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Kyle Kelin on .Net

January 2008 - Posts

  • Importing data from one list to another

    I needed to recreate a list on another website including the data. The list had over 150 items in it so no way was I going to recreate it manually. The first thing I did was recreate the columns for the destination list then export the original list to Excel. The option is under actions in the list view. But when I tried to import the spreadsheet into my new list I get the following error:

    Import of spreadsheet error: Method 'Post' of object 'IOWSPostData' failed

    I was like WTF. But a quick google search found the solution.

    Open the Excel Add-In EXPTOOWS.XLA locate in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033 by default. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic code editor and search (Ctrl+F) for the line lVer = Application.SharePointVersion(URL). Comment out that line with a single quote and add the line lVer=2 so your Intialize() method should now look like this:

    Sub Initialize(List, Title, URL, QuickLaunch)

    strQuickLaunch = QuickLaunch

    aTarget(iPublishURL) = URL

    aTarget(iPublishListName) = List

    aTarget(iPublishListDesc) = Title

    'lVer = Application.SharePointVersion(URL)

    lVer = 2

    End Sub

    I was a little nervous about doing this but it worked. Also when you try to save the macro it will warn you that it won't be signed if you save it. I went ahead and saved it. I haven't had any problems so far.

  • Testing to see if trackbacks on this blog work

  • Switching IIS to 64 bit

    I ran into this issue yesterday where I could install MOSS on a web server because asp.net was not set to allow in the web server extensions in IIS.
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