Son Of SmartPart Released!

Via [Patrick Tisseghem]

Well, I know you guys have been waiting since PDC for this release but we have finally been able to release it. Good job Jan and I know you have made a lot of people very happy with this new version.

So here are the links:

Download the latest release from the GotDotNet site here

Watch the screencast demonstrating the deployment

After WSS SP2, Cannot create SPS Area Problem

Well, after been much busy the previous weeks and not updating my space, i’m back to it again and i’ll publish the most important issues during this period,

 

Patrick Tisseghem point out a problem that happens when you install WSS SP2 as below

 

SharePoint MVPs recently received early news from Microsoft regarding a WSS SP 2 issue that has consequences when you work with SharePoint Portal Server. The information below will be available in a KB article within the next week or two. But we are happy to inform you now already about this issue.

Applies To:  Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Summary/Symptoms:

When you attempt to create a new area in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 after applying Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2 you receive the following error message:

An error has occurred in the portal site. Contact the portal site administrator for assistance.

Cause:

The file timestamps on the SharePoint SQL script files is incorrect.  These files are located in  <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\TEMPLATE\SQL.

Because the timestamps are incorrect WSS SP 2 did not update these files and subsequently the stored procedures for the content databases were not updated.

Resolution/Workaround:

1.  Remove the *.SQL files in location <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\TEMPLATE\SQL.
2.  Go to Add/Remove Programs, Windows SharePoint Services, Repair/Reinstall.
3.  Select ‘Detect and Repair errors in Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 2.0 installation’.
4.  After repair completes you will need to force an upgrade so the stored procedures on the content databases are updated.

To complete this step, use the Stsadm.exe command-line tool to force an upgrade of the content databases.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. At the command prompt, type the following lines, and then press ENTER after each line:
   
    cd /d %commonprogramfiles%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\Bin 
    stsadm -o upgrade -forceupgrade

3. Type exit to quit Command Prompt.

 

Thank you Patrick for the information

Back from a nice trip to Munich

From Egypt to Munich Via Frankfurt,I’ve spent 3 nice days in Germany this week attending a training in Microsoft Germany, and I was lucky to stay in  a quiet district near Microsoft .. UnterschleiBhiem where I was staying is fantastic area and nice people, this was my first trip to Germany and really I enjoyed it, the weather was cold and it was snowing :), WOWWW it was so niceeeeeeeeeeee!

Enterprise Library for .NET framework 2.0

Microsoft Released Enterprise Library for .NET framework 2.0

 

You can download it from here and read more about it on David’s blog.

 

Thank you Patrick for the referral

New KB Article,Information about the characters that you cannot use in SPS sites,folders and files

In the following scenarios, you cannot use the certain characters in a site name or a subsite name:a.  You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a site name or a subsite name: • tilde (~)
• number sign (#)
• percent (%)
• ampersand (&)
• asterisk (*)
• braces ({ })
• backslash (\)
• colon (:)
• angle brackets (< >)
• question mark (?)
• slash (/)
• plus sign (+)
• period (.)
 
b.  You cannot start a site name or a subsite name with an underscore (_) character or a period character.
c.  You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a site name or a subsite name.
d.  You cannot use the period character at the end of a site name or a subsite name.
 
2. In the following scenarios, you cannot use certain characters for a folder name:a.  You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a folder name: • tilde 
• number sign 
• percent
• ampersand 
• asterisk 
• braces 
• backslash
• colon 
• angle brackets
• question mark
• slash 
• plus sign 
• period 
 
b.  You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a folder name.
c.  You cannot use the period character at the end of a folder name.
d.  You cannot start a folder name with the period character.
 
3. In the following scenarios, you cannot use certain characters for a file name:a.  You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a file name: • tilde 
• number sign 
• percent
• ampersand 
• asterisk 
• braces 
• backslash
• colon 
• angle brackets
• question mark
• slash 
• plus sign 
• period 
 
b.  You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a file name.
c.  You cannot use the period character or the comma character at the end of a file name.
d.  You cannot start a file name with the comma character or with the period character