Library. Please refer your integration settings in Central Administration and verify the user permission from the login where you are trying to publish the report to SharePoint Library.

Updates are currently disallowed on GET requests. To allow updates on a GET, set the 'AllowUnsafeUpdates' property on SPWeb

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:28:40 PDT

I got this below while updating the profile through object model.

Updates are currently disallowed on GET requests. To allow updates on a GET, set the 'AllowUnsafeUpdates' property on SPWeb

Add web.AllowUnsafeUpdate = true; to solve this issue.

TreeView Document Library WebPart V1.0 for MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:05:32 PDT

Hey Guys,
I published the new project in CodePlex for Tree View Document Library WebPart for MOSS 2007 with Source Code.

See you guys there in discussion board. Pls come up with your own ideas/projects. Let execute together to make it happen in codeplex.

Microsoft Patterns & Practices SharePoint Guidance

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:47:03 PDT

The following project in codeplex has Microsoft Patterns & Practices for SharePoint Guidance

This project has the guidance on how to Architect, Design, and Develop applications as well as best practices.

SharePoint Guidance

MOSS 2007 Installation Error

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:34:57 PDT

Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s):
This product required ASP.NET v2.0 to be set to 'Allow' in the list of Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server Extensions. If it is not available in the list, re-install ASP.NET v2.0 Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.

If you are getting this error, even if you have ASP.Net 2.0 installed in your machine and ASP.Net 2.0 in not listed in web server extensions.

Start -> Programs -> Visual Studio 2005 -> Visual Studio Tools -> Command Prompt

Then Execute the following command

aspnet_Regiis /i

Then Open the IIS and allow ASP.Net 2.0 in web server extensions

Good Luck :-)

Groove Error : You Cannot accept invitation from earlier Groove Versions.

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:52:38 PDT

"You Cannot accept invitation from earlier Groove Versions. Groove is configured to accept invitations to workspaces created in Groove version 2007 or later."

If you are getting the above error while accepting the workspace invitations.
Don't worry ;-)
For some enhanced security reasons, the default settings for Groove 2007 to accept invitations only from the Version Groove 2007.

Click Options -> Preferences

Click Security Tab

Then you click "OK" for the warning Message.

Groove Error : The parameter is incorrect. HRESULT: 0x80070057

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:06:56 PDT

Hey Guyz,
I am new bee to Groove. When i try to login to my Groove Account I got this below error :(

The parameter is incorrect.
HRESULT: 0x80070057
Process: GROVE.EXE (ID: 1540 (0x00000nnn))
Thread ID: xxxx (0x00000nnn)

Then i did some research on it. So there is no issues with Groove Installation, The issue is with Groove Account. Then i found the Built in Clean Up tool available in Groove for Deleting all workspaces and accounts in the machine.
Groove CleanUp
Be aware it will destroy all Groove Data stored in your Local Machine.
If you have backup of your account info, you can proceed.
If you are a Groove King/Queen then you can post your comment if there is anyother way to overcome the issue ;)

WSS 3.0 vs MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:19:43 PDT

The Following Article has comparisons in component level in WSS 3.0 & MOSS 2007

WSS 3.0 vs MOSS 2007

How to Install IIS 7.0 in Windows Server 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:46:46 PDT

How to Install IIS 7.0 in Windows Server 2008

Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Server Manager

Click Roles

Click Add Roles

Click Next

Select Web Server (IIS) and Click Next

Click Next

Select Additional Components to be installed

Click ASP .Net in Application Development

Popup will be shown, Select Click Add Required Role Services

Confirmation Screen will show the list of roles and features to be installed.

Then Click Install to start Installing Features.

Result will be displayed with the status of features and roles installtion

Click Close.

Start -> Run -> InetMgr to open IIS admin Console

MOSS 2007 Administration Toolkit

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:10:11 PDT

The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help manage Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0. This toolkit contains two new functions - the ability to perform bulk operations on site collections and an Stsadm operation to update alert e-mails after the URL for a Web application has been changed.

Download it here......

How to Enable Anonymous Access in MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:23:49 PDT

To Enable anonymous access in MOSS 2007 Site.
Select the Allow Anonymous option while creating new web application in creation screen.

Now the web application is enabled to allow anonymous users.
Now the permission set for the anonymous users has to be defined.
Next we need to provide site level permission for the anonymous users.

Open the Site
Site Action ->
Site Settings ->
(Users and Permissions) Advanced Permission

In permission page

click Settings -> Anonymous Access

choose the permission for the anonymous users at lists/library level or Entire web site or Nothing

How to Debug Feature Receiver Assemblies in Visual Studio - MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:11:47 PST

If you try to activate the feature using stsadm command you will not be able to debug the feature receiver assemblies.

Open the Site collection features in

Site Actions ->

Site Settings ->

Modify All Site Settings ->

Site Collection Administration -> Site Collection features

Attach the w3wp.exe process in visual studio.
Place breakpoints.
Then Activate the feature in site collection features

Set Default Text for RichHtmlField in MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:28:43 PDT

In WCM most of you guys may use RichHtmlField in publishing Layout.
To set default text property to RichHtmlField using HTML property to pass your default text.

