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What is a list form

furuknap — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:08:13 +0000

A list form refers to the forms used to display and manipulate data in SharePoint. A list form is used for one of three operations, that also name the forms, the Display form, the New form, and the Edit form. The screenshot below shows the New form of the tasks list in a SharePoint team site.

How do I get access to the correct SPSite entity from a webpart

furuknap — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:33:43 +0000

To get access to the correct SPSite entity from a webpart use the SPContext.Current where you have access to both the current site and web.

Whats is a SharePoint group

furuknap — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:36:57 +0000

A SharePoint group is a collection of usernames and group names that can be given permissions to a SharePoint site or parts of a SharePoint site. Groups are defined for the entire site collection, but can be given permissions on any child site of the site collection.

What is Visual Studio extentions for WSS

furuknap — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:57:54 +0000

Visual Studio extentions for WSS, or VSeWSS for short, is a toolkit developed by Microsoft for creating SharePoint functionality and features using Visual Studio. The toolkit is available for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

How do I find associated groups in code

furuknap — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:30:28 +0000

To find associated groups in code you can either use the AssociatedGroups collection or access the individual groups as AssociatedOwnerGroup, AssociatedMemberGroup, or AssociatedVisitorGroup of an SPWeb object:

SPGroup owners = this.Web.AssociatedOwnerGroup;
SPGroup members = this.Web.AssociatedMemberGroup;
SPGroup visitors = this.Web.AssociatedVisitorGroup;

What is an associated group in SharePoint

furuknap — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:58:09 +0000

An associated group in SharePoint refers to the groups that are associated with the default roles in a SharePoint site. In SharePoint v3 these groups are Owners, Members, and Visitor. The groups are created by default when you create a new site collection. When you create a site inside an existing site collection the groups are created automatically if you select to not inherit permissions from the parent site.

How do I add a page to SharePoint using the web interface

furuknap — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:48:45 +0000

To add a page to SharePoint using the web interface you go to the Create page of the site. Note that prior to adding a page your site must have at least one library to hold the page. On the Create page you go to the Web Pages column and select either the Basic page or the Web part page. Other pages may also be available.

How do I add a link on the Create page

furuknap — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:00:48 +0000

The only column to which you can add a link on the Create page is the Web Pages column. To add a link there, use a CustomAction feature with Location=”Microsoft.SharePoint.Create” and a GroupId=”WebPages”:

What is a portal

furuknap — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:22:47 +0000

A portal is used as a front end interface to different areas of information such as news, people, projects, or other data.

What is a view

furuknap — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:12:36 +0000

A SharePoint view is a display of data from a SharePoint list. A view determines both the data to be displayed and rendering of that data. Views can be created by the user or the list administrators.