SharePoint 2007 Document Library ContextMenu Hiding

SharePoint 2007 Document Library ContextMenu Hiding

First locate yourself to the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033 fine the core.js. From where the context menu item script runs for SharePoint 2007 Document Library.

Lets hide the "Download A Copy" menu under the "Send To" Context menu. Open the core.js file in best .js file editor. And search for the function function AddSendSubMenu(m,ctx).

Where you can see

menuOption=CAMOpt(sm, L_DownloadACopy_Text, strAction, "");
menuOption.id="ID_DownloadACopy";

these lines of code which will display text "Download A Copy" and call the menu operation, just comment those lines and save.

This is the simple way to hide the contextmenu item in the document library.

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Character limits in SharePoint 2007

List of names and other parameters with the maximum allowable size on each entity of SharePoint 2007

None of the selected features can be installed or upgraded. Setup cannot proceed since no

While installing Microsoft SQl 2005 you may face this message...

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Setup------------------------------
None of the selected features can be installed or upgraded. Setup cannot proceed since no effective change is being made to the machine. To continue, click Back and then select features to install. To exit SQL Server Setup, click Cancel.
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.06&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=SQLSetup90&EvtType=28108
------------------------------BUTTONS: OK------------------------------
To solve this problem:
To get around this issue, run the setup.exe from the SQL installation source from your Run command with the parameter SKUUPGRADE=1 or UPGRADE=1.
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Microsoft Research Worldwide Telescope

Microsoft Research Worldwide Telescope
Microsoft’s research and launch of Worldwide Telescope, Microsoft is tiring to do something similar to Google's Earth, Moon, etc. ?
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Microsoft Research Worldwide Telescope make your computer to function as a virtual telescope.

Radial Racing Programming support

Recently I have launched the Radial Racing Programming support to support all developers across the global by submiting reuseable codes and tools

My first launch was in CodePlex.com TabControl WebPart

Deploying Office Solutions Using Windows Installer

Deploying Office Solutions Using Windows Installer

How to deploy a Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office system (also known as Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition, or VSTO 2005 SE) solution using a Visual Studio 2005 Setup project to create a Windows Installer package.

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This article demonstrates how to use the installer

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Wonder Microsoft Web Developer Kid

Wonder Microsoft Web Developer Kid

Retrieve File Security Information using C#

Retrieve File Security Information using C#

Verify if file exists in the directory using the System.IO namespace. And retrieving the security information and other details. This as been demonstrated using the Windows forms application.

if (File.Exists(openFileDialog1.FileName))
{
//MessageBox.Show("File exists!");
lbl_existstatus.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.SeaGreen;
lbl_existstatus.Text = "File Exist the directory";
}
else
{
lbl_existstatus.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
lbl_existstatus.Text = "File Missing in the directory";
}

Query the secuirty inforamtion of the file using the System.Management.

using (ManagementObject o = new ManagementObject(@"Win32_LogicalFileSecuritySetting.Path='" + fileName + "'"))

for more download the sourcecode.

Enterprise Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies hosting environment Document

This policy document outlines the items and processes for managing customization within an enterprise Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies hosting environment.

One of the very usefull document for any sharepoint developer.

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Complete list of built in out of the box web services available in the SharePoint 2007 and many more...

Visual Studio 2005 Extensions - Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts

Visual Studio 2005 Extensions - Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts

Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator. Please also download the User Guide and Samples listed in Related Resources.

1. Visual Studio 2005 Project Templates
   Web Part
   Team Site Definition
   Blank Site Definition
   List Definition
   Empty SharePoint Project

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.NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit

.NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit containing Labs, Demos and PPTs

The .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the .NET 3.5 Enhancement features including: ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX History, ASP.NET Silverlight controls, ADO.NET Data Services and ADO.NET Entity Framework.

