Access Site Defination Xml via URL

Just type the following URL in the browser. It will show the detailed Site Defination Project schema from ONET.xml.

<SiteUrl>/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=getprojschema

Set Item level permission in Sharepoint Document Library

In Documnet library, we can not set item level permission by using Sharepoint Document Library Settings (unlike sharepoint List Settings). There is a very simple code snippet which does the same for us.

Code snippet

using (SPSite spSiteObje = new SPSite("http://SiteColName/Subsite"))
{
using (SPWeb spObjWeb = site.OpenWeb())
{
SPList spObjDocLib = web.Lists["MyDocLib"];
spObjDocLib.ReadSecurity = 2;
spObjDocLib.WriteSecurity = 2;
spObjDocLib.Update();
}
}

Use ListViewWebPart to display listdata from different than current sharepoint site.

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages;

namespace TestDashboard
{
[Guid("b732479d-6bcd-4dd9-97de-85f11bsdc5cb")]
public class TestDashboard : System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart
{
public TestDashboard()
{
}

protected override void CreateChildControls()
{
base.CreateChildControls();

ListViewWebPart wp = new ListViewWebPart();
SPSite objSpSite = null;
using (objSpSite = new SPSite("http://SiteColName/SiteName/"))
{
objSpSite = new SPSite("http://SiteColName/SiteName/", objSpSite.SystemAccount.UserToken);
using (SPWeb spweb = objSpSite.OpenWeb())
{
SPList splist = spweb.Lists["ListName"];

wp.ListName = splist.ID.ToString("B").ToUpper();
wp.ViewGuid = splist.Views["All Items"].ID.ToString("B").ToUpper();
wp.ViewType = ViewType.Html;
wp.WebId = spweb.ID;
wp.SuppressWebPartChrome = true;
wp.GetDesignTimeHtml();
this.Controls.Add(wp);
}
}
}
protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
base.Render(writer);
EnsureChildControls();

}
}
}

Customize EditForm.aspx, AllItems.aspx or any forms.

1. Goto Sharepoint designer.
2. Open desired site and then list in folder view.
3. Copy EditForm.aspx and paste it
4. Rename the newly copied EditForm.aspx ( MyEditForm.aspx)
5. In new MyEditForm.aspx go to code view.
6. Search for ListFormWebPart. (WebPartPages:ListFormWebPart)
7. Go to the properties of ListFormWebPart (Webpart properties)
8. Check the hidden check box under layouts section. (Layouts/Hidden)
9. THen,
10. Go to Insert menu.
11. Select Sharepoint Controls.
12. Add Custom List Form.
13. It will expose the whole webpart in a form of text boxes,lables and all HTML controls.


You can play with them by hide/show or whatever you want to achieve. Nice enough???

Note: By doing so, you will also able to add column values for Folder also. I mean, generally you can not add properties of Folder, unlike you can do for a list item or a Document. But this process will enable you to add properties of folder.

Accept mail and create an item in Document Library

This feature allow us to add a new item in a document library by sending an email to the specified email address.

Go to Document Library Settting -> Incoming mail setting(Under communication tab)

Really good one!!

Help Link :
http://blogs.msdn.com/selvagan/archive/2008/01/26/incoming-email-configuration-moss.aspx

Application page with UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase

Sharepoint site with secure socket layer (Https) requires to be inherited with "UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase"

See the code sample given below:


public class Class1 :UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase
{
protected Label lblSiteTitle;
protected Label lblSiteID;
protected DropDownList DropDownList1;
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
SPWeb site = this.Web;
lblSiteTitle.Text = site.Title;
lblSiteID.Text = site.ID.ToString().ToUpper();
}
protected void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write(DropDownList1.SelectedValue);
}
}

Get List Data using SPView

Check code snippet:

SPWeb spWebTest = siteCollection.RootWeb.Webs["Test"];
SPList splTestDetails = spWebTest.Lists["TestTeam"];

//Get the Test person names from Test site
SPView spvTestPerson = splTestDetails.Views["TestPerson"];

DataTable dtTestPerson = splTestDetails.GetItems(spvTestPerson).GetDataTable();

