SharePoint 2010: Calendar bug when browser maximised

I've noticed that when you maximise the browser while viewing a SharePoint 2010 Calendar in the Monthly view. Items are not being resized correctly.

The correct functionality occurs when you resize the browser.

I've had a quick poke around SharePoint's javascript files. My best guess at this stage is the event to resize items is being called before the items are on the page.

I hope to get more time to investigate this and provide a solution in the next couple of days.

I tested this in IE 8.0.6001.18702 and Firefox 3.6.9.

Infopath 2007: Adding contact selector gives CoCreateInstance failed.

I've tried to add the contact selector to my dev environment. I followed the steps here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2007/02/28/using-the-contact-selector-control.aspx

But at step 4 I get:

CoCreateInstance failed to create the control.
- The control may not be properly installed or registered.
- The control may have missing dependencies.
- Only controls implemented as InProc servers (.DLL or .OCX) are supported.

Solution:
I ran an "Office Diagnostics..." and it fixed the issue.

In Infopath 2007: Help > Office Diagnostics...

At least I think this is the fix. I have been tinkering with my system in attempts to fix this. If it works for you please comment here to confirm.

I think there might have been a new version of the ContactSelector.dll control installed somehow and Infopath 2007 didn't like it.

I'm a MCTS in WSS 3.0 Config

Woot! I'm a MCTS. I passed my "70-631 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring" exam this morning. Really wasn't as hard as I was expecting. Although I've been doing SharePoint stuff since 2005. Hum, I might have to book myself in for the "70-630 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring" exam.

Edit a Sharepoint Page with the Edit Page Link

Have you ever come into a situation where you need to edit a Sharepoint page and the Site Actions or Edit Page links aren't available? I have. Here's a nice quick solution to that issue:
http://abstractspaces.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/trick-the-sharepoint-query-string-url/

In summary you need to add the following query strings to the end of the page address:
Add Web Parts/Browse ToolPaneView=2
Add Web Parts/Search ToolPaneView=3
Edit Mode mode=edit
View Mode mode=view
Shared Mode PageView=Shared
Personal Mode PageView=Personal

Installing Vista drivers on Windows 7

I've just moved from XP to Windows 7 64 bit. Some of the hardware wasn't 100% supported. My Logitech QuickCam Orbit was one of them. The only software available was for Vista x64. The software won't install on Windows 7 x64.

So here's the workaround:
Install 7-zip.
Download the Logitech Quickcam Orbit Vista x64 driver.
Right click the downloaded file (qc1150.exe).
Go to 7-Zip > Open Archive
Then extract the files somewhere.
Open up the extracted folder.
Go to QuickCam > x64
Double click QuickCam.exe
The driver is also there but Windows 7 should have already loaded it.

Good luck! If you need a hand drop me a comment.

Sharepoint Datasheet View + Office 2003 Pro + Office 2007

I've been scratching my head over this one for a little while and was motivated today to fix it. So here it is.

My office has MS Office 2003 Professional and MS Office 2007 installed.

And we obviously use Sharepoint.

Users who try to get into the Datasheet view would get the following message:
"The list cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons: A datasheet component compatible with Windows SharePoint Services is not installed, your browser does not support ActiveX controls, or support for ActiveX controls is disabled."

Users who try to open the list in Excel get the following:
"The Column_name column is a read-only column that cannot be modified."

If you get those above symptoms. Try checking this KB:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952608

It worked for me.

Good luck

WSS 3.0 and MOSS SP2 Released

As the title says. A new service pack has just been released for WSS 3.0 and MOSS.

WSS 3.0 SP2

MOSS SP2