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Microsoft 2008 Most Valuable Professional for SharePoint Server

I'm very glad to inform you all that, I have been awarded as Microsoft 2008 Most Valuable Professional for SharePoint Server by Microsoft.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions Visual Studio 2005 Project Templates
Web Part
Team Site Definition
Blank Site Definition
List Definition

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Windows Live Authentication in MOSS 2007 - Configuration and Integration Live Authentication in SharePoint 2007

Windows Live Authentication in MOSS 2007 - Configuration and Integration Live Authentication in SharePoint 2007

Windows Live Authentication 1.0 which is available in CodePlex. Download and install the .wsp file to SharePoint server 2007. Download Link

While installing these are the three main initial steps to follow.

Step1:

Step2:

Step3:

These three steps as to success, then only the installation completes.

Next is live ID registration in https://msm.live.com/app/default.aspx

Now the registration page appears.

After click submit, you will redirect to a page displaying the important information to be noted.

Now click on the manage the application to do the maintain the application.

Next the important configuration using the command window.

Finally you need to add the defaultProvider for the Web Application that will authenticate Live ID users, you will replace the following in the web.config for the Web Application: with You can find an example portion of the complete web.config herePerform an IISRESET and you are done

Finally the configuration file changes for your web application

Now when you try to login to your site using Windows Live ID, you may face this error "Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. "
To solve this first try this operation

stsadm -o upgrade -inplace

If not solved, try out this option Try installing the Service Pack for SharePoint Click Here
When i logged in using my Windows Live ID it says that

Error: Access Denied
Current User
You are currently signed in as: ac592e0e0b189909163bccfeff41cace

This means the feature WindowsLiveAuthenticationSettings is not actived in your site, we need to active this feature. Lets see how.

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\WindowsLiveAuthenticationSettings

After activating the feature using stsadm.exe (for more ref:)

After activated

Other reference:

Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint

This solution accelerator is a collection of software and guidance that you can use to easily deploy a SharePoint-based environment for collaboration with people outside your firewall. The accelerator allows users to create collaboration environments that use the familiar SharePoint interface.

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'joelo' as blogged External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint in detail in his blog site

Developer Map for the 2007 Microsoft® Office system

Developer Map for the 2007 Microsoft® Office system

One of the very usefull poster for office developers

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InfoPath cannot open the selected form because of an error in the form's

'InfoPath cannot open the selected form because of an error in the form's. Policy settings prevent opening Internet forms with managed code. To fix =this problem, contact your system administrator."

When i tried to run the InfoPath Solution from Visual studio 2008, i'm getting this above mentioned error. When i googled also i don't find any good solution. After that i changed the security setting of the form to fully trusted, then it worked for me. I don't know this is the right solution but it also solve the problem :)

Step: go to tools>Form options>Security and Trust> select Fully Tructed radio button

Microsoft Office InfoPath does not recognize some or all of the command line options. Exit and restart Microsoft Office InfoPath with ...

"Microsoft Office InfoPath does not recognize some or all of the command line options. Exit and restart Microsoft Office InfoPath with the correct command line options"

As usual when I step into Microsoft’s latest tools I have been attacked with some irritating error messages. To solve this error and to win this bug war same old trick was used to attack Microsoft errors in reply, I tried installing Service Pack for InfoPath 2007 and it worked for now. More importantly this error got solved but I don't know what the new things to raise mean while :) …

SP1 Download Link which i used

Error: this template attempted to load an untrusted component 'Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Vsta, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9b

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Error: this template attempted to load an untrusted component 'Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Vsta, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c, processorArchitecture=MSIL'. For more information on this problem and how to enable this template, please see documentation on Customizing Project Templates.

---------------------------OK ---------------------------

When i try to create new InfoPath Form Temaplate project using Visual Studio 2008 i got the above mentioned error mentioned error message. After some analysis i found that InfoPath 2007 as be installed in the development machine.

Heroes Happen Here. And I'm the one

Heroes Happen Here. And I'm the one

I received the Heroes happen here certificate from microsoft!

_getCursorIndex for FireFox and Internet Explorer

_getCursorIndex for FireFox and Internet Explorer

getCursorIndex function works for FireFox. Hope this works for Internet Explorer also

_getCursorIndex: function() {
return this.get_element().selectionStart;
},

getCursorIndex function works for Internet Explorer

_getCursorIndex: function() {
return o.value.lastIndexOf("Your String")
},

System Center Capacity Planner 2007

System Center Capacity Planner 2007 is a pre-deployment capacity planning and post-deployment change analysis solution that provides best-practice guidance and hardware-specific knowledge to help information technology professionals make solid architecture decisions when planning a new deployment or changes to an existing deployment for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and other Microsoft server products as add-in application models become available. Before installing System Center Capacity Planner 2007
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This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification.

