18 July, 2009

How to find the template name of sharepoint site?

It is really very difficult to find out the name of the template after the site has been created but not now.. After lots of searching & googling, I found out one great post belongs to Mr.SP Raj who written this code and it is very successfull as i have tried this and i am able to find the names of the templates used by the site.

Please Follow this link and your issue will be Resolved:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/721bec39-2d32-4bbc-9094-a021a0d06dcb

List of MOSS 2007 Template ID Information
0 - GLOBAL (SetupPath=global) - "Global template"
1 - STS - "windows SharePoint Services Site", "Team Site", "Blank Site", "Document Workspace"
2 - MPS - "Basic Meeting Workspace", "Blank Meeting Workspace", "Decision Meeting Workspace", "Social Meeting Workspace", "Multipage Meeting Workspace"
3 - CENTRALADMIN - "Central Admin Site"
4 - WIKI - "Wiki Site"
7 - BDR - "Document Center"
9 - BLOG - "Blog"
20 - SPS (OBSOLETE) - "SharePoint Portal Server Site"
21 - SPSPERS - "SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space"
22 - SPSMSITE - "Personalization Site"
30 - SPSTOC (OBSOLETE) - "Contents area Template"
31 - SPSTOPIC (OBSOLETE) - "Topic area template"
32 - SPSNEWS (OBSOLETE) - "News area template"
33 - SPSNHOME (SubWebOnly) - "News Home template"
34 - SPSSITES - "Site Directory area template"
36 - SPSCOMMU (OBSOLETE) - "Community area template"
38 - SPSREPORTCENTER - "Report Center Site"
39 - CMSPUBLISHING (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PUBLISHING) - "Publishing and Team Collaboration Site"
40 - OSRV (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\OSRV) - "Shared Services Administration Site"
47 - SPSPORTAL - "Corporate Intranet Site"
50 - SRCHCEN - "Search Center"
51 - PROFILES - "Profiles"
52 - BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER - "Internet Presence Web Site"
53 - BLANKINTERNET - "Publishing Site", "Press Releases Site", "Publishing Site"
54 - SPSMSITEHOST - "My Site Host"
90 - SRCHCENTERLITE (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\SRCHCENTERLITE) - "Search Center Lite"
6221 - PWA (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PWA) - "Project Web Access Site"
6215 - PWS (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PWS) - "Project Workspace"
14483 - OFFILE - "Records Repository", "Records Repository"

I Hope the above information will helps u to find the template name but if you face any problem then please let me know... Thanks!!!

13 July, 2009

Error message when you try to edit an Office document in a document library: "'Edit Document' requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible applic

When you try to edit a Microsoft Office document that is stored in a document library of a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Web site, you may receive one of the following error messages, depending on the version of Office that you are running.

2007 Microsoft Office suites:
'Edit Document' requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater.

Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier versions of Office :
'Edit Document' requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater.

you experience these symptoms if you click a Microsoft Word document in the document library, and then click Edit in Microsoft Office Word. Additionally, when you click New Document in the document library, you may receive the following error message:

The document could not be created. The required application may not be installed properly, or the template for this Document Library cannot be opened. Please try the following:

1. Check the General Settings for this Document Library for the name of the template, and install the application necessary for opening the template. If the application was set to install on first use, run the application and then try creating a new document again.

2. If you have permission to modify this Document Library, go to General Settings for the library and configure a new template.

This issue may occur if one or more of the following conditions are true:
-Microsoft Office XP or later is not installed on the computer.

-Office XP or a later version of Office is installed on the computer. However, the SharePoint support component that is included in Office Tools is not installed on the computer. That is, either Microsoft SharePoint Support or Windows SharePoint Services Support (as appropriate to your version of Office) is not installed on the computer.

-The Owssupp.dll file is not registered correctly in Microsoft Windows.

To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods, as appropriate for your situation.

If Office 2003 is installed on the computer, follow these steps:
-Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
-Click Add or Remove Programs.
-In the list of currently installed programs, click Microsoft Office 2003, and then click Change.
-Click Add or Remove Features, and then click Next.
-Click to select the Choose advanced customization of application check box, and then click Next.
-In the Choose update options for applications and tools box, expand Office Tools, click the down arrow next to Windows SharePoint Services Support, and then click Run from My Computer.
-Click Update.

If a 2007 Office suite is installed on the computer, follow these steps:
-Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
-Click Add or Remove Programs.
-In the list of currently installed programs, click Microsoft Office suite 2007, and then click Change.
-Click Add or Remove Features, and then click Continue.
-Expand Office Tools.
-Click the down arrow next to Windows SharePoint Services Support, and then click Run from My Computer.
-Click Continue.

Method 3: Register the Owssupp.dll file
Note For Office 2003 and Office 2007 an error occurs in steps 4 and 6. This error is benign and the appropriate modifications have occurred. The error message reads similarly to: "DllRegisterServer in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11OWSSUPP.DLL failed. Return code was: 0x80070716.

-Repair or reinstall Office 2003 or the individual Office 2003 program that is experiencing this issue.

For more information about Windows SharePoint Services, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://technet.microsoft.com/windowsserver/sharepoint/default.aspx


Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer.

When you try to open a folder in a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library in Explorer View, the folder does not open.

Specifically, this problem occurs when you connect to a document library in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site by using Microsoft Internet Explorer. You browse a folder in the document library, and then you click Open with Windows Explorer on the Actions menu. However, nothing happens. Or, you receive the following message:
Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer.

This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
-You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
-The path of the folder contains more than 100 characters.

Workaround:
To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:
-Apply hotfix 325355 for Internet Explorer 6. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
325355 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325355/ ) You cannot access Word documents by using Outlook Web Access on a server that is running SharePoint Portal Server

-Use Windows Internet Explorer 7. For more information about Windows Internet Explorer 7, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

I hope the above information will helps you to resolve your problem... Thanks!!!