I seem to go through InfoPath phases where, out of the blue, I’m crafting a bunch of forms. My fingers learn how to use the tool well and then I go through nine month drought and have to learn it all over again. I’m in the middle of an InfoPath phase and I’m creating InfoPath […]
I’ve been working on some InfoPath forms this week in MOSS in an FBA environment and learned, when I went to deploy the forms to a production environment with an FBA zone that the username() function function does not work. I was using it to generate unique file names. Well, that function doesn’t work in […]
Today, I’ve been working in an environment that uses a Bamboo calendar web part for some improved collaboration. This a standard medium/small farm with two load balanced WFEs, a “application server” for indexing and InfoPath and a clustered SQL back end. The client installed some disaster recovery software onto one of the WFEs and that […]
These days, I’m perpetually playing catch-up with my blog reading and I just came across this post: http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-blood-to-your-workflow.html It’s as solid and detailed a SharePoint Designer workflow tutorial (plus more!) that you’ll see anywhere on the interwebs. I’d check it out, even if you’re a scarred SPD veteran. It’s a great SharePoint tutorial for both […]
We collectively spend a great deal of time thinking about SharePoint solutions — how to create them, which tool to use, what happens when they fail to deploy, timer jobs, scopes, etc. We spend so much time thinking about the up-front bits that it’s easy to forget that we need to retract them as well. […]
I attended my first ever SharePoint conference this past weekend and it was a blast. Thursday afternoon, I drove down to Virginia, guided by my newly purchased $50 GPS appliance plug-in thing to my phone. The device was flawless. After the five hour drive, I had the energy to do a nice run on the […]
There’s a common business scenario like this: User fills out an InfoPath form. Submits form. Long-running workflow process kicks off. While the workflow is running, we don’t want anyone to change the content of the form. This office.microsoft.com example describes how to create a separate "view" and mark the whole view as read-only. This is […]
UPDATE: 04/25/08: Was catching up on some blog posts and found a link to this article: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032608-microsoft-sharepoint.html?page=1. I make note of it because in addition to asking, "how do I learn sharepoint?", some people ask "why should I learn sharepoint?". That article partly answers the later. In the last several months, a dozen or more […]
UPDATE (02/29/08): This new codeplex project seems to provide a method for securing individual columns: http://www.codeplex.com/SPListDisplaySetting. If you have any experience working with it, please leave a comment. Forum posters frequently ask a question like this: "I have a manager view and and a staff view of a list. How do I secure the manager […]
We had a developed an InfoPath form with multiple views to support a new hire / on-boarding process. When the company hires a new person, the IT department and other groups need to take action (set up payroll, enable access to appropriate applications, locate a desk, etc). We use on form but a different view […]