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Hi..
i have small issue
In mail i am getting an time which is sended through workflow in sharepoint.. which one i donot want..
i want to only date should be displayed...
Help me out
7/11/2008 6:56 AM
 
on windows xp,You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an sharepoint site
 
I have MOSS 2007. Frequently sharepoint will ask for login credentials when
going to the site, opening a document, etc even though it should be (and is)
getting the credentials from Windows. Usually I can just hit Cancel to the
login prompt and I can get in/open the document or do whatever I was doing.
This does not always happen, however. Sometimes it doesn't prompt me and
lets me through as it should...
5/27/2008 6:17 AM
 
on windows xp,You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an sharepoint site
 
Depends on if a given site is marked as being trusted. Check your IE security settings to find out what sites might be in a given zone.
5/31/2008 6:30 PM
 
Help in Sharepoint Designer .. IF user A from Department D
 
hello im creating an purchasing portal
this is the scenario :
user post the request and if this user are from Department IT it will
notify the IT manager and ask him to aprove it .. if the user are from
department Admin .. it will notify the Admin manager to aprove it

so i create the workflow using sharepoint Designer .. the problem
is .. the workflow as i see cannot read a column from the user
profile...
5/19/2008 5:09 PM
 
How do I attach a link to a image to launch a different Sharepoint page?
 
I'd like to attach a link to an image that I have placed on one of my pages.  I'm currently using the Image Web part to place the image, but am open to changing the type of web part if that is what it will take to solve the issue.  I'm strictly using Sharepoint, not Frontpage.
5/5/2008 5:04 PM
 
Adobe will not load PDF to Sharepoint site.
 
When I create the PDF it asks me where to store it. I have a shortcut to my sharepoint drive and select it. I cannot see the sharepoint folders and Adobe says it cannot connect to sharepoint (other applications can).
4/17/2008 10:52 AM
 
Adobe will not load PDF to Sharepoint site.
 
Hi,
 
You can check if your version of Adobe support WebDAV, which is the protocol which allow to do what you want to do
 
Pierre VIVIER-MERLE
4/17/2008 1:04 PM
 
Web Part Header formatting
 
I want to conditionally alter the style of the web part header, for some web parts i would want to have a rounded corner, whereas for some i want to have the normal rectangle headers.
 
Can anybody try helping me in this.
 
Thanks
4/9/2008 11:13 AM
 
Web Part Header formatting
 
You could use PageLayouts for this. Override the css file for the webpart appearance. So if you create a page of one kind it gets different appearance than other pages depending on the different css file. Just use @import("<path to css>"); in the page layout and you will get a good result.
 
You can read more about branding sharepoint and stuff at http://maghansson.blogspot.com
4/10/2008 11:05 AM
 
Web Part Header formatting
 
Mm, don't know good question
6/24/2008 5:54 AM
 
Restricting Contacts Shown in People and Groups
 
Is there a way in which you can restrict the list of contact in People and Groups?    I understand how to restrict people having access to the subwebs.  My issue is how can I keep the people who use one subweb from knowing who can use other subwebs.  We use subwebs as client workspaces and even knowing who our clients are is an abridgement of their privacy.  I feel certain...
3/31/2008 7:56 PM
 
Trying to hide nav menus of embedded sites in page viewer
 
I use page viewer on my site to display reports from other websites.  I would like these embedded sites to display only the report, not the navigation template/menus.  I had a url modifier that worked for 1 site in particular, but I can't get it to work on any other ones (see below.)  Does anyone have a solution for this?  Thanks!
 
&tabsVisible=false&contentNavigation=false&isStatic=true&fullScreen=true
2/21/2008 4:16 PM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
We are able to edit the fields of a list in sharepoint. However, after exporting to excel, some users are experiencing an issue when trying to edit these same fields and are unable to do so. They receive and error "The [field] is a read-only column that cannot be modified". Permissions appear to be fine and they can edit the list fields fine as long as they are in sharepoint. Any ideas?
2/12/2008 11:47 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
*** The issue is with Excel 2003 and not Sharepoint. If you use Excel 2007 , for exporting to spreadsheet, the fields in the saved files would be editable.
2/13/2008 5:48 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
*** The issue is with Excel 2003 and not Sharepoint. If you use Excel 2007 , for exporting to spreadsheet, the fields in the saved files would be editable.
2/13/2008 5:48 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
*** The issue is with Excel 2003 and not Sharepoint. If you use Excel 2007 , for exporting to spreadsheet, the fields in the saved files would be editable.
2/13/2008 5:48 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
Office 2003 SP3 has this issue. There is a hotfix available:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952608
7/16/2008 9:37 AM
 
Web Part Error
 
Unable to add selected web part(s). One of the properties of the Web Part has an incorrect format. Windows SharePoint Services cannot deserialize the Web Part. Check the format of the properties and try again.
 
