Reset All sites to site definition (gosted) Programatically

If you like me need to reset your migrated page to site definition you can:

1) bother yourself with using SharePoint Designer and change the customized page to uncostomized...one by one.

2) go to the site and under site setting click on the "Reset to site definition" where you will be able to reset a site or all the site under a site collection.

3) if you want a quick and reusable solution, create some code using web service model and let the Sharepoint object model work for you. Create a winForm with 3 textbox (txtSiteUrl,txtUsername,txtPassword) and 1 button. Add a web reference (Wss3).Then add the following code

Here is the code:

private void StartProcess()
{
// Declare and initialize a variable for the Lists Web Service.
Wss3.Webs WebsService = new Wss3.Webs();

if (txtSiteUrl.Text != "")
WebsService.Url = txtSiteUrl.Text + "/_vti_bin/Webs.asmx";
try
{
WebsService.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(txtUsername.Text, txtPassword.Text, "DOMAIN_NAME_OF_THE_USER");

/* Declare an XmlNode object and initialize it with the XML response from
the GetListItems method.*/

System.Xml.XmlNode nodeListItems = WebsService.GetWebCollection();

System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager mgr = new System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager(nodeListItems.OwnerDocument.NameTable);
mgr.AddNamespace("wb", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/");

System.Xml.XmlNodeList nodes = nodeListItems.SelectNodes("//wb:Web", mgr);

foreach (System.Xml.XmlNode node in nodes)
{
string url = node.Attributes["Url"].Value;
ResetToSiteDefition(url);
}

MessageBox.Show("Validation Completed");
}
catch (System.Net.WebException webException)
{
MessageBox.Show("Please, Verify the Credential", "Error StartProcess", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);

}
catch (SoapServerException soapException)
{
MessageBox.Show("Please, Verify the Url", "Error StartProcess", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}

private void ResetToSiteDefition(string url)
{
Wss3.Webs WebsService = new Wss3.Webs();

try
{
WebsService.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(txtUsername.Text, txtPassword.Text, "DOMAIN_NAME_OF_THE_USER");


if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
{
WebsService.Url = string.Format("{0}/_vti_bin/Webs.asmx", url);
WebsService.RevertAllFileContentStreams();
}
}
catch (System.Net.WebException webException)
{
MessageBox.Show("Please, Verify the Credential", "Error StartProcess", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);

}
catch (SoapServerException soapException)
{
MessageBox.Show("Please, Verify the Url", "Error StartProcess", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}

Migrating WSS2 to WSS3

Hi All,

Migrating from Wss2 to Wss3 is always a bit tedious. You go through manuals and instruction and they go quite deep into the ocean. Headacke! I‘ll say.

Anyway, I was migrating from wss2 to wss3 the other day and discover a much quicker procedure.

1 1 Backup your content database used by Wss2 (as a safety measure, and a copy will be used for migration).

2 Restore it into your SQL Server of choice. This could be the current one but you will need, I guess, to rename it somehow.

3 Install Net 3.0 and Wss3 (sp3 if you want) into your Front End server.

4 Download and run the prescan.exe (download if wss3 has not provided it for you) on the box. NOT SURE THIS STEP IS REALLY NEEDED WHEN WSS2 IS NOT INSTALLED ON THE SAME BOX. BUT WHAT THE HEIK!

5 Then create a Web application using the Sharepoint Administrator site.

6 Then use the stsadm addcontentdb:

stsadm -o addcontentdb -url urlToTheWebApplicationCreated -databasename theNameOfYourWss2ContentDatabase -databaseserver theNameOfTheSQLServer –[databaseuser usernameWhohasAccessToDatabase -password passwordOfTheUsername]. (open a window command and go to the bin folder under the 12 hives)

Notice that username and password will ONLY work if the SQL Server Database has allowed mixed login. If it is only Window authentication, DO NOT PROVIDES the username and password as part of the stsadm command.

After adding the content database to your web application successfully, go to your Sharepoint Administrator page and under “application management” click on “Web application list” then click on the created “Web application”. Then click on “Content Database” and remove the content database which has 0 as value of the Current number of sites.

Then that’s should be it fox!
Enjoy!!!

Severin

Naughty WebResource.axd!!!

There is an issue, which some of us have experienced whit the javascript error when you hover Sharepoint menu. Which I guess is annoying but fine enough! However when things gets nasty is not being able to create anything such as groups, sub website, etc because of a postback issue.

