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  Abobe 32-bit IFilter on MOSS 64-bit Platform See the following support page from Adobe: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/PDF_iFilter_8_-_64-bit_Support Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!... 07-15-2008, 9:51 AM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion Filed under: Microsoft SharePoint

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  Helper Class for Avoiding Memory Leaks with SPSite and SPWeb Objects Microsoft provides a sophisticated API/Object Model for programmatic access to the SharePoint from .NET custom code.  Invariably, most calls to the object model begin with a call to the SPSite and SPWeb objects, which represent the site collection and web accessed accordingly.  Developers must dispose the memory of any instance of SPSite and SPWeb .  This includes calls to site.AllWebs[] , web.ParentWeb etc.  The only exception is when using site and web instances from the SPContext singleton, provided by the object model. For example, the following is code that I have sometimes... 07-11-2008, 3:35 PM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion Filed under: Microsoft SharePoint

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  Users with Full Control Cannot Create Pages (MOSS 2007) I had a client call me up with a MOSS 2007 permission problem.  The complaint was that users in a site owners group, with "full control" permission level, were unable to create a page anywhere in the WCM site collection. Turns out that somewhere along the line the approvers group was deleted by mistake, which inadvertently removed read access to the Master Page Gallery.  Adding the approvers group back to the MPG with read access fixed the issue. I cannot take credit because I found the answer here . Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!... 07-09-2008, 5:07 PM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion

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  SharePoint InfoPath Submission as Anonymous User Creation of user submitted forms within web sites typically involves some HTML and JavaScript magic; to post data to a back end business storage or processing system. ASP.NET relies on form HTTP POST exclusively to implement the page post back mechanism, familiar to all ASP.NET developers. Developers manipulate form posted data using server-side code, invoked after form data is submitted to the web server. In ASP.NET this code usually exists as code behind or code inline VB.NET or C#, using the Framework to access posted data via a dedicated request object. So what about SharePoint? Microsoft's... 07-01-2008, 3:31 PM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion Filed under: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft InfoPath

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  Groove 2007 - Disable the Annoying Popup Dialog Those of you using Groove 2007 are probably well aware of the annoying popup dialog that appears when the shift key is pressed more than once.  This issue is exacerbated when inside a remote desktop or terminal session.  Finally, I found a fix... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940165 To resolve this problem, follow these steps. 1. Exit Groove 2007. 2. Click Start , click Run , type regedit. 3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Groove 4. If Groove does not contain an InstaGroove key, create it. To do this, point to New... 06-11-2008, 12:41 PM by Rob Garrett to Software/Technology Discussion Filed under: Microsoft Office