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http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/user/threads?user=Mukesh%20Giri
Hope few things can help others too on similar issues..
Cheers,
Mukesh Giri

SharePoint Designer 2007 Videos : A Learning Curve

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is utilised for creating and customizing SharePoint sites and customizing applications on the SharePoint platform.

Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007 efficiently, you can easily build sophisticated no-code solutions e.g :Reports,Data Views & workflows.

SharePoint Designer 2007 is now available as a free download. Link for free download try it out...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/bb190710

Introductory Video On SP Designer 2007

http://office.microsoft.com/home/video.aspx?assetid=HX102200491033&width=0&height=0&startindex=0&CTT=11&Origin=HA102199841033

Customizing SharePoint Sites Video

http://office.microsoft.com/home/video.aspx?assetid=HX102200491033&width=0&height=0&startindex=1&CTT=11&Origin=HA102199841033

Creating & Modifying Layouts Pages

http://office.microsoft.com/home/video.aspx?assetid=HX102200491033&width=0&height=0&startindex=2&CTT=11&Origin=HA102199841033

Working with rule-Based Workflow Applications

http://office.microsoft.com/home/video.aspx?assetid=HX102200491033&width=0&height=0&startindex=3&CTT=11&Origin=HA102199841033

Building No-Code Sharepoint Applications

http://office.microsoft.com/home/video.aspx?assetid=HX102200491033&width=0&height=0&startindex=4&CTT=11&Origin=HA102199841033

Visual Studio Tight Integretion

http://office.microsoft.com/home/video.aspx?assetid=HX102200491033&width=0&height=0&startindex=5&CTT=11&Origin=HA102199841033

Feel free to post your question and comments if you require any help from my end in using SP-Designer 2007.

Cheers,

SharePoint Object Model : A Drill Down..

Hi:

I would be posting the code for basic and complete understanding of Sharepoint Object Model in detail..

Check out this place for code which i would be posting latter sometime.

Design view for the application i am gonna develope is shown.

Sharepoint 2007 ( MOSS ) Calender & Outlook

SharePoint 2007( MOSS ) has a two way sync with calendars in Outlook.So basically how to deal with its creation and synchronization ??

Steps :

Goto > Site Actions > Create > Tracking > Calender..

Once your calender is created to integrete it with Outlook.

Note : Upgrade to Outlook 2007 to get the full 2-way sync experience with MOSS ( SP 2007 ).

Goto > Lists > Actions > Connect to Outlook

Now your calender will be integreted with Outlook and you will find one more Calendeer tab in my case " Mukesh_Calender " with the list location been added to your outlook.

Cheers,

Synch Web Application : Failure

This is real pathetic to see such exception errors--

" Failure trying to synch web application "Some GUID" ContentDB "Some GUID" Exception message was Lock request time out period exceeded ".

Work-Around : Though you have to test it before implementing it in your production environment.

verify the number in cache.ini on all web-front ends in farm.

Ideally, different numbers indicate that the servers are not in sync.

Restting the password could solve your purpose.

Follow the KB article 934838 @

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934838

Also sometimes Reseting the file system cache could resolved many issues.

So stop the timer services

Stop this service by right clicking on it

%ALLUSERSPROFILE% \Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID

> Leave the cache.ini as it is.

> Delete all other files (all guid.xml)since they are timer jobs related.

> Open cache.ini in notepad and change the number to 0.

Now start the "Timer Services".

Check again the value in cache.ini for 

%ALLUSERSPROFILE% \Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID ; 

if it has changed to some other value then 0; your all web server has been synched with same timer job definitions.

Cheers

SSP -Shared Service Provider In MOSS 2007

In MOSS, it is mandatory for you to have a SSP-Shared Service Provider. This is a collection of application servers that provide shared services out to any portals or sites that need them.Services include-

Search

Index

Audience compilation

User profiles database

My Sites

Business Data Catalogue

Excel Services

The very first step towards the configuration of SSP would be

1.> "Configure server farm's shared services".

