Shared Points for SharePoint : Codeplex

Create Datasheet view missing

Stian Kirkeberg — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:06:00 GMT

The other the I got asked why the “Datasheet view” option was laking from “Create a new view”. It turned out to be a more troublesome way to find the solution than first expected.

First I checked the users rights on the site collection, but that really did not give any answers.

Secondly, I checked this on a virtual dev machine, with (more or less) the same configuration and features: No repro. Create datasheet view was available as it should be. So what could be the difference between these machines?

Thirdly, I compared site features and site collection features, but this neither give any findings.

OK, let’s see what happens in the ViewType.aspx which display this page:

fHideGridViewOption = ListViewWebPart.RestrictedTemplateType(spList) || !spList.DoesUserHavePermissions(SPBasePermissions.UseClientIntegration);

… and some more… but nothing really telling me why it might be hidden.

So I asked and looked for suggestions elsewhere: A lot of search hits and problem related to the DataSheet view is client integration, that was a dead end here. From one client I could reproduce the problem on one server and not on another. And the problem is not viewing the view.

Finally, I tried to open an existing datasheet view on the server with the problem. This gave the following error:

"The standard view of your list is being displayed because your site configuration does not support the Datasheet"

“Site configuration” – it should have said web application. Central Admin - application management - authentication providers - <your provider> – scroll to the bottom:

“Enable client Integration” was set to “NO”.

This was a setting long forgotten, since it is set to “YES” when you create a new web application in the GUI. However, one server had been set up using STSADM commands with the SharePoint PowerShell Deploy from Codeplex using EXTENDVS, so somehow I needed to compensate for this.

The easiest way is to call another stsadm command after the extendvs,

stsadm -o authentication

-url <URL name>

-type <type>

[-usebasic]

[-usewindowsintegrated]

[-exclusivelyusentlm]

[-membershipprovider] <membership provider name>

[-rolemanager] <role manager name>

[-enableclientintegration]

[-allowanonymous]

ref. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263116.aspx

and set the –enableclientintegration flag.

Just another small annoying thing that take a little too long to figure out…

New Version of SharePoint SiteConfigurator Feature Released!

Stian Kirkeberg — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:37:39 GMT

We have just released a new version of the SharePoint SiteConfigurator feature on codeplex.com.

In this release we have focused on some new features and making sure the build is stable. This involved some refactoring as well as splitting the project in three parts, one for the code and logic, one part for the feature and one test project. This new structure will make it much easier and faster to reuse the project from farm to farm.

As the release notes states, we also focused on:

split VS project in two for easier maintenance and upgrades
added Type Mock project (simply remove that project from the solution if you don't use it)
rewrote log functionality
added verbose logging option
fixed disabling of web part toolbar (still some minor issues here)
made the complete solution independent of it's features names.
Added provisioning of files and make it possible to choose welcome page based on xml parameter
Added support for links with parameters in AddQuickLaunchLinks
Created support for QuickLaunchHeading and
DeleteQuickLaunchHeading elements.
Rearranged and refactored the main project
Fixed some bugs

Enjoy the new release and please give us feedback so we can improve it further!

Announcing SharePoint Site Configurator Feature on CodePlex

Stian Kirkeberg — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:32:30 GMT

It is an pleasure to announce the second of our two new SharePoint projects on Codeplex.com: Project Description SharePoint Site Configurator Feature is a small framework for taking care of all configurations, settings and featurestapling you need for...(read more)

Announcing SharePoint PowerShell Deploy on CodePlex

Stian Kirkeberg — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:31:41 GMT

It is an pleasure to announce the first of our two new SharePoint projects on Codeplex.com: Project Description SharePoint PowerShell Deploy is a set of PowerShell files to help you build, deploy, upgrade and destroy a SharePoint farm. It can be used...(read more)

Estimate performance and capacity requirements for InfoPath Forms Services environments

Stian Kirkeberg — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:00:55 GMT

New document on performance published on Technet ; gives good guidance and recommendations for use of Forms Server and dataconnections. In this article: Key characteristics Test environment Test results Recommendations This performance and capacity planning...(read more)

SharePoint 2007 Features project on CodePlex

Stian Kirkeberg — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:38:39 GMT

A project on CodePlex adding a lot of value for SharePoint projects is the "SharePoint 2007 features" project. It has grown considerable during it lifetime and it is absolutly worthwhile checking back from time to time.

Content Type Hierarchy Feature (separate download)

Log Viewer Feature (separate download)

Manage Form Users Feature (separate download)

Presence Contact List Feature (separate download)

Placeholder Master Feature (separate download)

Print List Feature (separate download)

Task Alert Feature (separate download)

Task Mover Feature (separate download)

Theme Changer Feature (separate download)

Debugger Feature (separate download)

Documentation June 11, 2008

All Features in a single download

Features Source Code

Window Links Feature (separate download)

Debug Config Feature (separate download)

Manage Configuration Modifications (separate download)

Ajax Config Feature (separate download)

Manage Layouts Site Map Feature (separate download)

Minimal Master (separate download)

Minimal Publishing Site (separate download)

Manage Hierarchical Object Store Feature

Reset Theme Feature (separate download)

Toolbar Manager (separate download)

Unique Column Policy Feature (separate download)

Global Web.Config Feature (separate download)

3.5 Web.Config Feature (separate download)

Regular Expression Validator (separate download)

Variation Labels Field (separate download)

SharePoint Events Manager (separate download)

Clean Web Part Error Feature (separate download)

As a developer you might specially apreaciate the "Debugger feature". It adds a link to your site actions menu:

Mark Arend has an article about "Debugging web parts and other SharePoint custom code" with some more information about this feature.

Freebies to SharePoint

Jon Løken — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:05:34 GMT

SharePoint is a great platform, and there are several additional features available for free. I have collected some of the good things from the community and elsewhere

Application templates and role-based templates
40 application templates for SharePoint sites and 7 role-based templates for SharePoint MySite. Go get it at http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/templates.mspx

CKS - Community Kit for SharePoint
At CodePlex (CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting web site) there is a Community Kit for SharePoint (CKS) that have many valuable elements. "The Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community web site based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest."

Enhanced Blog Edition
Enhanced Wiki Edition
Corporate Intranet Edition + + + several other edition
Tag cloud
Taxonomy tagging
Virtual Earth maps on SharePoint
Solution Sharing Network (SSN)

Governance related tools
SharePoint governance and manageability in CodePlex (http://www.codeplex.com/governance)

Faceted search
Faceted search, or post filtered search, is a common request. MOSS 2007 doesn't have this feature out-of-the-box. There are several third party solutions for MOSS 2007 that target this request. In addition there is an option at CodePlex that might be good enough. The faceted search project available at http://www.codeplex.com/FacetedSearch/

Other CodePlex features
The list is long, and there are several good features not mentioned in this blog post. Enjoy the whole list at http://www.codeplex.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=Sharepoint