All About SharePoint - S.S. Ahmed - MVP Microsoft SharePoint

XPath, XQuery, and XSLT Functions

ssa — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:49:00 GMT

Some XML functions can be very useful in InfoPath, especially if you are an InfoPath developer. For example, suppose you are using data validation in your InfoPath form and you want the users to enter a value in one of the text boxes on your form. Of...(read more)

How to grant permissions to a custom assembly that is referenced in a report in Reporting Services

ssa — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:09:00 GMT

It seems straight forward. Isn't it? but it may not be as simple and straight forward for the newbies as it seems at first. A colleague and a friend of mine recently was struggling with the same issue and he learnt the lesson after spending considerable...(read more)

MVP Summit experience

ssa — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:12:00 GMT

Returned from the summit on friday night but my body was so sour that I spent whole saturday sleeping, relaxing, and watching TV. This was my first summit experience and undoubtedly it was the best experience I have had in recent times. This was the first...(read more)

MVP Renewed!

ssa — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:32:00 GMT

My MVP award has been renewed for another year. I am very happy and very excited because I have lots of interesting plans this year. I would like to thank all my well wishers and readers who read my blog and articles and send positive feedback and comments...(read more)

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint released

ssa — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:30:00 GMT

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint has been released and can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/collabkit . The toolkit runs on MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0. Posted on SharePoint Blogs...(read more)

SharePoint Capacity Planner Tool is now available for download

ssa — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:02:00 GMT

You can read about the SharePoint Capacity Planner Tool on the following page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb961988.aspx You can download the tool from the same page or download it directly from the following page: http://www.microsoft...(read more)

SharePoint and MySQL

ssa — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:31:00 GMT

SharePoint and MySQL Integrating SharePoint with MySQL using Business Data Catalog T his is another article of the same series that has been continuing for the last couple of weeks. Yep! SharePoint and the Business Data Catalog! Following are the recent...(read more)

Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by Step, is now in the book shops

ssa — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:36:00 GMT

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Step by Step is now available in the market. The book targets the Information workers. Introduction of the book can be read on the author's (Penny Coventry) blog: http://mindsharpblogs.com/penny/archive/2008...(read more)

Links for Workflow with VS 2008

ssa — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:02:00 GMT

People have already started blogging about the workflow creation with VS 2008. Here are a couple of cool links that show how to create sequential workflows using VS 2008: SharePoint Workflow Feature in VS 2008 Screencast: How to Video: Building a basic...(read more)

InfoPath Error: The given key was not present in the dictionary.

ssa — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:04:00 GMT

If this error occurs when you try to submit the form, then there can be two reasons for this. The data connection name is not correct or the URL used in the data connection is not correct. Sometimes, it is hard to pin point the problem because the URL...(read more)

Working with Business Data Column

ssa — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:30:00 GMT

Working with Business Data Column Level: Beginners Business Data field type is a new type that enables users to add data from business applications registered in the Business Data Catalog to SharePoint lists and libraries. In the last two articles we...(read more)

Importing BDC Data into SharePoint

ssa — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:44:00 GMT

Importing BDC Data into SharePoint Level: Beginner As compared to the first part , this article is short and contains information on how to import the definition file into the SharePoint. 1. Go to SharePoint Central Administration and open SSP defined...(read more)

Using Business Data Catalog Definition Editor

ssa — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:45:00 GMT

Using Business Data Catalog Definition Editor Category: SharePoint Level: Beginner Business Data Catalog is a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server feature that allows users to access external data from within SharePoint. SharePoint, as we know, is an excellent...(read more)

Few Issues with Microsoft Business Data Catalog Definition Editor

ssa — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:17:00 GMT

Microsoft Business Data Catalog Definition Editor is a great tool that has made creating application definition file very easy. This tool is available in the latest SharePoint Server 2007 SDK . After installing the SDK, you can install this tool by running...(read more)

WS-FileConvertor 1.0c - Convert images to text and upload into SharePoint

ssa — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:04:00 GMT

Version 1 Version 2 I have made some changes in the previous version and now users can also upload the original files along with the converted text files into the SharePoint. Click here to download this tool. For your convenience, you can create two different...(read more)

Inspecting Logic and Checking Design of InfoPath Form

ssa — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:43:00 GMT

Inspecting Logic and Checking Design of InfoPath Form It is easier to inspect the logic manually in simple forms but companies use InfoPath not to create simple forms but to create forms in an easy and simple way. These forms can get quite complex and...(read more)

Renaming the changed Title field back to 'Title'

ssa — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:26:00 GMT

Title field once changed can not be renamed back to 'Title' through UI. I had to make a change in the DB to forcefully rename the field but there is an easy solution also. Today while browsing the net, I found this interesting post that discusses...(read more)

SharePoint file uploading problem

ssa — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:44:00 GMT

Sometimes strange things happen after applying security updates to the SharePoint server. Recently a friend told me that after applying a security update, users in his company complained that they were no longer able to upload files to the SharePoint...(read more)

Enabling Anonymous access in surveys

ssa — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:33:00 GMT

I am asked quite often about the anonymous access in surveys. This may be because I wrote a couple articles about surveys in MOSS 2007 some time ago. Creating a survey in MOSS 2007 Creating a survey in MOSS 2007 programmatically Writing an event handler...(read more)

KB934525: Database issue!

ssa — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:38:00 GMT

KB934525 is required to fix a vunerability in Sharepoint. Read security bulletin for more information. Information about KB934525 can be read at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934525 Many people have reported that their SharePoint broke after installing...(read more)

Tip: SESSION_STATE_PASCAL_CASED is not configured properly

ssa — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:21:00 GMT

Error Description: InfoPath Forms Services has detected a mismatch between the user's data in the browser and on the server. This may indicate the SESSION_STATE_PASCAL_CASED is not configured properly on a multiple front end farm or that a malicious...(read more)

WS-FileConvertor 1.0b - Tool for converting images into text readable format and uploading into SharePoint

ssa — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:19:00 GMT

I have modified the first version . It can now upload converted files to the SharePoint. You can download it here . This application uses WSUploadService web service to upload files to the SharePoint. You can download WSUploadService here . Select Image...(read more)

Seasons Greetings

ssa — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:30:00 GMT

Seasons Greetings, I would like to wish a wonderful holiday season to all my blog readers. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! SSA Posted on SharePoint Blogs...(read more)

WS-FileConvertor 1.0a

ssa — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:22:00 GMT

WS-FileConvertor 1.0a WS-FileConvertor is a .NET application that converts image files into text readable format. Currently, the output is TXT files. All image formats are supported including GIF, JPG, TIFF, etc. I have only tested major formats like...(read more)

Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object

ssa — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:30:00 GMT

Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object This is one of the common errors that you see during SharePoint development. There could be many reasons for this error to occur. Here I will discuss one scenario. I have noticed that sometimes...(read more)