Anyway there are a lot of stuff out there advising different steps such as unchecking the "Verify if file exist" at the .axd extension in IIS. But for some of us this is already unchecked. Then there is the web.config trick with the trick. But then for a lot of us it does not work. There are futher trick...but what happen if all of these DOES NOT work. well you stuck in the dark..crying perhaps:)

Think over doing the stuff programatically? Forget that! you do not to go that far!!!

Well let me give you a trick which might not resolve all you problem but at least keep you going.

The interesting think with asp.net page (which are what Sharepoint page are) is that they often use a Master.page. This master page is using the core.js file. So guess what! when going to edit that file.

So please go to this folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033

then open the core.js file with your favorite editor.

Then copy the following into the end of this file:

Thats it! you should be able to create group, website. It wont resolve every javascript error (SP Menu)
But it keeps you going.

Let me know, how it went!

/*WebResource.axd*/

function WebForm_PostBackOptions(eventTarget, eventArgument, validation, validationGroup, actionUrl, trackFocus, clientSubmit) {
this.eventTarget = eventTarget;
this.eventArgument = eventArgument;
this.validation = validation;
this.validationGroup = validationGroup;
this.actionUrl = actionUrl;
this.trackFocus = trackFocus;
this.clientSubmit = clientSubmit;
}
function WebForm_DoPostBackWithOptions(options) {
var validationResult = true;
if (options.validation) {
if (typeof(Page_ClientValidate) == 'function') {
validationResult = Page_ClientValidate(options.validationGroup);
}
}
if (validationResult) {
if ((typeof(options.actionUrl) != "undefined") && (options.actionUrl != null) && (options.actionUrl.length > 0)) {
theForm.action = options.actionUrl;
}
if (options.trackFocus) {
var lastFocus = theForm.elements["__LASTFOCUS"];
if ((typeof(lastFocus) != "undefined") && (lastFocus != null)) {
if (typeof(document.activeElement) == "undefined") {
lastFocus.value = options.eventTarget;
}
else {
var active = document.activeElement;
if ((typeof(active) != "undefined") && (active != null)) {
if ((typeof(active.id) != "undefined") && (active.id != null) && (active.id.length > 0)) {
lastFocus.value = active.id;
}
else if (typeof(active.name) != "undefined") {
lastFocus.value = active.name;
}
}
}
}
}
}
if (options.clientSubmit) {
__doPostBack(options.eventTarget, options.eventArgument);
}
}
var __pendingCallbacks = new Array();
var __synchronousCallBackIndex = -1;
function WebForm_DoCallback(eventTarget, eventArgument, eventCallback, context, errorCallback, useAsync) {
var postData = __theFormPostData +
"__CALLBACKID=" + WebForm_EncodeCallback(eventTarget) +
"&__CALLBACKPARAM=" + WebForm_EncodeCallback(eventArgument);
if (theForm["__EVENTVALIDATION"]) {
postData += "&__EVENTVALIDATION=" + WebForm_EncodeCallback(theForm["__EVENTVALIDATION"].value);
}
var xmlRequest,e;
try {
xmlRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch(e) {
try {
xmlRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch(e) {
}
}
var setRequestHeaderMethodExists = true;
try {
setRequestHeaderMethodExists = (xmlRequest && xmlRequest.setRequestHeader);
}
catch(e) {}
var callback = new Object();
callback.eventCallback = eventCallback;
callback.context = context;
callback.errorCallback = errorCallback;
callback.async = useAsync;
var callbackIndex = WebForm_FillFirstAvailableSlot(__pendingCallbacks, callback);
if (!useAsync) {
if (__synchronousCallBackIndex != -1) {
__pendingCallbacks[__synchronousCallBackIndex] = null;
}
__synchronousCallBackIndex = callbackIndex;
}
if (setRequestHeaderMethodExists) {
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = WebForm_CallbackComplete;
callback.xmlRequest = xmlRequest;
xmlRequest.open("POST", theForm.action, true);
xmlRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8");
xmlRequest.send(postData);
return;
}
callback.xmlRequest = new Object();
var callbackFrameID = "__CALLBACKFRAME" + callbackIndex;
var xmlRequestFrame = document.frames[callbackFrameID];
if (!xmlRequestFrame) {
xmlRequestFrame = document.createElement("IFRAME");
xmlRequestFrame.width = "1";
xmlRequestFrame.height = "1";
xmlRequestFrame.frameBorder = "0";
xmlRequestFrame.id = callbackFrameID;
xmlRequestFrame.name = callbackFrameID;
xmlRequestFrame.style.position = "absolute";
xmlRequestFrame.style.top = "-100px"
xmlRequestFrame.style.left = "-100px";
try {
if (callBackFrameUrl) {
xmlRequestFrame.src = callBackFrameUrl;
}
}
catch(e) {}
document.body.appendChild(xmlRequestFrame);
}
var interval = window.setInterval(function() {
xmlRequestFrame = document.frames[callbackFrameID];
if (xmlRequestFrame && xmlRequestFrame.document) {
window.clearInterval(interval);
xmlRequestFrame.document.write("");
xmlRequestFrame.document.close();
xmlRequestFrame.document.write('

