How To Display the InfoPath Form Version on the Form
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:32 PM

Very handy for testing and help desk calls:

Tip: insert form version with the expression:
substring-before( substring-after( /processing-instruction()[local-name(.) = "mso-infoPathSolution"], 'solutionVersion="'), '"')

Source:  http://www.nivot.org/2008/09/30/WhyVSTO30VisualStudio2008SharePointWindowsWorkflowAndInfoPathMightGiveYouAHernia.aspx

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Collect Data by Email
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:37 AM

Scenario: “Please respond to this email indicating your t-shirt size and which session you can attend… or whatever”   send to: 40 people.

Read this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA100154271033.aspx

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How to Fix PWA Reminders web part in MOSS
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:46 AM

Add and hide this web part on the page where the reminders web part is located.

Often folks will want to export the Reminders web part from Project Web Access (PWA) 2007 and have it shown on a related SharePoint (MOSS) page.  You can export the web part, you can add it to a SharePoint page, you can set the PWA URL to your PWA URL and it will work. 

It will throw a javascript error.

The error presents itself as a document.stylesheets[0] etc. etc. javascript error and prevents all javascripts from running (such as menu flyouts).

The attached web part is simply a function redefinition that doesn’t require a feature deployment that fixes the reminders web part on that and only that page.

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External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint (ECTS) Installation Notes
Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:40 PM

These notes are in addition to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296362.aspx

These are the notes I generated that I used in overlay with the installation instructions. 

  1. Make sure Cert Server is installed and available
  2. Configure a certificate for ADAM
  3. Run ADAM setup from internet
    · Add/Remove only works if you have the OS disk
  4. Create DNS entries
    · For example: collab and collab.external
  5. Create Collab web app
  6. Reset IIS
  7. Create email address (e.g. SharePoint@yourdomain.com)
  8. Extend to an SSL external (e.g. collab.external)
  9. Create a site collection on the web application
  10. Run ADAM script that comes with kit
  11. Change the ADAM Service account
  12. Run database script
  13. Run SPScript
    Note: ADAM ports are typically 389, 636 or 50000, 50001
  14. Request IIS Cert
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How I made my laptop faster
Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:18 PM

For some reason my laptop got really sluggish a while back.  Normally I wouldn’t blog about this type of thing, but it was so impactful I thought I would share.  I’ve already done and always do the typical stuff: defrag, clean registry, uninstall add-ons, maintain free disk space, etc.   This one, however, was the culprit.

Check this out if you are experiencing the same:   kb822158 Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista

Excerpt: “This article also contains information to help you minimize the effect of antivirus software on system and network performance.

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How to update Microsoft RoundTable firmware
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:36 PM
  1. Download the firmware: Microsoft® RoundTable™ Firmware
  2. Download the manager: Microsoft® RoundTable™ Management Tool
  3. run this at the command line:

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft RoundTable\Device Management>rtmanage -m:img -i:nk -f:"C:\RoundTableQfeFirmware\nk.bin" -s:"C:\RoundTableQfeFirmware\nk.cat"

    passcode/password is probably: 78491 (factory default, see RoundTable Deployment Guide)

  4. Run This command:

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft RoundTable\Device Management>rtmanage.exe -m:img -i:EBOOT -f:c:\roundtableqfefirmware\cpueboot.bin -s:c:\roundtableqfefirmware\cpueboot.cat

  5. Reboot by running this command:
    Rtmanage.exe -m:cfg -r

IMAG0037

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What makes a good model?
Monday, December 15, 2008 12:54 PM

Andrea takes a stab at stating it.

Excerpt:

  • As simple as possible, and complete (Better not bigger, spanning the semantic space)
  • Consistent
  • Extensible and reusable (Designed to evolve and be used beyond original purposes)
  • Design tradeoffs well-understood and documented
  • Normalized (To a point)
  • Incorporating stable and well-defined concepts and semantics – Usually taken from other standards and models
  • Designed and encoded for interoperability and sharing of semantics – But not limited by a specific encoding (such as XML Schema or database limitiations)
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Can you restore a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 backup to a MOSS farm? No.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:57 PM

If you try to restore a SPD file from SharePoint 2003 to a MOSS instance, you will get this error:


Your backup is from a different version of Windows SharePoint Services and cannot be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file should be restored to a server with version '6.0.2.8117' or later.

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SharePoint Training and Internal Communication
Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:38 AM

Note to self:

Here are some packaged solutions available to help make the user community aware, prepared, and excited.

PKS
 Office Online

Office Online SharePoint Help

 Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training built on SharePoint Learning Kit

Here is a screen capture video showing how it works.
The SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) is government SCORM compliant, and can be used to deliver and track any training that uses the SCORM XML course definition. The Office SharePoint Server 2007 training is skinned and contains courses for SharePoint users.

SharePoint Internal Buzz Kit

The Internal Buzz Kit is designed to help you generate demand for your newly deployed SharePoint Server 2007 sites, increasing your Return on Investment.
You may need to revise some of the pieces in the Kit, depending upon your particular deployment environment and company policies.
You may download all the materials in one file, or download them separately

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Official Blog Icon?
Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:11 AM

Interesting.  Is this the "official" blog icon?
Not terrible.

http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?assetid=ZA102499971033

blog

Bigger

blog

See it in action here: SharePoint 2007 Help and How-to

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