Problem: This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification.

Cause: When i tried to extract Visual Studio 2008 ISO file, only one txt file get extracted saying "This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating systemthat supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification."

Solution: Refer the following microsoft support which solved the problem for me.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321640
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899527

More ref: Download1

Some usefull Information about File Systems

Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System
The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System Best Practices Analyzer programmatically collects settings and values from data repositories such as MS SQL, registry, metabase and performance monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive ‘best practice’ rules are applied to the topology. Administrators running this tool will get a detailed report listing the recommendations that can be made to the environment to achieve greater performance, scalability and uptime.

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New SharePoint 2007 article on CodeProject.com

New SharePoint 2007 article on CodeProject.com

Article that discusses how to use content types to define and manage the metadata and behaviors using SharePoint 2007.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/publishingtemplates.aspx

Simple look and feel changes in SharePoint 2007

How to change the theme for SharePoint 2007 site

1) Click on the site action and select the site settings
2) Under the Look and Feel you can see Site Theme in the option, click on the Site Theme
3) Some themes will be listed, which is preload in the SharePoint. By default the default theme is selected.
4) Select the theme you want to apply and click the apply button
5) Thus the them applies to the site successfully

How to change the logo in the header for SharePoint 2007 site

1) In the left navigation panel you can see the view all site content, click on that and continue
2) Under the Document Libraries you can see a library named images available. If not create one as per you needed.
3) Upload the Logo image into that image document library
4) After uploading right click on the image file in the document library and copy the shortcut of the logo file
5) Now go to site actions site settings
6) Under Look and Feel click on the Title, Description and Icon
7) In the Logo URL and Description, in the URL text box paste your copied path
8) Click ok and continue. The logo is successfully changed

Enabling Drop down menu for multi level in SharePoint 2007 sites Top Navigation bar

Let’s check how we can enable the drop down menu in SharePoint 2007 site in the top navigation bar.

Here you can see the top navigation bar of a SharePoint site, the securesite is the parent here for site1 subsite and under the site1 we site1-1 as its own subsite. Let’s see how these subsites are shown as dropdown menu in the top navigation bar.

Go to site actions and select site settings,

Under the Look and feel select Navigation to proceed.

In the subsites and pages check the check box show subsites and click ok to continue.

Now you can see the drop down menu for single level is enabled.

By default SharePoint as single level of drop down menu. To enable multi level we need to do small change in the master page of the particular site using Microsoft SharePoint Designer.

Open your SharePoint site in SharePoint designer and navigate through the folder and open the default.master page.

Check out the code snippet screen shot.

The MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels=”1” is the attribute which as default value of one, this is where you need to change, enter as much level you wanted in your drop down menu. In our explanation we will set it as two.

Now the save the changes and close the master page and close the SharePoint site in the designer. Now open your SharePoint site in Internet Explorer

Now you can see the second level in the site drop down menu is enabled and it shows successfully.

Office communication server 2007 Enterprise Edition

Office communication server 2007 Enterprise Edition

Deploy pool in consolidated topology:

Deploys an enterprise pool and install all enterprise edition components.
10 steps to be followed
Step 1: Prepare active directory
7 steps to be followed
Step 1.1: Prep Schemas
Step 1.2: Verify replication of schema partition
Step 1.3: Prep Forest
Ref: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322692
Step 1.4: Verify replication global settings and global catalog
Step 1.5: Prep current domains
Step 1.6: Verify replication in the domain
Step 1.7: Delegate setup and administration
Step 2: Create enterprise pool
Prerequisite: Mini mum SQL 2000 with SP 4 or SQL 2005 with SP1
Ref: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb6c71ea-d649-47ff-9176-e7cac58fd4bc&displaylang=en for SP1
Step 3: Deploy Hardware Load Balancer
Step 4: Configure pool
Step 5: Add server to pool
Prerequisite: MSMQ requirement add this component.
Step 6: Configure Certificate
Sample Certificates: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362729.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms751503.aspx
Step 7: Configure web component certificate
Step 8: Verify Replication
Step 9: Start Services
Step 10: Validate Server and Pool functionality

Configuring the Out of the Box Approval Workflow for a Document Library

Configuring the Out of the Box Approval Workflow for a Document Library

Step 1: Create a Document Library in your site as per your requirement.
To create a document library, go to all site content and click on the create button.