');
xmlRequestFrame.document.close();
xmlRequestFrame.document.forms[0].action = theForm.action;
var count = __theFormPostCollection.length;
var element;
for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
element = __theFormPostCollection[i];
if (element) {
var fieldElement = xmlRequestFrame.document.createElement("INPUT");
fieldElement.type = "hidden";
fieldElement.name = element.name;
fieldElement.value = element.value;
xmlRequestFrame.document.forms[0].appendChild(fieldElement);
}
}
var callbackIdFieldElement = xmlRequestFrame.document.createElement("INPUT");
callbackIdFieldElement.type = "hidden";
callbackIdFieldElement.name = "__CALLBACKID";
callbackIdFieldElement.value = eventTarget;
xmlRequestFrame.document.forms[0].appendChild(callbackIdFieldElement);
var callbackParamFieldElement = xmlRequestFrame.document.createElement("INPUT");
callbackParamFieldElement.type = "hidden";
callbackParamFieldElement.name = "__CALLBACKPARAM";
callbackParamFieldElement.value = eventArgument;
xmlRequestFrame.document.forms[0].appendChild(callbackParamFieldElement);
if (theForm["__EVENTVALIDATION"]) {
var callbackValidationFieldElement = xmlRequestFrame.document.createElement("INPUT");
callbackValidationFieldElement.type = "hidden";
callbackValidationFieldElement.name = "__EVENTVALIDATION";
callbackValidationFieldElement.value = theForm["__EVENTVALIDATION"].value;
xmlRequestFrame.document.forms[0].appendChild(callbackValidationFieldElement);
}
var callbackIndexFieldElement = xmlRequestFrame.document.createElement("INPUT");
callbackIndexFieldElement.type = "hidden";
callbackIndexFieldElement.name = "__CALLBACKINDEX";
callbackIndexFieldElement.value = callbackIndex;
xmlRequestFrame.document.forms[0].appendChild(callbackIndexFieldElement);
xmlRequestFrame.document.forms[0].submit();
}
}, 10);
}
function WebForm_CallbackComplete() {
for (var i = 0; i < __pendingCallbacks.length; i++) {
callbackObject = __pendingCallbacks[i];
if (callbackObject && callbackObject.xmlRequest && (callbackObject.xmlRequest.readyState == 4)) {
WebForm_ExecuteCallback(callbackObject);
if (!__pendingCallbacks[i].async) {
__synchronousCallBackIndex = -1;
}
__pendingCallbacks[i] = null;
var callbackFrameID = "__CALLBACKFRAME" + i;
var xmlRequestFrame = document.getElementById(callbackFrameID);
if (xmlRequestFrame) {
xmlRequestFrame.parentNode.removeChild(xmlRequestFrame);
}
}
}
}
function WebForm_ExecuteCallback(callbackObject) {
var response = callbackObject.xmlRequest.responseText;
if (response.charAt(0) == "s") {
if ((typeof(callbackObject.eventCallback) != "undefined") && (callbackObject.eventCallback != null)) {
callbackObject.eventCallback(response.substring(1), callbackObject.context);
}
}
else if (response.charAt(0) == "e") {
if ((typeof(callbackObject.errorCallback) != "undefined") && (callbackObject.errorCallback != null)) {
callbackObject.errorCallback(response.substring(1), callbackObject.context);
}
}
else {
var separatorIndex = response.indexOf("|");
if (separatorIndex != -1) {
var validationFieldLength = parseInt(response.substring(0, separatorIndex));
if (!isNaN(validationFieldLength)) {
var validationField = response.substring(separatorIndex + 1, separatorIndex + validationFieldLength + 1);
if (validationField != "") {
var validationFieldElement = theForm["__EVENTVALIDATION"];
if (!validationFieldElement) {
validationFieldElement = document.createElement("INPUT");
validationFieldElement.type = "hidden";
validationFieldElement.name = "__EVENTVALIDATION";
theForm.appendChild(validationFieldElement);
}
validationFieldElement.value = validationField;
}
if ((typeof(callbackObject.eventCallback) != "undefined") && (callbackObject.eventCallback != null)) {
callbackObject.eventCallback(response.substring(separatorIndex + validationFieldLength + 1), callbackObject.context);
}
}
}
}
}
function WebForm_FillFirstAvailableSlot(array, element) {
var i;
for (i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (!array[i]) break;
}
array[i] = element;
return i;
}
var __nonMSDOMBrowser = (window.navigator.appName.toLowerCase().indexOf('explorer') == -1);
var __theFormPostData = "";
var __theFormPostCollection = new Array();