Example:
[PublishingWebControls:RichHtmlField FieldName="CountrySectionTitle3" runat="server" id="RichHtmlField5" AllowExternalUrls="true" AllowFonts="true" AllowHeadings="false" AllowHtmlSourceEditing="false" AllowHyperlinks="true" AllowImages="false" AllowLists="false" AllowReusableContent="false" AllowTables="false" AllowTextMarkup="false" Html="[html][body][p]--Default Text--[/p][/body][/html]"] [/PublishingWebControls:RichHtmlField]

Note:
Sorry Guyz, Still i am not able to post the tags pls replace '[' with '<' and ']' with '>'

MOSS 2007 Patches after SP1

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:34:35 PDT

How to Change the Background Color of WebPart Title

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:56:48 PDT

Hey Guys,
I got a requirement from the business to change the Background color of the webpart title for Out of Box webparts. Then i started looking on CSS I found the following CSS class which overrides the style of WebPart Title.

.ms-WPHeader TD
{
border-bottom:0px solid #4e7cb7;
border-collapse:collapse;
}

Change this class as per your requirement then you are done....

.ms-WPHeader TD{
height:40px;
background-color: #0174DF;
font-size: larger;
font-weight: bold;
border-bottom:0px solid #4e7cb7;
border-collapse:collapse;
}

ADFS Error : The AD FS auditing subsystem could not register itself with the system. The auditing privilege is not held.

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:04:35 PDT

The issue will araise the account doesnt have audit permission to log audit events.

To Resolve
To grant a domain principal the Generate Security Audits privilege:

After you identify this account,
click Start, point to Administrative Tools, click
Local Security Policy, and then click Local Policies.
Click User Rights Assignment.
In the details pane, right-click Generate Security Audits, and then click Properties.
Add the account.

Refer TechNet Article

How to Deploy Solution Package in MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:30:51 PDT

To deploy the solution package like *.wsp or *.cab in SharePoint FARM.

first we need to add the solution package file to the solution store, then it can be deployed at web application level or in FARM level(Global Deployment).

Use the following stsadm command to add the solution to the deployment store.

stsadm -0 addsolution -filename solutionpackage.wsp

Now the solution is successfully added to solution store, then deploy the solution to web app/global deployment

To deploy the solution execute the following stsadm command

stsadm -o deploysolution -name -immediate
(To Deploy the solution Immediately, if required particular time can be specified to deploy the solution)

Done.....Now the solution file succesfully deployed globally.
If the solution package is specific to web application -url parameter can be specified.

How to Send an EMail From WebPart in MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:37:29 PDT

Hi Devs,
The following is the piece of code to send Email from webpart.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections;
namespace SendMail
{
public class SendMail : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart
{
private TextBox txtTo;
private Button btnSendMail;
protected override void CreateChildControls()
{
txtTo = new TextBox();
this.Controls.Add(txtTo);
btnSendMail = new Button();
btnSendMail.Text = "Send Email";
btnSendMail.Click += new EventHandler(SendMail_Click);
this.Controls.Add(btnSendMail);
}
void SendMail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SPSite _site = new SPSite(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString());
SPWeb _web = _site.OpenWeb();
_web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
SPUtility.SendEmail(_web, false, false, txtTo.Text, "Test Email", "Text Body Message");
_web.Dispose();
_site.Dispose();
}
}
}

Create the WebPart and register it as SafeControl

MOSS 2007 Pricing & Costing Info

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:35:57 PDT

I have consolidated few links from Microsoft for MOSS 2007 Product Costing.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Related Technologies pricing

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 products comparison download

2007 Microsoft Office system pricing and upgrade information

How to Hide Quick Launch in MOSS 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:39:50 PDT

Do you want to hide your quick launch Bar in MOSS 2007
There are two ways to hide the quick launch bar
1. You can edit directly in CSS
2. Adding Hidden content editor webpart

Add new content editor webpart
Click Source Editor in ToolPane
paste the below code in content editor webpart
[style]
.ms-quicklaunch
{
display:none;
}
.ms-navframe
{
display: none;
}
[/style]
Use "<" & ">" instead of "[" & "]"
Set the Hidden Property to True under layout section in ToolPane.
Now Refresh the Page......You Quick Launch Bar is Gone :-)

Presenter in the Shaping the Future Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:11:47 PST

I presented the Demo on Architecting distributed applications using Grid Architecture in Accenture Shaping the Future workshop. This is my second presentation in Accenture's Shaping the Future.

How to Force MOSS 2007 Timer Jobs to Execute

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:32:22 PDT

Use the Following stadm command to force the timer jobs jobs to execute.
no need to wait for the interval to execute the timerjobs.
stsadm.exe -o execadmsvcjobs

MOSS 2007 Rename the Web Application Name

noreply@blogger.com (Uday) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:19:16 PST

I want to share how to rename the web application name in command line administration of MOSS 2007 using STSADM Command.

Syntax:
stsadm -o renameweb -url -newname

Example:
Stsadm -o renameweb -url http://localhost/oldname -newname newname

The above command will rename the web application from oldname to the newname.