In Part 1 of this article, we discussed how to create a simple Web part and how to bind it as WSP package. In this article we will see how to deploy the packaged so that you can use it in any of your sites. Copy the WSP to your SharePoint server Open command prompt and [...]
Read more →Customising a sharepoint site is really a challenging job and there may be situations in which you might need to create a new theme. The simplest way is to create the new theme by taking a copy of the existng them. SharePoint theme folder has mainly 3 elements theme.inf, theme.css and images. Create a copy [...]
Read more →In this article we will see how we can develop a simple (Hello World) web part for SharePoint and create WSP. Before starting the development, make sure that the following tools have installed. 1. Visual studio extension for windows SharePoint services: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=7bf65b28-06e2-4e87-9bad-086e32185e68&displayLang=en Note: You can refer the link http://www.allaboutmoss.com/index.php/2010/03/22/install-visual-studio-2005-extensions-in-windows-xp-or-vista/ for installing Visual studio extension in [...]
Read more →If you try to install the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools (VSeWSS) on a workstation,It would probably fail and throw the following error: This product can only be installed if Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been installed first. SharePoint 2007 or MOSS is a server product and as such it can [...]
Read more →In this article we will see how we can develop a webpart which will display the latest posts from different blogs. This was easily achievable using a Content Query WebPart but there are few issues. one of them was the non availability of options like choosing blogs. Only option available was to create a new [...]
Read more →In Moss 2007 we can limit the number of characters in a text filed. But if you want alert the user when the limit is exceeded then exceeding the characters length then we can use this script . 1. Go to Site Actions -> Edit Page. Note: If the Edit option is disabled then you [...]
Read more →If we search Microsoft.SharePoint.Security.dll you will notice that it doesn’t exist in Program Files directory. Following is the location for this dll. C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.SharePoint.Security\12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c\Microsoft.SharePoint.Security.dll
Read more →We can copy our user controls to the layouts or control templates folder manually. But moving user controls from development to production manually is very risky or not recommended. Here is how you can deploy these changes programmatically. 1. Create a web part project or wsp builder project and create a folder. 2. Add all [...]
Read more →Recently, there was an interesting question in stackoverflow I am doing a survey in SharePoint, using the built in survey tool. I want to add a comment box next to my “ratings” questions. e.g. Q1. Do you like fish? Not at all They’re alright I love fish! Comment: How can I do this all within [...]
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