Andrew May's WebLog

This is the second in a five-part series on how to use the built-in XML parser in WSS V3 to promote and demote document properties in your XML files, including InfoPath 2007 forms. Read More...

For the next five posts, I'm going to be covering how to use the built-in XML parser in WSS V3 to promote and demote document properties in your XML files, including InfoPath 2007 forms. Read More...

I've got another conceptual poster for download. This one deals with document parsers, and how Windows SharePoint Services uses them to promote and demote document properties. Read More...

So, a reader emailed me the other day, asking for more information on content type IDs: what they are, how to create your own, etc. Because he asked nicely, and because I like to keep both my readers happy, I decided to write up a quick overview of content Read More...

Turn out that some of the material I wrote in the WSS Beta 2 SDK concerning content types is not strictly technically accurate, in the sense that it’s dead wrong. Read More...

Today I want to address a piece of SharePoint terminology that confused me no end when I first started working on the products. So, here’s a quick overview of three terms that tend to be used to mean the same thing: column, field, and document property. Read More...

I’m sure it comes as no surprise that Office InfoPath 2007 is the forms designer of choice for Office SharePoint Server 2007. But the average SharePoint developer might be surprised at all the places you can employ InfoPath to quickly create forms for enterprise management functions. The main reason for this is the fact that in InfoPath 2007 you can create what the InfoPath guys are calling symmetrical forms. Symmetrical forms are InfoPath forms that can be hosted either in the Office client applications like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, as well as in the SharePoint Server browser interface. Read More...

Today I'm making another SharePoint technical poster available for download. This one details the records repository functionality offered in Windows SharePoint Services V3 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. (As always, it's the fine folk at Office Zealot.com Read More...

If you're interested in extending the enterprise content management features in Office SharePoint Server 2007, take note: we've just released the Enterprise Content Management Starter Kit on MSDN. Read More...