Extracting DLL from assembly

Sometimes, based on the requirements , we get into a situation when we want to extract DLL's from assembly. In direct words, it is not possible to drag-drop the DLL's from the assembly folder which is generally located at C:\windows\assembly location.

So, extract the dll from assembly folder, perform these steps

1) Click Start > Run.
2) In Run window, enter "C:\windows\assembly\gac" without quotes and press enter.
3) The window that open, contains dll's in folder, which you can easily copy or drag-drop.

Creating Site Content Types in Moss 2007

Following are the steps to create content types in moss 2007.

• From any team site, on the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
                                                 OR
• From any portal area, click Site Actions, point to Site Settings, and then click Modify All Site Settings.
• On the Site Settings page, under Site Collection Administration, click Go to top level site settings.
• Under Galleries, click Site content types.
• On the Site Content Type Gallery page, on the menu bar, click Create.

• In the Name box, type the name for this content type. This name will appear in the Content Types list when we will create the page layout.
• In the Description box, type a description for this content type
• In the Select parent content type from list, click Publishing Content Types.
• In the Parent Content Type list, click Page.
• Under Put this site content type into, click Existing group, and then click Page Layout Content Types in the list.

Start workflow to approve content on Publishing sites in Moss 2007

a.    Click on View All Site Content , then click on Pages Document Library
b.    Select Settings on Pages document Library then Document Library Settings
c.    Under Permission and Management click Workflow Settings and do the following changes.

• Select Approval from workflow
• Enter Workflow Name as HRPagesApproval
• Check Start this workflow when a new item is created and start this workflow when an item is changed and click next.
• Enter the Name of the person who will approve the newly created pages
• Under complete this workflow, select Document is Rejected.

Enable the Content Approval in Publishing sites in Moss 2007

To Enable the Content Approval for the new pages in Pages Document library in Sharepoint publishing sites.
 
a. Click on View All Site Content , then click on Pages Document Library
b. Select Settings on Pages document Library then Document Library Settings
c. Under General Setting click Versioning Settings and do the following changes.

 

Creating Sharepoint Groups in Moss 2007

Group can be created at the site collection level. The following example will create group with Read only permission.

1)  On the Site Actions menu, point to Site Settings.
2)  On the Site Settings page, under Users and Permissions, click People and groups.
3)  On the People and Groups page, Click New > New Group.
4)  On Next page, Enter Group Name, Group Owner Name and select Read from the Permission Level.

Creating Custom Permission Level in Moss 2007

Custom permission Level can be created at the site collection level with default rights/options or by creating own rules. The following example shows creating custom permission level using default Contributor permission level.

•    Go to Site Actions > Site Settings > Modify All site Settings > Advanced Permission under User and Permission heading.
•    On the next page , click settings > Permission Levels.
•    On permission Levels page, click Contribute.
•    On bottom of page, click copy permission level. On the copy permission level “Contribute”, enter name of custom permission level and description.
•    Clicks create.

The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grant this application the required permission please contac

Sometimes, while executing an application in sharepoint environment, we get the following error.

The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grant this application the required permission please contact your system administrator or change the application's trust level in the configuration file. in sharepoint


This problem is basically related with the Trust Level. Just make the following changes in under element of the web.config file of the corresponding web application.


Change from,
< system.web >
< trust level="WSS_Minimal" originUrl="" / >

to in web.config

< system.web >

< trust level="Full" originUrl="" / >

Change Text or Image of the MySite Link in Moss 2007

Sometimes the user wants to change the MySite Link text to something else like "My World". In that case, you can do that by making changes to the MySiteLink.ascx file. This MySiteLink.ascx file is located at


C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES
Now, open that MySiteLink.ascx file in sharepoint designer and change the following line

< asp:HyperLink id="hlMySite" runat="server" / >

Add visible="false"

The above line will become < asp:HyperLink id="hlMySite" runat="server" visible="false" / >.

Now, finally to change the Mysite text add the following line with the text that you want to display. Here, i want to display "My World"

< asp:HyperLink ID="NewMySiteHyperlink" runat="server" Text="My World" Visible="true" NavigateUrl="http://your mysite Url/_layouts/MySite.aspx"/ >

To display image in place of MySite Text you can use the following line

< asp:HyperLink ID="NewMySiteHyperlink" runat="server" ImageUrl="/_LAYOUTS/ Link to your image file" Text="My World" Visible="true" NavigateUrl="http:// Your MySite Url/_layouts/MySite.aspx"/ >

Configuration Error : Web.Config [No Relevant Source Line]

Sometimes , we get the below error while running pages in Moss 2007


Solution : We have to grant the Full Control on the Security tab and for that right click the folder and select Properties.

Or

You have to place your project in the root drive of windows installation.