Clicking the link as shown in print-screen takes you to "Configure server farm's shared services"

Now you require to start the " Seacrh Services "
"Enable the Search and Indexing by clicking on the check boxes
Succes message will appear to show the succefull configuration of SSP-configuration. Cheers
If you have configured more then One SSP make the " You can have one amongst them as DEFAULT as per your requirement and understanding

Your SSP is configured.

Let me know for further details and any issues if you face.

Cheers,

References In : Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Hello:

To work with Sharepoint development you need to add references as when required. I am hereby detailing all standard Sharepoint references you might require to deveope your application.

Just go to add reference section of your Visual Studio ( in my case 2005 ) and say Add Reference and then Browse through all the .net references you need to add.

Lemme know if you require further help on each references in detail.

Cheers;

How To Check Visual Studio Version ?

Check the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DevDiv\VS\Servicing\

Also follow these simple steps in your development environment..

Goto > Help > About Microsoft Visual Studio..

Food For Thought On:Moss 2007 SP2 Deployment

Hi:

Though you have a bug for SP2 deployment for MOSS 2007 which would be fixed by MS very soon; but how to deploy it for your Farm Installation?

Go to the links provided to download the release pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7816D90-5FC6-4347-89B0-A80DEB27A082&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79BADA82-C13F-44C1-BDC1-D0447337051B&displaylang=en


When you see this message it means you have deployed WSS 3.0 SP2 and have started directly with MOSS 2007 Sp2 deployment.

When you see this message it means you have deployed WSS 3.0 SP2 and have started directly with MOSS 2007 Sp2 deployment.When you see this message it means you have deployed WSS 3.0 SP2 and have started directly with MOSS 2007 Sp2 deployment.When you see this message it means you have deployed WSS 3.0 SP2 and have started directly with MOSS 2007 Sp2 deployment.

Note:

How to Write Long String in Multiple Lines In c#

It is always good to have your big strings being splitted into multiple lines so that it is easy to read understand and give a professional llok of CODE.

e.g...

attachmentElement.InnerText = "Mukesh Kumar Giri is going to

show you how you can split your

big strings into small peices ";

You got have two ways to achieve it.

1.> attachmentElement.InnerText = " Mukesh Kumar Giri" +

"is going to show " +

" how you can split" +

"your big strings" +

"into small peices";

2.> attachmentElement.InnerText = @"Mukesh Kumar Giri is going to

show you how you can split your

big strings into small peices";

That is it.

Always prefer the former style as latter style does not move the next line to the starting of first line.

I had to try it while i was trying to insert multiple values in my XML and i had to struggle a lot to achieve it which does not have anything to do with XML.

Cheers,

Mukesh Giri

Understanding Setup Of MOSS 2007 Development Environment

I will be posting about my understanding which should be helpful for new users to understand the basics and the most important considerations to be taken into account to set up MOSS 2007 Dev. Environment. For convenience i will break the post into points to be considered and might delt with ease.

1.>Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007)

1.A> Edition Selections

MOSS 2007 comes in two Editions, namely Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition.If you require features like e.g. Business Data Catalog, Excel Calculation Services, Forms Server 2007 etc during development, then simply use the Enterprise Key for installation of MOSS.

Which SharePoint technology is right for you? For complete reference use >

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx

1.B> Installation Style:

While installing of MOSS 2007 you opt for "Stand Alone" or "Complete" installation; either option will work but with "Complete", you can select the SQL SERVER to host your databases,

plus you can add other servers to the deployment.

2.> Virtualization in Development Environment:

Options available for virtualization like e.g VMware , Microsoft Hyper-V(comes with Windows Server 2008) , Microsoft Virtual Server , Microsoft VPC etc. for large organization, most likely you have to maintain several development environments so VIRTULIZATION comes handy.