function WebForm_InitCallback() {
var count = theForm.elements.length;
var element;
for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
element = theForm.elements[i];
var tagName = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
if (tagName == "input") {
var type = element.type;
if ((type == "text" || type == "hidden" || type == "password" ||
((type == "checkbox" || type == "radio") && element.checked)) &&
(element.id != "__EVENTVALIDATION")) {
WebForm_InitCallbackAddField(element.name, element.value);
}
}
else if (tagName == "select") {
var selectCount = element.options.length;
for (var j = 0; j < selectCount; j++) {
var selectChild = element.options[j];
if (selectChild.selected == true) {
WebForm_InitCallbackAddField(element.name, element.value);
}
}
}
else if (tagName == "textarea") {
WebForm_InitCallbackAddField(element.name, element.value);
}
}
}
function WebForm_InitCallbackAddField(name, value) {
var nameValue = new Object();
nameValue.name = name;
nameValue.value = value;
__theFormPostCollection[__theFormPostCollection.length] = nameValue;
__theFormPostData += WebForm_EncodeCallback(name) + "=" + WebForm_EncodeCallback(value) + "&";
}
function WebForm_EncodeCallback(parameter) {
if (encodeURIComponent) {
return encodeURIComponent(parameter);
}
else {
return escape(parameter);
}
}
var __disabledControlArray = new Array();
function WebForm_ReEnableControls() {
if (typeof(__enabledControlArray) == 'undefined') {
return false;
}
var disabledIndex = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < __enabledControlArray.length; i++) {
var c;
if (__nonMSDOMBrowser) {
c = document.getElementById(__enabledControlArray[i]);
}
else {
c = document.all[__enabledControlArray[i]];
}
if ((typeof(c) != "undefined") && (c != null) && (c.disabled == true)) {
c.disabled = false;
__disabledControlArray[disabledIndex++] = c;
}
}
setTimeout("WebForm_ReDisableControls()", 0);
return true;
}
function WebForm_ReDisableControls() {
for (var i = 0; i < __disabledControlArray.length; i++) {
__disabledControlArray[i].disabled = true;
}
}
function WebForm_FireDefaultButton(event, target) {
if (event.keyCode == 13) {
var src = event.srcElement || event.target;
if (!src || (src.tagName.toLowerCase() != "textarea")) {
var defaultButton;
if (__nonMSDOMBrowser) {
defaultButton = document.getElementById(target);
}
else {
defaultButton = document.all[target];
}
if (defaultButton && typeof(defaultButton.click) != "undefined") {
defaultButton.click();
event.cancelBubble = true;
if (event.stopPropagation) event.stopPropagation();
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
function WebForm_GetScrollX() {
if (__nonMSDOMBrowser) {
return window.pageXOffset;
}
else {
if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollLeft) {
return document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
}
else if (document.body) {
return document.body.scrollLeft;
}
}
return 0;
}
function WebForm_GetScrollY() {
if (__nonMSDOMBrowser) {
return window.pageYOffset;
}
else {
if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop) {
return document.documentElement.scrollTop;
}
else if (document.body) {
return document.body.scrollTop;
}
}
return 0;
}
function WebForm_SaveScrollPositionSubmit() {
if (__nonMSDOMBrowser) {
theForm.elements['__SCROLLPOSITIONY'].value = window.pageYOffset;
theForm.elements['__SCROLLPOSITIONX'].value = window.pageXOffset;
}
else {
theForm.__SCROLLPOSITIONX.value = WebForm_GetScrollX();
theForm.__SCROLLPOSITIONY.value = WebForm_GetScrollY();
}
if ((typeof(this.oldSubmit) != "undefined") && (this.oldSubmit != null)) {
return this.oldSubmit();
}
return true;
}
function WebForm_SaveScrollPositionOnSubmit() {
theForm.__SCROLLPOSITIONX.value = WebForm_GetScrollX();
theForm.__SCROLLPOSITIONY.value = WebForm_GetScrollY();
if ((typeof(this.oldOnSubmit) != "undefined") && (this.oldOnSubmit != null)) {
return this.oldOnSubmit();
}
return true;
}
function WebForm_RestoreScrollPosition() {
if (__nonMSDOMBrowser) {
window.scrollTo(theForm.elements['__SCROLLPOSITIONX'].value, theForm.elements['__SCROLLPOSITIONY'].value);
}
else {
window.scrollTo(theForm.__SCROLLPOSITIONX.value, theForm.__SCROLLPOSITIONY.value);
}
