Jim Mathew's Sharepoint Blog (MOSS Techie from Abu Dhabi)

SharePoint Data View Conditional Formatting based on user permissions (IfHasRights)

Jim Mathew — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:44:04 +0000

Below are the values for conditional formatting

example usage : “REPLACE THIS WITH BELOW VALUE”)”>

ViewListItems – 1

AddListItems – 2

EditListItems – 4

DeleteListItems – 8

ApproveItems – 16

OpenItems – 32

ViewVersions – 64

DeleteVersions – 128

CancelCheckout – 256

PersonalViews – 512

ManageLists – 2048

ViewFormPages – 4096

Open – 65536

ViewPages – 131072

AddAndCustomizePages – 262144

ApplyThemeAndBorder – 524288

ApplyStyleSheets – 1048576

ViewUsageData – 2097152

CreateSSCSite – 4194314

ManageSubwebs – 8388608

CreateGroups – 16777216

ManagePermissions – 33554432

BrowseDirectories – 67108864

BrowseUserInfo – 134217728

AddDelPrivateWebParts – 268435456

UpdatePersonalWebParts – 536870912

ManageWeb – 1073741824

UseRemoteAPIs – 137438953472

ManageAlerts – 274877906944

CreateAlerts – 549755813888

EditMyUserInfo – 1099511627776

EnumeratePermissions – 4611686018427387904

FullMask – 9223372036854775807

To ensure that users only see the edit button if they are the author of the posting, or a site owner we added the following conditional formatting:

test=”ddwrt:IfHasRights(2048) or contains(@Author,$Userid)”

Display attachments in sharepoint dataview webpart using sharepoint designer

Jim Mathew — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:58:15 +0000

Use below code to show attachments in sharepoint dataview webpart .

Use this for Single List Item View:
{@ID}” EnableViewState=”true” FieldName=”Attachments” runat=”server”/>

Use this for Multiple List item Vew:

How to change choice field “allow fill-in choice” default text ‘Specify your own value:’ to custom text?

Jim Mathew — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:18:05 +0000

Open default.master (found in the _catalogs\masterpages folder) in SharePoint Designer.
Before the end tag I added the following js code:

After this I added the function above to be executed in the body onload, below is the sample usgae:

Error “This item cannot be deleted because it is still referenced by other pages”

Jim Mathew — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:43:49 +0000

I was trying to delete a master page in SharePoint designer, and I got the error “This item cannot be deleted because it is still referenced by other pages”. This was strange. I got a quick solution from microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926812….but it was not worth.

This is a know bug….Here is a quick solution…Just 3 steps

Create a sub-folder in Master page gallery
Move the master page into the sub-folder
Delete the sub-folder

Voila!

Integration of CA Unicenter Service Desk application with Sharepoint 2007 using XML Webservices

Jim Mathew — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:16:27 +0000

This is my last project in MBC (Middle east Broadcasting Centre) developed for our IT/Engineering Service Desk. Our Service Desk is currently using a solution from Computer Associates (CA) called Unicenter Service Desk. This is a very successful product of CA but it’s usability experience is very bad.

As a quick solution myself and my team member Mr. Salih Abdul Rahman decided to use Sharepoint 2007 as front end for Service Desk. we had brain storming sessions…..&….. finally we explored Webservices provided by CA which was very helpful to incorporate with MOSS. so we developed all the forms and views using ASP.NET and made User controls and incorporated with sharepoint using smartpart. also created some graphics work(Sharepoint master page) to make the Usability experience much easier and richer. below is the screenshot of our SD Portal.

This is a pure sharepoint site which is highly customized to integrate CA Service Desk application functionalities.

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Technologies Used

User Controls   :   Visual Studio 2008 (ASP.NET .ascx)
Business Logis :   XML Webservices
MOSS Integration : Smart Part
Scripts :    Jquery, CSS
Database:   SQl Server 2005
User interface design : Adobe Photoshop , Microsoft Expression

Attention: Important Information on Service Pack 2

Jim Mathew — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:29:45 +0000

During the installation of SP2, a product expiration date is improperly activated. This means SharePoint will expire as though it was a trial installation 180 days after SP2 is deployed. The activation of the expiration date will not affect the normal function of SharePoint up until the expiration date passes. Read Full Article

SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements Announced

Jim Mathew — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:47:05 +0000

SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

Read full story here

Next Version of Sharepoint will be known as Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010…. no more MOSS

Jim Mathew — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:37:59 +0000

Microsoft took the name ”OFFICE” out from Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) for next version to avoid confusion for customers. The new official name of Sharepoint 14 will be MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT SERVER 2010

Read the exclusive updates from microsoft sharepoint team blog

Code Snippet: How to get client machine name?

Jim Mathew — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:01:00 +0000

I had a requirement to get client’s machine name using smartpart user control in sharepoint . i have tried number of methods but unfortunately those show server name only.

here is the code which works fine.

Dim host As System.Net.IPHostEntry

host = System.Net.Dns.GetHostEntry(Request.ServerVariables.Item(“REMOTE_HOST”))

Dim strComputerName As String = host.HostName

label1.text= strComputerName

Backup and Restore Strategies in MOSS 2007 by Sahil Malik

Jim Mathew — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:18:29 +0000

Here is a very informative article for MOSS administrators about Backup and Restore in MOSS 2007.

http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-10-Backup_and_Restore_Strategies_in_MOSS_2007.aspx?postID=345