Copy / Extract DLL from GAC

Ever wondered how to retrieve dll from GAC ?

Well here is one way :

• Open command prompt and go to c:\windows\assembly\gac


• Required dll will be in form of a directory, change directory to to the dll (cd {dll name})


• Check directory for folder name (dir)


• Change directory to folder with long name


• You will get the dll in this folder


• Run copy command to copy to your desired directory

ENJOY!!!!

An error occurred while attempting to retrieve the KPI value from the list

Ever encountered this error while tying to play with KPI for first time ?
Well i had , listing the causes which might throw this error:

• Make sure the columns are all available in the default view, else try selecting "All Document" view first
• I read that creating KPI in different site collection might throw this error, but never tried myself

In case looking for complete explanation of KPI , check out webcast :

http://channel9.msdn.com/Screencasts/214755_Dashboards.wmv

Enjoy!!!!

Using SharePoint People Picker Programatically

I found these 2 artciles really good showcasing the usage of People Picker control programatically.

http://www.sharepoint-tips.com/2007/10/using-sharepoint-people-picker.html
http://mysharepointblog.com/post/2007/07/How-to-use-the-PeoplePicker-in-SharePoint.aspx

File Not Found on NewDwp.aspx in SharePoint when adding a web part

Do u receive this error and wandering what the hell is wrong with your portal:

File Not Found. at System.Signature._GetSignature(SignatureStruct& signature, Void* pCorSig, Int32 cCorSig, IntPtr fieldHandle, IntPtr methodHandle, IntPtr declaringTypeHandle) at System.Signature.GetSignature(SignatureStruct& signature, Void* pCorSig, Int32 cCorSig, RuntimeFieldHandle fieldHandle, RuntimeMethodHandle methodHandle, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringTypeHandle) at System.Signature..ctor(RuntimeMethodHandle methodHandle, RuntimeTypeHandle declaringTypeHandle) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.get_Signature() at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.GetParameters() at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartSerializer.GetPersonalizableProperties() at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.GetEffectiveWebPartType(Type webPartType, SerializationTarget serializationTarget, Boolean ignoreSupportsAttributeMarkup) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.GetEffectiveWebPartType(Type aspWebPartType, SerializationTarget serializationTarget) at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.NewDwp.Page_PreRender(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) at System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.UnsecuredLayoutsPageBase.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)


Problem is due to 2 factors:
1) You might have installed Smart Part web part in your server
2)and you don't have installed the ASP.NET AJAX installed in your server

To correct install the ASP.NET Ajax extension 1.0 from Microsoft Site

Restart server and you might get some relief.Do leave a message if it helps , helps me to understand how many got stuck in my situation :)

Article by david helped me ...

I loved this MOSS Posters!!!

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb310619.aspx

Cascading Dropdown in SharePoint List using Custom Fileds controls

http://datacogs.com/datablogs/archive/2007/08/26/641.aspx

Updating the List using SharePoint Designer containing HyperLinks

http://www.jyhuh.com/blog/archive/2007/04/10/setting-hyperlink-using-sharepoint-designer.aspx

The specified schedule recurrence string is invalid: every 1 minute. MOSS ERROR

I got this error while creating a new site collection , i was wondering what might have caused this issue. The last thing i was playing with was custom alerts and the error showed something is messed up with the timer schedule. I thought of checking the interval set for scheduled jobs and Volla!!! i had set the immediate job timer to "every 1 minute " which is not a correct string .

So solution is to reset the property :

I used the follwong command to set the timer :

stsadm -o setproperty -pn job-immediate-alerts -pv "Every 5 minutes between 0 and 59"

and all worked great :)

MSIT SharePoint Reporting Framework

http://www.codeplex.com/MSITSRF/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7591

Setting Site Theme Programmatically

SPSite site = new SPSite("");
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
web.ApplyTheme("");

Smartpart for SharePoint with Ajax Support

An excellent article by Jan tielen's

http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2007/02/22/smartpart-for-sharepoint-asp-net-ajax-support.aspx

Database Maintenance for SharePoint Whitepaper

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/02/28/database-maintenance-for-sharepoint-whitepaper.aspx

Item Information Returned by MOSS Alert

I was trying to access the item values in order to customize my email color scheme but after a long search it came to my notice that only few item details are returned by alert . In case you want to access other information in list , you need to write your own alert component as given in following link

Custom Alert Template to a specific list

Create a new custom template with a unique Name attribute in your working copy of AlertTemplates.xml (You can copy paste the entire section with Name SPAlertTemplateType.GenericList, change the name and modify the sections you want to). Modify the template as necessary. After restarting IIS, write object model code to set the list alert template
SPAlertTemplateCollection ats = new SPAlertTemplateCollection((SPWebService)(WebApplication.Parent)); //give appropriate values for WebApplication
list.AlertTemplate = ats[“name from above”];
list.Update();


http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdeveloperdocs/archive/2007/12/07/customizing-alert-notifications-and-alert-templates-in-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx

Custom Alert MOSS

Override the existing default alert with your custom component
http://www.sharepointu.com/forums/t/1782.aspx

Your custom email alert handler should be configured at this point. Create a new alert and you should get the updated custom email.

Check out STSADM Timer Job for alerts details :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262629.aspx

SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool

SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool on Microsoft Download Center:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=93029

System Center Capacity Planner:

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sccp/default.mspx

Exporting Custom User Profile Between MOSS 2007 Servers

Check out the too :

http://www.codeplex.com/MOSSProfileReplicate/

Enable Anonymous Access in MOSS

Steps to be followed for enabling Anonymous Access to site with Forms/Windows Authentication .

Webcast series on MOSS

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BD5C77B0-F556-4136-8730-1D7FEEAE0A42&displaylang=en

Error Integration MOSS Picture Library with Silverlight

Silverlight error message
ErrorCode: 4001
ErrorType: ImageError
Message: AG_E_NETWORK_ERROR


I got this error while implementing the MOSS picture library with Silverlight . I was following the article by Ian Morrish
http://www.wssdemo.com/Pages/silverlight.aspx

but due to some reason i got stuck with this error , after some hours of brain shakedown it came to my notice that the Picture library was not properly referenced in my XSLT .