Now click on the document library to create it.

Next you will be redirected to another page where you need to fill it with some information to create the desired document library.

In the Name text box enter the name of the document library and description you can enter something about your document library which is not a mandatory field.

In this dropdown select the document type you want to be used in this document library. For example if you want to all types just select none.

If you select yes here the document library will have versioning enabled.
Now let’s check how the approval workflow can be configured with this document library.

Click on the Setting and select the Document Library Settings.

Click on the Workflow settings under Permissions and Management to continue.

Select the Approval Workflow in the workflow template list and enter some unique name for your workflow and select the list in which the workflow created tasks should list under. And other setting like workflow history list, when the workflow should start and how it should start etc.

How the workflow should run parallel or serial. Parallel is like you give more than one approver and make them approve it parallel. We have reassigned the task to another person option.

These are the option available in the workflow settings. Now click ok after setting all the details. Workflow is configured in the document library.

Now let’s check how the workflow works, let’s see a small demo...

Go to the document library and click on the new document and add to the library.

Now you can see that the workflow has been started, says that In Progress.
When you logged in as assigned user credentials you can see the workflow task that should be completed by that user in the task list.

You can see now the assigned user gets the task with title and status is not started.

To approve or reject the workflow click on the view item and continue.

Here in this screen write the comments and approve/reject or reassign it another user.

After approving it states that status is completed.

Now you can see the document is approved successfully.

Create a simple WorkFlow For SharePoint 2007 using VSTS 2008

Create a simple WorkFlow For SharePoint 2007 using Visual Studio Team Suite 2008

For VSTS 2008 environment : Get it from here >>

Now. after setting up the VSTS 2008 environment, open the Visual Studio 2008 and click on the create project.

Now select the workflow type you want to create. Here in this demonstration i'm creating the Sequential WorkFlow.

Here the next screen display with two text box. One the first one is enter your WorkFlow name and the seond one to enter your SharePoint Site address.

Next is the assigning the WorkFlow to the desired place. We have option for automatically associate workflow to selected Document Library or List. And Other option like Task list assigning and etc...

Next is how the workflow should be started and other options.

and now just run the workflow you will get the output.

SharePoint 2007 Application Template

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Template Resource Center

The resources below provide information for getting the most out Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. These include an introduction to Windows SharePoint Services, information on learning the basics of application templates and working with SharePoint sites, and links to relevant guides and datasheets. You’ll also learn how you can customize application templates to meet your unique business needs.

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Virtual PC Console - Maximize option disable

Virtual PC Console - Maximize option disabled

Edit options.xml file located at %appdata%\Microsoft\Virtual PC (C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC) folder .In this file under verify values for and . (You can change these to 10,10)

<window> <console> <height type="integer">254</height> <left_position type="integer">10</left_position> <top_position type="integer">10</top_position> <visible type="boolean">false</visible> <width type="integer">359</width> </console>

This may caused because you may changed your display settings.

Office Communication Server 2007 - Errors and Warnings

Office Communication Server 2007 - Errors and Warnings

Failure[0xC3EC796C] One or more errors occurred during execution of the wizard; the wizard was unable to complete successfully. Please check the log file for more information
http://blogs.lanlogic.net/blogs/tom/archive/2007/08/24/ocs-activation-error.aspx

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Failure[0xC3EC78B4] Office Communications Server Archiving Service is not installed on the server.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=52627734-b354-4f74-a6ed-e298259cda19&DisplayLang=en

------------------------------------------------------------------

Failure[0x800706BA] The RPC server is unavailable.
If you solved this problem correctly Failure[0xC3EC78B4] Office Communications Server Archiving Service is not installed on the server.This won't occur.
Else try this way Change your Remote Procedure call service log on to Local System account.

