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No CQWP for WSS? Try this…

I see that Eric Kraus was faced with a requirement normally met with a content query web part. The problem? He was in a pure WSS environment with no access to the CQWP. Rather than curling up in the fetal position (an urge I have to fight every d…

Brilliant and detailed view of content management API

Stefan Goßner has put together a terrific 4-part series on the SharePoint Content and Deployment API here. It offers a great overview and very good examples in code (C#). I first picked up this link from joris poelmans blog at http://jopx.blogs…

WSS, doc libs & lists, Calculated columns involving [Me]

Someone on the Internets was asking about how to create a calculated column on a list that would show a value formatted as "[User] – [Status] – [Location]" as in "Paul Galvin – Drinking [free] Beer – The Beach&#34…

Intermittent IE crashes when accessing documents in a WSS/MOSS document library

I’ve been plagued by this for 9 months and I see that people on the MSDN and Usenet forums have it too.l Sometimes, when accessing a word document (or other doc types) from a document library causes Internet Explorer to simply crash and go away …

Will the real XPath step forward?

Overview: Created a custom list that manages a content type with some dozen columns. Added it to a page and then via SPD, converted into a data view. Problem: My Xpath expression was returning blank for a column named "Current Position". …

How to troubleshoot mysterious SharePoint errors.

Overview: Debugging is difficult when developing custom functionality for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). The main culprit is that SharePoint normally surfaces very little diagnostic information on…

MOSS: Effective introduction to an Organization

(this entry cross posted between http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/blog/ and http://blogs.conchango.com) The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Conchango’s positions, strategies or opinions. Overview: This entry …

MOSS: Functional Example – Custom Data Type

Business Scenario: Enterprise-wide implementation of MOSS for manufacturing company with 30+ sites and a few dozen corporate departments. Business Objective: Despite a multitude of business groups (departments, locations, etc), certain data should b…

MOSS: Updating a custom list

There are many good examples of updating custom lists via the SDK. Here is yet another. Business problem: InfoPath form has been designed that enables users to enter online purchase requisitions. PO Requisition numbers should be traditional sequenc…