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URL field in a MOSS 2007 List

null — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:52:00 GMT

The (predefined by microsoft) URL field is quite a weird duck in the pond.

You add one field to the list but you get two form fields to fill : Actual URL and a description.

As a programmer I assumed that you could set the values through code (C#) something like this:

SPField MyURLfield = MyList.Fields[”NiceLink”];

MyURLfield.URL=”http://blogger.xs4all.nl”;

MyURLfield.Description = “Experimental blog site”

After, of course, not getting the properties URL and or Description in intellisense and looking through the internet

I finally found the solution in a book, and when I asked my colleagues then they naturally all knew the answer...

So go and ask you fellow coders for the answer to this one :-)

So they didn't know hey ??

The answer is simple : The value must be set to “URL comma space Description”

Like so: “http://blogger.xs4all.nl, Experimental blog site”

Now you know.

Just Digg it ?

null — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:24:00 GMT

09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

isn't it cool ?

How to remove edit and delete rights from a MOSS 2007 list

null — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:56:00 GMT

First of all you should make a custom site permission on the top level. This is easiest done by going to the site permissions of the top level site and in the settings menu choose the bottom item (Permission settings). Then open the contribute setting and click the copy button, this saves you copying all the ticks by hand. Uncheck the edit and delete ticks on the list permissions. Save the permission under Contribute No edit, no delete.

Now you go to the list and apply those rights to the groups that you want to restrict in this way. Done WRONG!!!!!

Probably someone was smart and thought that they could remove the edit rights in the advanced settings of the list

Edit access: Specify which items users can edit

	All items Only their own None

If the list has this setting COMBINED with the special permission we just made the users that are in the group that have Contribute No edit, No Delete rights will get an access denied message when they try to create a new list item.

The setting should be

Edit access: Specify which items users can edit

	All items Only their own None

For the desired effect.

This blog entry should save you a few hours fiddling about with settings.