Using Outlook 2007, IE7 and SharePoint 2007 (Exchange 2003 backend mail system). The option to Connect to Outlook is missing from the Actions Menu. I have seen numerous posts with similar issuesbut nobody seems to provide a solution that works for me.
I have have Client Integration enabled on the back end:
Central Administration > Application Management > Authentication Providers > Edit Authentication
Some posts discuss how 'Connect to Outlook' works for some users but not others, it seems to affect all our users.
The following ActiveX control that appears as an IE7 add-in - called SharePoint Stssync Handler:
From Jose Barreto's Blog, I have found that stssync is what is used to display the Connect to Outlook option:
http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2007/03/26/searching-the-visible-moss-2007-code-for-activex-references.aspx
StssyncServer Files: TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\BFORM.JS, TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\INIT.JSClient File: OWSSUPP.DLL Also Known As: SharePoint Stssynch HandlerFunction: Connect to Outlook to synchronize listsReference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms456225.aspxNon-IE behavior: Option to "Connect to Outlook" will not show. You should be able register a client application to handle the stssync:// protocol.
Properties of the version of owssupp.dll in use.
I'm not sure at the moment where to go from here, I will check with the Active Directory guys that nothing in Group Policy is stoping this control from running. If anyone has any ideas please let me know.
Connect to Outlook Action is Missing
Assign a task to multiple users
By default when you try and assign a task to multiple users, SharePoint won't let you. this can be rectified in 2 ways.
1. Go to the list in question and then access the list settings, then edit the 'Assigned To' Column, there is the option to 'Allow Multiple Selections', this needs to be set to 'Yes'.
2. At the Site Level: Site Actions > Site Settings > Modify All Site Settings > Galleries - Site Columns. Find the 'Assigned To' column and click on it amend the option to 'Allow Multiple Selections', to be set to 'Yes'.
Employee Training Scheduling and Materials - Change My Registrations Button Text
To change the Course Booking Button from ‘My Registration’ to ‘Book This Course’ or any other wording please follow the steps below.
Go to the page that contains the ‘My Registration’ button: Upcoming courses > Name of course.
From this page select: Site Actions > Edit Page.
Then modify the courses web part (default name is Courses_1):
Edit > Modify Shared Web Part
On the side panel select XSL Editor
In the Text Entry box that is displayed find the 2 occurrences (one for each button) of the line below (don't select the speech marks at either end of the code):
input class="ms-ButtonHeightWidth2" type="button" value="My Registration" name="btnFormAction1"
And replace the ‘My Registration’ text with text of your own:
input class="ms-ButtonHeightWidth2" type="button" value="Book This Course" name="btnFormAction1"
Then press Save.
Employee Training Scheduling and Materials Template
I have been looking at a way of recreating our existing Employee Training Course Booking system - .asp pages with a backend access database, to our SharePoint Environment. I have been investigating the Fantastic 40 template - Employee Training Scheduling and Materials.
Wss Demo do some great demos of the Fantastic 40 Templates:
http://www.wssdemo.com/application/default.aspx
The template is easy to install and initially looks promising, with some nice features - it sends email reminders and confirmations both to those attending and those running the courses, and allows for post course satisafaction surveys to be completed.
However a key limitation is that the template does not allow for a manager to book one of their team on a course. The booking has to be made by the end user.
Looking at the template I have made a couple of minor tweeks that I'll post about in more detail shortly. The tweeks are editing the course button name from 'My Reservation' to 'Book Course' which seemed to be more obvious. I also amended some of the auto emails that get sent out, to hyperlink to the Training Team Site rather than tell you to go there.
I have also seen a few other sites that detail a bug around a user cancelling a course and the number of course attendees not getting updated correctly:
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/dez/archive/2007/09/19/employee-training-and-scheduling-template-a-couple-fixes.aspx
The permissions as to who can do what task on the template also don't seem that straightforward. I would be interested to understand if anyone has the template running successfully in the corporate environment?
Tag Cloud, Most Searched
Looking into how to deploy a Tag Cloud to show most searched upon items:
http://www.codeplex.com/smartsearch - SmartSearch
http://www.wsssearch.com/tagging.html - Tag Cloud
http://www.kwizcom.com/ProductPage.asp?ProductId=517&ProductsubnodeId=518 -Tagging
SharePoint 2007 - Timesheet Software
I have been tasked with seeing if there Timesheet software that integrates into SharePoint that could be deployed, initially for use in the IT Department.
I have tested the Microsoft Fantastic 40 Template - Timecard Management, but this only works on a punch-in, punch-out system.
So far have found the following:
http://www.timecontrol.com/timesheet/latest/5.0/
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