This error is come when i am going to add a custom webpart in sharepoint
1/24/2008 4:48 AM
 
Web Part Error
 
yea man
2/3/2008 7:48 AM
 
Web Part Error
 
SDSADSa
2/11/2008 1:39 PM
 
Web Part Error
 
What are you talking about?
2/12/2008 10:39 PM
 
Export a SharePoint list to spreadsheet
 
I am trying to export sharepoint list to spreadsheet,but getting erro after giving path for saving after that unable to open in spreadsheet.i have attached error screenshot.
Attachment
1/17/2008 11:58 PM
 
Export a SharePoint list to spreadsheet
 
this issue has been resolved....user was using office Xp 2002.
it fixed in office 2003.
1/18/2008 12:41 AM
 
Search doesn't seem to work on my sharepoint site
 
It's not returning results for anything I put in there, whether it be a valid filename, part of the filename, or content within a file such as a word doc, everything returns 0 results.
 
Is there something I need to enable to get this to work?
1/4/2008 3:32 PM
 
Search doesn't seem to work on my sharepoint site
 
I had the same problem.  Can't believe it's not a more common complaint!
7/2/2008 11:35 AM
 
workflow - calender item
 
Hi,
After approving the item using the workflow the approval status not changed as Approved from pending.The status of the workflow remains as in progress in the all events screen as well as in the individual item screen.But if we check the workflow information of a particular item .The status of the workflow is approve.
This issue occurs in some rare case.
Test1 item even after approval shows...
1/4/2008 3:08 AM
 
workflow - calender item
 
Hi,

After approving the item using the workflow the approval status not changed as Approved from pending.The status of the workflow remains as in progress in the all events screen as well as in the individual item screen.But if we check the workflow information of a particular item .The status of the workflow is approve.

This issue occurs in some rare case.

Test1 item even after approval shows...
1/4/2008 3:08 AM
 
Editing of document by mutilple users at a time
 
Hi,
 
I have uploaded a file in sharepoint.
I have 10 users for this sharepoint.
I want all 10 users to open the same document in edit mode.
 
Is it possible, if so please let me know how to do that
 
 
thanks & regards,

Srini
 
1/3/2008 6:35 AM
 
Restrict user from deleting document file that is created by other user.
 
Is there anyone have a solution how to prevent a user from deleting document that is created by another user? I'm using sharepoint 2003.
 
Thanks,
12/15/2007 10:39 AM
 
Would like to customize web data entry form of table list
 
I would like to customize web data entry form (new item form) so it doesn't include all fields from underlying list.
12/11/2007 2:18 PM
 
I can't use datasheet view.
 
I have windows XP, office 2003 and enable Active X control, the site is in trusted zone. I am using explorer 6. I don't have Frontpage.
Can anybody tell me how to solve this problem? one of my co-worker can use the datasheet view, but his computer has frontpage. the other two co-worker has the same computer as i do, none of us can use the datasheet view.
i am going to download the expression web,...
12/11/2007 10:10 AM
 
I can't use datasheet view.
 
Frontpage will not make a difference. There is something else going on if you dont have a datasheet view. Make sure that your list has a datasheet view to it. If someone on your team modified the list in FrontPage then you most likely have a ghosting issue. Actually it is an Unghosting issue. If the user with FrontPage can see the datasheet view in FrontPage and not SharePoint...
12/11/2007 11:55 AM
 
I can't use datasheet view.
 
I am not sure if this is just an Office Pro feature.
If you go into Add/Remove programs
Select Office 2003
Add or Remove Features
Choose advanced customization of applications
Under Office tools
Windows Sharepoint services support
You will see the Microsoft Office List Datasheet Component
We are running Office 2007.
I was having the same problem.
In my case, SharePoint service support was...
3/13/2008 11:10 AM
 
Connection to Sharepoint Configuration database
 
HI
 
I've installed MOSS2007 and running LIVE in production for past 6 months. We now need to add a second WSS 3.0 web front end server. When I run the config tool, and try to connect to the existing configuration database I get an access denied error. The database is on a seperate SQL2005 server. 
 
