Archives | March 2009

Introduction In this three part posting I will demonstrate the steps I followed to build out a SharePoint 2007 development environment.   If you follow the steps closely you’ll end up with a solid virtual server that you can clone and re-use as necessary.  Note that you can now build using 64 bit since Microsoft Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint are now 64 bit compatible. Main Components VMWare Workstation V 6.5 (You can also use VMWare Server) Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise (32 or 64 Bit) Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Visual Studio 2008...

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Problem You need to locate the 4 part name for an assembly, presumably to register the assembly in a web.config file. Solution Step 1 - Locate Gacutil which can be in a variety of places including Windows SDK & Visual Studio.  The easiest way to run this command is to open a “Visual Studio Command Prompt” located in your visual studio installation. Step 2 – Type the following command Gacutil /l MyAssemblyName.dll Step 3 – Use the file>copy command to copy content from the dos window. To Install and Assembly into the GAC To install an assembly into the GAC type...

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Problem You don't like the SharePoint default form and you want to change a list's default form because you don't like: SharePoint lays out the fields you don't like the look and feel you need to customize the forms behavior you need to customize the default values or you want to create different forms for your content types (cool stuff here) * You should not do this if you want to hide or show fields, change field order; to do this simply modify the list's underlying content type. Solution Create a custom list with the necessary fields Open SharePoint designer and navigate...

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Problem You’re sick of typing control alt delete (CTRL+ALT+DEL) every time you need to login to your dev server and you want to change your server’s password policies.  It’s dev so you’re comfortable loosening security… Solution *** DO NOT DO THIS IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT!!! To disable CTRL+ALT+DEL Open Group Policy Management Select Local Security Policy - Enable this option to turn off the ctrl-alt-del To change the password policy Open Local Security Policy To change the password policy you will need to login to the domain controller using Group Policy...

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