To remove the ActiveX install request on a public facing website or an intranet site that does not use presence information, I followed the following (really old, but hey it worked!) blog post. It involves adding a custom js file to the master page: http://vspug.com/mossman/2007/09/13/fixing-the-name-dll-activex-problem-the-mossman-way/
I didn’t find a complete solution when I googled this, so I am writing down the steps how to get SharePoint list attachments copied to a document library (or in general, just get the list attachments to a local folder). Business problem: A SharePoint user (not a developer) wants to take attachments collected in a
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While working in datasheet view in a SharePoint document library (WSS 3/XP Professional/IE7) and switching back and forth between different views, the datasheet view suddenly stopped working and displayed an error dialog saying : “The list is displayed in Standard view. It cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following
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I had a Sharepoint document for review which was connected to a task, so the “Edit Task” button showed up in the message bar right underneath the ribbon in Word 2007. However, when I clicked on it, nothing happened. After googling the issue, I found a solution to my problem. It required to update the
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To organize a list view, grouping is an important feature. However, a list view can only be organized by grouping two levels deep via browser. If you want to group items using more than two levels, you need to open the list in SharePoint Designer. A good walk-through can be found at: http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2008/11/sharepoint-group-by-on-more-than-2.html In case
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I had the scenario where a requirement was that managers can approve a software request (InfoPath form) via their mobile devices. This meant that the usual route of creating a task via workflow was not an option, because it would require the manager to be logged in to the SharePoint Intranet to complete the task.
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Somebody just asked me this, so I write it down, because the implementation seems buggy. When you select “Version History,” you can restore the item by hovering over the item date. The menu options are Restore, View, and Delete (unless it’s the current item version). Before you restore an old version, you probably want to
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Today I helped a SharePoint user who had contribute rights on a SharPoint library, but couldn’t check out a document. He would select Check Out from the document edit menu and IE7 would merely blink for a second, but not check out the document. This happened randomly, but more often than not. Since it is
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When you open a document that is hosted in a SharePoint document library in Word 2007, by default the document is shown with its metadata information from the library columns. I was looking for a way to hide this information by default each time I open a document from the server, but couldn’t find where to set this
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If you work in a smaller company and are part of a team that plans their first SharePoint (MOSS) deployment (either for the company itself or for a customer), it is useful to have a checklist at hand during the planning phase to cover your bases. Microsoft has a checklist available for download (pdf format) at: Sharepoint
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