SpDisposeChecker tool - check memory leak in sharepoint

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck


Another good one for .Net : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee658248.aspx

Few very useful paths for sharepoint professionals

1. 12 hive
2. Assembly
3. WSS for Web.config changes
4. <%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71E9BCE111E9429C" % >
   

Flash in Sharepoint

Use content editor webpart.
Use following code for source of CEWP

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="worldtime" align="middle">

<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="servernamesharepoint" />

<param name="movie" value="http://servernamesharepoint/Test/TestDoclib/flashslide.swf" />

<param name="quality" value="high" />

<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />

<embed src="http://servernamesharepoint/Test/TestDoclib/flashslide.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="worldtime" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="servernamesharepoint" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />

</object>

Add PDF IFilter

http://david-sharepoint.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-add-pdf-including-ifilter.html

Blogs of Friends

http://vinodvbhoite.blogspot.com
http://avinashkt.blogspot.com/
http://hiddensharepointfeatures.blogspot.com/

Windows 2008 Server - Deploy Dll in Gac

1. Go to start --> Command Prompt as Administrator --> "explorer %windir%\assembly"
2. Open second command prompt. Go to start --> Command Prompt as Administrator --> "
explorer [path to directory where the dll is located]"
3. Drag drop the dll from the source directory to the GAC. Thats done.

Custom activity with full code for creating folder in list/Library with action file code

Code:
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Collections;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Design;
using System.Workflow.Runtime;
using System.Workflow.Activities;
using System.Workflow.Activities.Rules;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;



namespace CreateFolder
{
public partial class Activity1 : Activity
{

public static DependencyProperty FolderNameProperty
= DependencyProperty.Register(
"FolderName", typeof(string), typeof(Activity1));

[DescriptionAttribute("FolderName")]
[CategoryAttribute("FolderName Category")]
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
public string FolderName
{
get
{
return ((string)(base.GetValue(Activity1.FolderNameProperty)));
}
set
{
base.SetValue(Activity1.FolderNameProperty, value);
}
}

public static DependencyProperty BaseUrlProperty
= DependencyProperty.Register("BaseUrl", typeof(string), typeof(Activity1));

[DescriptionAttribute("BaseUrl")]
[CategoryAttribute("BaseUrl Category")]
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
public string BaseUrl
{
get
{
return ((string)(base.GetValue(Activity1.BaseUrlProperty)));
}
set
{
base.SetValue(Activity1.BaseUrlProperty, value);
}
}

public static DependencyProperty ListNameProperty
= DependencyProperty.Register("ListName", typeof(string), typeof(Activity1));

[DescriptionAttribute("ListName")]
[CategoryAttribute("ListName Category")]
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
public string ListName
{
get
{
return ((string)(base.GetValue(Activity1.ListNameProperty)));
}
set
{
base.SetValue(Activity1.ListNameProperty, value);
}
}


public static DependencyProperty InvokeEvent
= DependencyProperty.Register("Invoke", typeof(EventHandler), typeof(Activity1));

[DescriptionAttribute("Invoke")]
[CategoryAttribute("Invoke Category")]
[BrowsableAttribute(true)]
[DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
public event EventHandler Invoke
{
add
{
base.AddHandler(Activity1.InvokeEvent, value);
}
remove
{
base.RemoveHandler(Activity1.InvokeEvent, value);
}
}

public Activity1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

protected override ActivityExecutionStatus
Execute(ActivityExecutionContext executionContext)
{
// Raise Invoke Event to execute custom code in the workflow.
this.RaiseEvent(Activity1.InvokeEvent,
this, EventArgs.Empty);

string strIndrajeet = FolderName;
string strBaseUrl = BaseUrl;
string strDocLibName = ListName;

SPSite spsite = new SPSite(strBaseUrl);

spsite = new SPSite(strBaseUrl, spsite.SystemAccount.UserToken);
using (SPWeb spweb = spsite.OpenWeb())
{
spsite.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
spweb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;