The server name is entered and it returns the name of the config database and the...
11/22/2007 4:40 PM
 
How can we Show Hide Quick Lunch link on the basis of Group Permittion
 
How can we Show Hide Quick Lunch link on the basis of Group Permittion
11/16/2007 8:56 AM
 
Freeze Title Column
 
Does anyone know of a way to freeze the Title column in Project Task list (Gantt chart view).  When you scroll to the right, you can't see the task title any longer. 
10/18/2007 7:09 PM
 
How can I make links in Links List open in new window?
 
How can I make links in Links List open in new window?  All of them open in the current window. 
10/18/2007 7:08 PM
 
How can I make links in Links List open in new window?
 
I am extremely interested in the answer to this query as well.
I would like to add a link to the full OWA page in the top link bar (I don't want to use just the OWA web parts). I'm pretty sure there's no way to get it to open as an actual tab in Sharepoint (with the rest of the Sharepoint page remaining) so I would like to have it open in a new window.
 
Thanks!
11/2/2007 11:19 AM
 
How can I make links in Links List open in new window?
 
I use a Content editor webpart to create link lists. This allows me to open in whatever windows I want.  I'm sure if you can get an SQL script written that will open links in new windows but unless you are an admin, it probably won't happen. There is a Javascript written that opens the link in a new window when you click the (Click here to test) link. SharePoint wont let you put anything other...
12/11/2007 12:31 PM
 
Do not run stsadmn
 
We did below,
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>stsa
dm -o backup -url http://sitename/ -filename \\file_server\D$\Backup\20071016.dat
 
However, it did not run with an error like below
(we were afraid  that we guess this msg was not correct 'cause we saw japanese msg)
"The operation is not effective so that we have a problem in a...
10/18/2007 12:13 PM
 
Problem with creating new websites in wss 3.0
 
I am having an odd issue in regards to my newly installed WSS 3.0    From the server side, I can create new websites and subsites without any problems.    However, if I log into the site from another PC with a standard web connection, it will not let me create new sites, or add web parts to existing pages.   I am using the same user account on both server and...
10/14/2007 10:48 AM
 
Checkin for multiple documents
 
Please let us know how to checkin the multiple document same time. 
10/11/2007 1:44 AM
 
Checkin for multiple documents
 

Your permission level must be Site Designer or Owner to do this.

To check in multiple documents:

Click Site Actions/Site Settings
Click Content and Structure
Navigate to folder of choice
Check the documents you need to check in and select Actions/Check in
Note: If any of the documents are already checked in, the system will do nothing with these documents – it will just check in the ones that are checked...

2/4/2008 5:22 PM
 
cannot save document from word 2003 in doc library in moss
 
When we open a word document that is stored in a document library in moss 2007, we can edit the document but we can only 'save as'; we cannot save the document right into the document library. We can save the document on the local computer and upload it into the document library.
 
When we were using wss 2.0, this problem did not arise.
 
Any hints?
10/10/2007 11:56 AM
 
cannot save document from word 2003 in doc library in moss
 
How did you upload?
By Explorer View?  By "save prompt"?  By how?
IE and Office version is important for some kind of operation.
 
Please check how to do, and offce/IE version.
 
10/11/2007 1:43 AM
 
cannot save document from word 2003 in doc library in moss
 
I uploaded the documents earlier in WSS2.0 but it doesn't make any difference. In explorer View I can save the documents! When I open the document in Internet Explorer Word does not open. When I clicl the W, then Word opens and the 'save as' menu-item is available. Unfortunately, the Word document is read-only. I do not understand why, because I have full controll and I can edit in explorer view.
...
10/18/2007 7:27 AM
 
cannot save document from word 2003 in doc library in moss
 
The solution appeared to be in: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870853
10/19/2007 3:49 AM
 
media player file to webpart
 
how can I add media player file to a webpart?
Plz help me in this context and give me the detail steps to perform this task.
 
Thanx in advance.
10/5/2007 8:02 AM
 
making buttons in left pane
 
how can I make buttons in the left pane invisible to all users except for the owner.
I am using Windows sharepoint 2003
10/5/2007 2:47 AM
 
change the names of the buttons in left pane
 
hi,
how can I change the names of the buttons in the left pane of a team site template
for ex: Documents
           Lists
           Discussions
           Sites.....
     help me in doing this task...
10/5/2007 2:43 AM
 
Portal Owners
 
I have MOSS and Project Server 2007 installed on a system and have added users to the portal owners group. These users are getting errors when they try to edit a web part on the Portal Page.
Even the user account which was used to build the portal is unable to edit the web parts.
Has anyone seen this before and if so how was it fixed.
 
10/4/2007 6:37 AM
 
Portal Owners