3.> Development Framework: VS 2005/ 2008

Any flavor of VS could be used with the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, Version 1.1.These are the Visual Studio project templates for developing Web-parts, Site Definitions, and List Definitions. They also contain an application ,that generates MOSS 2007 solution file for you. These extensions can be downloaded from

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3E1DCCCD-1CCA-433A-BB4D-97B96BF7AB63&displaylang=en for VS 2005 &

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7bf65b28-06e2-4e87-9bad-086e32185e68&displaylang=en for VS 2008.

4.>SharePoint Serve 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit

MOSS 2007 SDK, comes with a lot of samples which could be downloaded with folowing link.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en

Happy Reading and hope it creates your dev env up and running.

Cheers,

Mukesh Giri

Open Text CLM Services for SharePoint 10.1

I thought of publishing a littile bit about the

integretion as you hardly get any reference

googling for hours.

This blog deals with Open Text CLM Services for SharePoint 10.1.If you use the version LL9.7 ; Since this version is not supported anymore and you are just about to start with the product, I would propose to install the newest version 10.1.;You'll get some cool new features with the installation.

The concept which should be remembered here is..

> Install Open Text CLM Services for SharePoint.msi &

> Install CLMSP_10[1].1.0_WIN.exe

If you have already done the integretion you will face incompatibility error while adding and configuring Livelink Server from Sharepoint central Administration page.

So go to Livelink admin page and upgrade the existing integretion module. Then restart the Livelink admin services.

?func=admin.index and then goto upgrading section or directly type this URL after your Livelink Server value and upgrade the Module.

?func=admin.upgradeModule

Also if you get parsing error while adding server

> cmd > ping -a and enter the complete server name.

Then configure the storage provider and start using CLM services.

I will post few more finding very soon as the part-2 of this series.

Cheers,

Mukesh Giri

LL & SP Integretion Blog-2

Config.nt Error: Sometimes while installing Records Management module ( or any other module but in reference of Integretion i have taken this example ) you might face config.nt error.system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications.This has nothing to do with Livelink or Sharepoint but is issue with windows server. A quick fix for this would be.

>Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

>Double-click System, click the Advanced tab, and then click Environment Variables.

>In the User variables for User_Name list, click TMP, and then click Edit.

>In the Variable value box, type c:\winnt\temp, and then click OK three times.

Alternatively, type the path of any folder that does not use long file names in the Variable Value box.

>Close Control Panel.

Reference : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889506#appliesto

Fix this issue and install the Records Management module and the other optional module as referenced by OT and proceed with Integretion.

Cheers,

Mukesh Giri

Livelink & SP Integretion

While running the LL & SP integretion .exe the directory should be generally c:\Program Files\Open Text\Sharepoint.

If this is not the case and you are not able to change it; you may need to follow my instructions as shown by me herein.

Look for the registry entries which might be present because of a previous installation and delete it.After doing so you would be able to change the installation directory as desired by you but i recommend you follow the Default as provided by OpenText.

Browse through the link for module installation help.

https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=4328861&objAction=browse&sort=name&viewType=1

Cheers,

Mukesh Giri

Mime Types In Livelink..

Currently document extension *.abc is not supported in livelink, these documents are opened in zip format in livelink. The below steps shows how this could be acheived. https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/llisapi.dll?func=ll&;objId=3502608&objAction=ArticleView And also refer Livelink System administration course. A step by step approach could be found in it. Happy reading :) contact me if you are not able to acheive the goal. Cheers, Mukesh Giri

Changing File Order In Document Library

Hi All,

Lets take an example for Changing File Order In Document Librarywhere ;you may need this kind of tricks to do.

When you add documents in document library it saves document as First entry as last in your document library which means the document that you have added first will also go last FILA( First In last Add). Next document will be before that last document.

So the bottom line is oldest document uploaded or created will be the last document in document library.If you want to order them in some specific order here is the steps to be followed

(A) Make one column in that document library

(B) Name it something like "Sort By"

(C) Give preference number of your document

(D) Modify the default view with sort by column in your specific order ;Datz it.

Now you will always have your documents at your wanted positions. CHEERZ !!!