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Warning[0x03EC78E3] No DNS record is found for the pool FQDN. Please register the pool FQDN with DNS before deploying Office Communications Server in the pool.
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Error: Service : Office Communications Server Archiving and CDREventLog Error: The Office Communications Server Archiving and CDR service terminated with service-specific error 3222142979 (0xC00E0003). Failure[0xC3EC79E6] Service failed to start as requested.
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Install MSMQ on Windows Server 2003

Install MSMQ on Windows Server 2003

Simply we can say this way.

Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components -> Application Server -> Message Queueing

For step by step process follow these

• In the Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs.
• Click Add/Remove Windows Components in the left pane.
• In the Windows Components wizard, select Application Server, and then click Details.
• Check Message Queuing, click OK, and then click Next to complete the installation.
• In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
• Expand Services and Applications, and then click Services.
• Right-click Message Queuing in the services list, and then click Properties.
• Note Be sure to right-click the Message Queuing service in the services list on the right side of the window. Do not confuse it with the Message Queuing folder in the tree view.
• Click the Recovery tab, set the first, second, and subsequent failures to Restart the service, and then click OK.

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Microsoft’s largest annual technical conference

Microsoft’s largest annual technical conference - Tech·Ed 2008!



Microsoft’s largest annual technical conference, Microsoft Tech·Ed. For the first time, Tech·Ed U.S. is evolving from a one week conference to two separate back-to-back conferences: Tech·Ed U.S. 2008 Developers, June 3-6, and Tech·Ed U.S. 2008 IT Professionals, June 10-13, in Orlando, FL.

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What are the New Features in ASP.NET 2.0?

New Features in ASP.NET 2.0

Almost every major update to an API or framework involves both changes to existing features and new features and enhancements. Some of the key new features available in ASP.NET 2.0 are

• Master Pages

• Nested Master Pages

• Content Pages

• Themes

• Skins

• Profiles

• Web Parts

Happy birthday to Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III also know most to us as the Bill Gates turns 52 today !!! So let’s wish him a very happy birthday…

Windows Live Search Mobile for Blackberry devices

Windows Live Search Mobile for Blackberry devices
We have an opportunity from the Windows Live Search for Mobile product team, a special MVP version of the WLS for Mobile beta for Blackberry devices. MVPs can log in to the web site below to download the special version, which will allow the team to send updates to MVPs before making them available publically. Note that the build currently on the web site is identical to the version available publically except for the updating mechanism, so MVPs should not expect to see differences until the team is ready to push out a new update.

URL: http://clipperbeta.com/bb

This is specially for MVP. You can get access details from your MVP Admin

Microsoft Announces Popfly Beta and Mashup and Win contest

Microsoft Announces Popfly Beta and Mashup and Win contest

Microsoft is announcing today the Popfly will be going into beta. What really makes this exciting is that unlike the early preview of Popfly, this beta is open to the world - no more "invitation only" access.

For more details about the contest ... http://www.slickthought.net/post/Microsoft-Announces-Popfly-Beta-and-Mashup-and-Win-contest.aspx

Visual Studio® Team System Code Name "Rosario" August 2007 CTP

Visual Studio® Team System Code Name "Rosario" August 2007 CTP
Now available the most awaited Visual Studio® Team System Code Name "Rosario" August 2007 CTP for download in VHD.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8450EFF5-24AD-44C3-AB91-1ED88EF2F4F0&displaylang=en

Visual Studio® Team System code name "Rosario" is an integrated Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes, and guidance.

Enabling IntelliSense in Visual Studio - Feature in SharePoint

Enabling IntelliSense in Visual Studio - Feature in SharePoint

Inside the TEMPLATE directory there is a directory named XML that contains several XML schemas, including one named wss.xsd. If you associate this schema file with feature files such as feature.xml and elements.xml, Visual Studio will provide IntelliSense, which makes it much easier to author a custom feature. You may also copy these XSD files into C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Xml\Schemas\.