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Sharepoint Extensions for Visual Studio 2005
Any news on when a new release of the extensions are due? The state of the current tools is downright abyssmal. Even ignoring the requirement to run VS on the Sharepoint server machine, half the … more
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Word 2007 and Sharepoint Workflows
I've got a couple of questions about Word 2007 integration with Sharepoint 2007, and several problems that occur because of it: The Mysterious Checked-Out Error Let's say I have a workflow attached … more
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"Trial Expired" errors in unexpected places.
I've installed MOSS 2007 RTM on a couple of test VPCs here, using the 180-day trial version. Everything worked fine until I tried to create a new page in my Publishing Portal - suddenly … more
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MOSS Workflows are versioned
I was asked today about MOSS's behavior when workflows are changed midstream. Say I have a document library with a Workflow attached to it, start a few long-running (non-immediate) workflows, then … more
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Screencasts vs. Whitepapers
A few weeks ago, Lawrence Liu (a senior technical PM and community lead for Sharepoint at Microsoft) linked to a few screencasts for learning how to use various features in MOSS2007. In that entry, … more
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Bad naming - Sharepoint Features
Gaaah! Who, in the name of all that is holy, thought that naming a feature in Sharepoint "Features" would be a good idea? Sure, it describes it, but it also describes practically everything else. It' … more
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Outlook Calendar as your Windows Desktop
In a Channel 9 conversation, user Dr. Herbie expressed his long-standing desire to see his Outlook calendar as a desktop wallpaper. This, I admit, has never once occured to me. The nice thing about … more