Oct30

Simulate Parent / Child relationship in SharePoint 2007 with Folders & Content Types

Categories: SharePoint 2007
One can create Parent / Child (A.K.A. Master / Detail) relationships in SharePoint 2007 by using lookups to reference a parent list from a child list. I will discuss another way of creating a Parent / Child relationship by adding a content type in...
 
Oct27

COMP-1536 & ACIT-1620 Fall 2007 week 09

Categories: BCIT
Medhat Elmasry will be away attending a training course in downtown Vancouver. Here are some important notes on week 09:   Notes for COMP-1536 students  Jason Harrison will be delivering the lectures on Tuesday October 30, 2007 at 10:...
 
Oct18

Creating "Calculated Field" columns in SharePoint 2007

Categories: SharePoint 2007
You can pretty much use the same VBA syntax for calculated fields as in Excel. Here is a site that provides many examples of common formulas that can be used in SharePoint when defining "Calculated Field" columns.   Here is a formula t...
 
Oct14

Speaking at DevTeach in late November 2007

Categories: Speaking engagements
I am scheduled to speak at the DevTeach conference in Vancouver on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM. The topic I will be presenting is the same topic I gave to the .netBC group on Wednesday September 12, 2007. That presention...
 
Oct14

How to hide "View All Site Content" link for anonymous users in SharePoint WSS 3.0?

Categories: SharePoint 2007
This solution requires you to install Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer. Go to "Site Actions" ==> "Site Settings" Under Galleries, click on "Master Pages" Select default.master and select "Edit in Micr...
 
Oct9

Adding command prompt option to Windows Explorer in Windows 2003 server

Categories: Windows
1.      Navigate in your Registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes/Folder/Shell and create a key called "Command Prompt" without the quotes. 2.      Set the default string to whatever text you want to appear in the right-cl...
 
Oct5

Making a SharePoint custom column visible in an edit list form

Categories: SharePoint 2007
Go to the list you are interested in Click Settings --> List Settings Under General Settings --> Click Advance Settings Click "Yes" for "Allow management of content types?" Click "OK" Click the list you a...
 
Oct4

How to get list and view GUIDs in WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007?

Categories: SharePoint 2007
List GUID Access the list with your browser Go to Settings->List Settings Copy the URL from your browser address line into a text editor. It should look something like this: http://something.com/_layouts/listedit.aspx?List=%7BB2FD569F%2D89...
 
Oct3

Finding out the SharePoint list ID (ListTemplateId)

Categories: SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2007 offers an enhanced ability to catch certain user events such as ItemDeleting (before the fact) and ItemDeleted (after the fact). The API targets specific lists identified by list IDs. Example:   List template type Temp...