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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:49 PM

Building a Pivot View Web Part based on Multi-value Column

Problem: Building a dynamic tree of a list based on a choice column (with multi-value select enabled, i.e. checkboxes) can't be done using views and Group By.   Simply because Group By does not list columns with multi-value select in its options.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:35 AM

Visual Studio Spoiled Me, and Web Parts Framework Made Me Learn

It took me sometime until I figured out some facts about Web Parts lifecycle. The following are some findings I believe will make you rethink what methods and events to override to develop a Web Part: CreateChildControls() is - from what it is - used
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Monday, July 21, 2008 1:40 PM

Using VSeWSS relieves you from custom intall.bat!

If you like to be more productive in WSS development, you can always use Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 . Visual Studio 2005 -> VseWSS 1.1 Visual Studio 2008 -> VseWSS 1.2 Then, set the "Start Browser with URL" to your
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Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:11 AM

SharePoint Development with Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 - install.bat sample

Here is a sample batch file to help with your SharePoint development on Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 . @SET TEMPLATEDIR="c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\Template" @SET STSADM="c:\program files\common files\microsoft
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:41 AM

Learning, Training, and Certification

Thought to share these resources for learning/training/certification. Enjoy!   Home Microsoft Learning Home Learning Home Learning Manager A tool to plan and manage your learning and certificates.  Learning Momentum Online animated document
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Monday, April 28, 2008 10:48 PM

SharePoint Resources

Here's a tool to search for SharePoint resources available out there: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/readiness This is useful when you're looking for a specific type of content. Otherwise, you can use the following places: Reference Sites : check when
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Monday, February 18, 2008 6:14 PM

SharePoint Conference 2008 in Dubai and Istanbul

We are pleased to announce that we are bringing the SharePoint Conference to the Middle East and Africa Region this year. The exclusive Microsoft SharePoint Conferences 2008 Dubai and Istanbul are part of the global SharePoint Conferences , following
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Monday, January 07, 2008 5:24 PM

Architecture Talk - SharePoint Farms

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is highly scalable in both directions: vertical and horizontal.  The support for 64-bit architecture, multi-CPU/multi-core hardware, and large amounts of memory makes it possible to scale up boxes running SharePoint
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:42 PM

InfoPath Usage Scenarios

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 can be used in different scenarios that can scale from simple, ad hoc forms, to highly managed centralized forms solutions.  The following gives a glimpse of the different scenarios with emphasis on value vs. shortcomings.
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Monday, June 18, 2007 6:51 PM

WSS vs. MOSS for External Sites

MOSS is the right choice to build sites that require Web Content Management. Understanding the breakdown of WCM (previously part of MCMS 2002) features will help appreciate what MOSS provides when building Internet sites or Intranet sites, which usually
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:50 AM

Enabling Arabic Search in MOSS 2007

Does MOSS support Arabic Search? This is the question I always receive from customers and partners. My answer always starts with the following: The question should not be if MOSS does or doesn't support Arabic Search, cause the answer would be simply
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Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:04 PM

Removing Footer Elements from SharePoint List Items Display

To remove the footer elements (like Created By, Modified By, …) from list elements, you need to create new Custom List From using SharePoint Designer, and modify the output generated. Here are the steps to do that, and thanks to Bergen for his blog Creating
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 3:47 PM

InfoPath – Connecting two List Boxes to Reflect Parent-Child Relationship

If you're designing an InfoPath form, and need to connect two list boxes so that one reflects on the value chosen in the other, then you need to utilize InfoPath filters. Filters allow you to include a subset of the values taken from a given data source,
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:20 PM

Where SharePoint saves Data, and Can I add more Hard Disks?!

I once received a query saying: Can I add new hard drive to SharePoint environment, after it went live? The guy who asked assumed that SharePoint is rigid in this regard, and that SharePoint has knowledge about logical to physical volume mapping. This
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:15 AM

Searching Columns in MOSS using Property Search and Advanced Search

Three basic steps to enable you to search against custom columns in document libraries, lists, … using the Advanced Search property dropdown list, or property search syntax. Step1: Create Custom Column: If you haven't created the column yet, then go to
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