1. The Rendering Template for the Survey List is in the defaulttemplates.ascx control under 12/Template/Control template. 2. The rendering template ID is “ViewToolBar”. This template renders the "Respond to this Survey", Actions menu and Settings...

Option1 : Using a custom HttpModule to redirect to a custom-mngsiteadmin page. This approach ensures : The OOB page isn’t accessible, even if users put the actual url (layouts/mngsiteadmin.aspx") in the browser and try accessing it. Is easy to implement...

§    list.Items.XmlDataSchema   §    list.Items.Xml  §    list.Items.QueryFieldNames §    list.Items.NumberOfFields  §    list.Items.ListItemCollectionPosition ...

Sample code -------------- SiteData.SiteData srvSiteData = new SiteData.SiteData(); srvSiteData.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; string items = srvSiteData.GetListItems("{48414507-4436-4D47-BE59-9834D33F2B52}","<Query><OrderBy><FieldRef...

Any input control for that matter, a simple custom field control with a single text box into the DataFormWebPart. The field gets displayed well in the NewForm and EditForm. But on saving the form data is not saved.No errors thrown. Build and deploy...

Item form pages are the pages created based on the "Forms.aspx" as the setup page which is available under 12/Templates/Pages folder. 1. All the templates for the NewForm, EditForm and DispForm (Item Form pages) are defined in the defaulttemplates...

Came across an interesting issue with the quick access area in the page editing toolbar last week. The problem is with the “Submit For Approval” console node in the quick access. The “Submit for Approval” works fine as long as the OOB approval workflow...

SPSite mySite = new SPSite ( "<SiteURL>" ); SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb(); SPFolder myList = myWeb.Folders[ "<DocLibName>" ]; SPFile myFile = myList.Files[0]; SPUser myUser = myWeb.Users[ "<User_Name>" ]; CheckInFileByUser...

  Recently I came across an issue with a custom master page created based on the OOB MWSDefault.master page. MWSDefault.Master is the master page used by the OOB meeting workspace definition "MPS". This master page has been used with all...

State based workflow that has a DelayActivity. The DelayActivity never fires and errors out eventually. The problem lies in the fact that the workflow calls out to another DLL in the code activity following the DelayActivity. When the call is made a ...

Small Search control which is rendered in default pages of Sharepoint is a delegate control which is rendered through Default.Master available under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\GLOBAL (assuming C drive...

Architectural behavior of wiki site definition and the wiki page library 1. When a site is created based on the OOB wiki site definition, a wiki page library (List Template Type = 119) instance is created which is attached with the wiki document content...

Following are the two steps to implement this requirement in the supported way and its quite easy, thanks to master page and the SharePoint Application Page link control. 1. Create a custom user control based on the OOB “WelCome.ascx” control. Override...

The view pages for the list are created based on the “ViewPage.aspx” in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\Pages. The ViewPage.aspx inserts the DataFormWebpart to display the items in the View. Now What...

One of the requirements which I had encountered was to write a Asynchronous webpart which would show a progress bar on the webpart while the webpart is retrieving data from SQL in the backend. Attaching Sample code of the webpart which I have created...

Assume you have enabled Target Audience on your list. While adding list items there would be scenarios where you would not add any value to that TargetAudience column. While trying to Query this List Item through Object Model using (FullText Sql Query...

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Calling BreakRoleInheritance(false)on a List, internally flips the AllowUnsafeUpdates flag to false, and this may lead to below mentioned error, if we do not explicitly set the AllowUnsafeUpdates to true again. When any object that implements ISecurable...

While trying to query custom managed property using FullText Search getting an error "Property does not exist or it is used in a manner inconsistent with the schema settings". We would not be able to query Custom managed property using Microsoft...

Add the following register tag in your aspx page <%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> Add...

There is a restriction on number of characters (255 characters) allowed for a Multi line text field added to a document library when you try to input more than 255 characters through UI. Attaching a sample code which will help in working around the...

Had a scenario where in I had to get User Identity of one of my colleague in My Profile page of MySite in MOSS. Sample Code snippet ------------------------------------ SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate() { IPersonalPage page...

Check if you have a dll called Security.dll in your bin folder of MOSS. Why does it fail? We have Security.dll which comes with OS and it is required for authentication purposes between server and client. When we have Security.dll in bin folder...

Added a new custom field to a document library, wanted to update the metadata of the custom field with something like Name = Anthony using Front Page RPC method Was not able to do it, tried with 1. '\=' 2.'%3D' 3. '&#61;' The Value to be used is...

Code snippet to move documents across sites with metadata along with version history using SPS object Model and Front Page RPC NOTE : It updates all the metadata apart from Modified By and Modified date