Archives | June 2009

Problem You’re receive an error message when publishing a InfoPath form to a SharePoint server with forms services enabled.  Explanation I received this error while working on a web application other than the default (port 80) SharePoint site on the server.  For some reason when I created the new web application, which I verified was associated with an SSP, refused to render any InfoPath forms in a browser. Solution After lots of digging on Microsoft’s websites I cam up with the following solution.  Good luck! Login to your SharePoint server and run the following STSADM...

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Problem You've developed a custom workflow using Windows Workflow foundation, Visual Studio, and a nice little product called InfoPath, however, when you test your workflow you get the error message "This form cannot be opened. It is not workflow enabled." If this above change doesn't work follow the steps in this blog article about publishing a workflow enabled InfoPath form.   Resolution This form cannot be displayed properly because your security level is not set to "Domain". Open the form and republish it with the security level = "Domain"

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Requirement You're creating a Visual Studio and Windows Workflow Foundation workflow for SharePoint and you would like to use InfoPath for the Workflow Initiation, Workflow Association, and Workflow Task Edit forms. Note: The final step is the most important step so don’t skip it. Solution Set the form's Security Level to "Domain" Now publish the form to a local network place **** Leave the access path BLANK ***

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Often times you will want to back up a production SharePoint site collection and restore it to a server (or the same server) that already has one or more site collections defined.  This is very often the case when somebody has corrupted the original site collection but there’s still content you need accessible after you overwrite the original.  What you really need to know here is how to create a managed path then, with an empty managed path you can easily restore your site to that path.  Use the “-overwrite” switch if you want to overwrite a site collection that already...

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When you install SharePoint you have a choice to use NTLM and Kerberos authentication. There's pros and cons for each and I'm not going to get into that here, let's just go through the steps for configuring Kerberos on a SharePoint site running on port 80. Prerequisites Download and install the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 32-bit Support Tools Note that they will still run on a 64 bit machine. Install the Windows 2003 Admin Pack (AdminPak.msi) located in your server's %\windows\system32 or %\Windows\SysWOW64 directory Locate the app pool account that will run the web application...

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