Creating lookup-fields only via XML-Definition is not possible. You need the ID of the Web hosting the list and the ID of the list hosting the data the lookup field is connected to. This information can only be retrieved when both entities are created… Object model?! When looking into the SPFieldLookup-class you find the properties [...]
or at least the power of “Use Remote Interfaces – Use SOAP, Web DAV, or SharePoint Designer interfaces to access the Web site”. In a SharePoint project I’m working on it was necessary to get the default page of a publishing web in case where it differs from default.aspx. In the environment the project [...]
I really like Windows 7! As I am a SharePoint developer I was happy that (thanks to Bamboo) one can install SharePoint on Vista and Windows 7. After I figured out why my first installation try went wrong I hit another strange issue. When installing MOSS you have to choose which role your server is [...]
I have a “DateTime-field” inside a list which contains both date and time. In order to allow the user to edit this information inside the publishing page I used the Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.DateTimeField. If you only want to display that field-value you can simply use the ControlMode-property and set it to Display. If you want to display [...]
Today the crawler of the search service of my MOSS-Development system stopped working from “one second to another”. The crawl-log showed me this error. The crawler could not communicate with the server. Check that the server is available and that the firewall access is configured correctly.. The start is essential I reconfigured everything, I checked [...]