SPFolderCollection folders = spweb.GetFolder(strBaseUrl + "/" + strDocLibName).SubFolders;

bool boolFolderNotCreated = true;

if (!spweb.GetFolder(strBaseUrl + "/" + strDocLibName + "/" + strIndrajeet).Exists)
{
folders.Add(strIndrajeet);
boolFolderNotCreated = false;
spweb.Update();
}

int count = 1;
while (boolFolderNotCreated)
{
string folderName = strIndrajeet + "_" + Convert.ToString(count);
SPFolder spfTemp = spweb.GetFolder(strBaseUrl + "/" + strDocLibName + "/" + folderName);
if (!spfTemp.Exists)
{
folders.Add(folderName);
boolFolderNotCreated = false;
spweb.Update();
}
else
{
count++;
boolFolderNotCreated = true;
}
}
}

// Indicate that the activity has completed.
return ActivityExecutionStatus.Closed;
}
}
}

<strong>.Aciton file entry (under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\1033\Workflow)</strong>
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<workflowinfo>
<actions parallel="and" sequential="then">
<action category="List Actions" appliesto="all" assembly="CreateFolder, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=effbcf4c7d0dab8e" classname="CreateFolder.Activity1" name="Create Folder">
<ruledesigner sentence="Create Folder in List %2 with folder name %1 under site %3">
<fieldbind id="1" designertype="TextArea" field="FolderName">
<fieldbind id="2" designertype="TextArea" field="ListName">
<fieldbind id="3" designertype="TextArea" field="BaseUrl">
</ruledesigner>
<parameters>
<parameter name="FolderName" direction="In" type="System.String, mscorlib">
<parameter name="ListName" direction="In" type="System.String, mscorlib">
<parameter name="BaseUrl" direction="In" type="System.String, mscorlib">
</parameters>
</action>
</actions>
</workflowinfo>

<strong>Web.Config Entry</strong>
<authorizedtype assembly="CreateFolder, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=effbcf4c7d0dab8e" authorized="True" typename="*" namespace="">

Customize Advance Search Box webpart

http://www.tqcblog.com/archive/2007/10/26/creating-a-custom-advanced-search-box-in-moss-2007.aspx?id=6

Sharepoint Portals

http://www.sharepointforum.se/en-US/Lists/General%20announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=6

A very good link for image search in Sharepoint

http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/matthew/archive/2008/08/28/sharepoint-image-search-part-1.aspx

How to crawl the content in sharepoint search

1. Go to Central Admin--> Shared Services--> Search Settings --> Content sources and crawl schedules

2. Shared Services Administration: SharedServices1 > Search Administration > Content Sources

3. Local Office SharePoint Server sites

4. Start Full Crawl

Single Sign On Help

http://www.thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2008/08/02/moss-single-sign-on-setup-step-by-step.aspx

My Site help

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261864.aspx

Important Paths for Creating custom theme in sharepoint

SpThemes.Xml -- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033
Theme folders -- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\THEMES
mycustomtheme.gif - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\IMAGES

Increase the size of Site Template or List Templates

Run following command to the server:

stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname max-template-document-size -propertyvalue 50000000

Sharepoint Installation Help

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263202.aspx

Download ifilter for Sharepoint PDF Search

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=2611&fileID=2457

Change default action of the workflow task in Sharepoint

It is good user exeprience if user can directly edit the task instead of going to View the task and then edit. or instead of going to ECB menu and then select edit item.

User should be edit the task using only single click. here are the steps to achieve this thing.:
Step1. Open master page. and put following javaScript code in the head part of the master page.
function GoToLink(elm)
{
try
{

if (elm.href==null)
return;
var ch=elm.href.indexOf("?") >=0 ? "&" : "?";
var srcUrl=GetSource();
if (srcUrl !=null && srcUrl !="")
srcUrl=ch+"Source="+srcUrl;
var editUrl, regExp;
var dispUrl = elm.href ;

regExp = /DispForm.aspx/i;
editUrl = dispUrl.replace(regExp, "EditForm.aspx");
var targetUrl= editUrl + srcUrl;

if (isPortalTemplatePage(targetUrl))
window.top.location=STSPageUrlValidation(targetUrl);
else
window.location=STSPageUrlValidation(targetUrl);
}
catch(e)
{
alert(e.description);
}
}


Step 2. Make Defer="false" in following markup code in the master page.

3. THe default action of task has been changed to edit item.

4, isnt it cool user experience??