if ((typeof(theForm.oldOnLoad) != "undefined") && (theForm.oldOnLoad != null)) {
return theForm.oldOnLoad();
}
return true;
}
function WebForm_TextBoxKeyHandler(event) {
if (event.keyCode == 13) {
var target;
if (__nonMSDOMBrowser) {
target = event.target;
}
else {
target = event.srcElement;
}
if ((typeof(target) != "undefined") && (target != null)) {
if (typeof(target.onchange) != "undefined") {
target.onchange();
event.cancelBubble = true;
if (event.stopPropagation) event.stopPropagation();
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
function WebForm_TrimString(value) {
return value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '')
}
function WebForm_AppendToClassName(element, className) {
var currentClassName = ' ' + WebForm_TrimString(element.className) + ' ';
className = WebForm_TrimString(className);
var index = currentClassName.indexOf(' ' + className + ' ');
if (index === -1) {
element.className = (element.className === '') ? className : element.className + ' ' + className;
}
}
function WebForm_RemoveClassName(element, className) {
var currentClassName = ' ' + WebForm_TrimString(element.className) + ' ';
className = WebForm_TrimString(className);
var index = currentClassName.indexOf(' ' + className + ' ');
if (index >= 0) {
element.className = WebForm_TrimString(currentClassName.substring(0, index) + ' ' +
currentClassName.substring(index + className.length + 1, currentClassName.length));
}
}
function WebForm_GetElementById(elementId) {
if (document.getElementById) {
return document.getElementById(elementId);
}
else if (document.all) {
return document.all[elementId];
}
else return null;
}
function WebForm_GetElementByTagName(element, tagName) {
var elements = WebForm_GetElementsByTagName(element, tagName);
if (elements && elements.length > 0) {
return elements[0];
}
else return null;
}
function WebForm_GetElementsByTagName(element, tagName) {
if (element && tagName) {
if (element.getElementsByTagName) {
return element.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
}
if (element.all && element.all.tags) {
return element.all.tags(tagName);
}
}
return null;
}
function WebForm_GetElementDir(element) {
if (element) {
if (element.dir) {
return element.dir;
}
return WebForm_GetElementDir(element.parentNode);
}
return "ltr";
}
function WebForm_GetElementPosition(element) {
var result = new Object();
result.x = 0;
result.y = 0;
result.width = 0;
result.height = 0;
if (element.offsetParent) {
result.x = element.offsetLeft;
result.y = element.offsetTop;
var parent = element.offsetParent;
while (parent) {
result.x += parent.offsetLeft;
result.y += parent.offsetTop;
var parentTagName = parent.tagName.toLowerCase();
if (parentTagName != "table" &&
parentTagName != "body" &&
parentTagName != "html" &&
parentTagName != "div" &&
parent.clientTop &&
parent.clientLeft) {
result.x += parent.clientLeft;
result.y += parent.clientTop;
}
parent = parent.offsetParent;
}
}
else if (element.left && element.top) {
result.x = element.left;
result.y = element.top;
}
else {
if (element.x) {
result.x = element.x;
}
if (element.y) {
result.y = element.y;
}
}
if (element.offsetWidth && element.offsetHeight) {
result.width = element.offsetWidth;
result.height = element.offsetHeight;
}
else if (element.style && element.style.pixelWidth && element.style.pixelHeight) {
result.width = element.style.pixelWidth;
result.height = element.style.pixelHeight;
}
return result;
}
function WebForm_GetParentByTagName(element, tagName) {
var parent = element.parentNode;
var upperTagName = tagName.toUpperCase();
while (parent && (parent.tagName.toUpperCase() != upperTagName)) {
parent = parent.parentNode ? parent.parentNode : parent.parentElement;
}
return parent;
}
function WebForm_SetElementHeight(element, height) {
if (element && element.style) {
element.style.height = height + "px";
}
}
function WebForm_SetElementWidth(element, width) {
if (element && element.style) {
element.style.width = width + "px";
}
}
function WebForm_SetElementX(element, x) {
if (element && element.style) {
element.style.left = x + "px";
}
}
function WebForm_SetElementY(element, y) {
if (element && element.style) {
element.style.top = y + "px";
}
}