Sunday, April 8, 2012

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Upload files to virtual folder From: brother.gabriel
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Re: Upload files to virtual folder From: Deanna Schneider
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Re: Upload files to virtual folder From: brother.gabriel
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Re: Upload files to virtual folder From: brother.gabriel
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Re: Upload files to virtual folder From: Deanna Schneider
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Re: Upload files to virtual folder From: brother.gabriel
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Re: Upload files to virtual folder From: Deanna Schneider
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Re: Problem to upload 500mb file to portal From: brother.gabriel

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Upload files to virtual folder

Posted by: "brother.gabriel" brgabriel@sspx.org   brother.gabriel

Sat Apr 7, 2012 4:42 pm (PDT)



Salvete! Is there a way in Sharepoint to have a file be uploaded to a location in a custom virtual directory instead of sharepoint?

I have about 120 users, all of whom need to deliver to our server monthly files ranging anywhere from 7mb to 500mb. I am only using SQL Express (limit of 10gb) so that will fill up very fast.

I am thinking that I can create a virtual directory (in iis7) inside my portal project that links to a particular directory, like D:\mydir, and inside of that directory, there will be a folder for each of my 120 users, with AD permissions set for those users only.

Is it possible to make sharepoint move files into those directories, or would it be too difficult to make a custom web part (which I have never done) that provides the uploading capability for them?

Using this directory could save my sql space, and make it easier for large files to be stored on the server. Then I could run an application on the server to delete files older than 30 days.

What do y'all think?

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Re: Upload files to virtual folder

Posted by: "Deanna Schneider" deanna.schneider@gmail.com   schneider_scholz

Sat Apr 7, 2012 4:49 pm (PDT)



There's an API for doing external storage of large files:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802812.aspx

Perhaps that could get you pointed in the right direction. There are also
several companies that have used the API to write some GUI's so that you
can do it in a more point and click fashion.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@sspx.org> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Salvete! Is there a way in Sharepoint to have a file be uploaded to a
> location in a custom virtual directory instead of sharepoint?
>
> I have about 120 users, all of whom need to deliver to our server monthly
> files ranging anywhere from 7mb to 500mb. I am only using SQL Express
> (limit of 10gb) so that will fill up very fast.
>
> I am thinking that I can create a virtual directory (in iis7) inside my
> portal project that links to a particular directory, like D:\mydir, and
> inside of that directory, there will be a folder for each of my 120 users,
> with AD permissions set for those users only.
>
> Is it possible to make sharepoint move files into those directories, or
> would it be too difficult to make a custom web part (which I have never
> done) that provides the uploading capability for them?
>
> Using this directory could save my sql space, and make it easier for large
> files to be stored on the server. Then I could run an application on the
> server to delete files older than 30 days.
>
> What do y'all think?
>
>
>

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Re: Upload files to virtual folder

Posted by: "brother.gabriel" brgabriel@sspx.org   brother.gabriel

Sat Apr 7, 2012 4:57 pm (PDT)



It looks like it is possible, then, to make all files uploaded to go into real directories instead of the sql database. Have you, Mrs. Deanna, or anyone else done this? I found this interesting post:
http://programming4.us/database/2940.aspx

--- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Deanna Schneider <deanna.schneider@...> wrote:
>
> There's an API for doing external storage of large files:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802812.aspx
>
> Perhaps that could get you pointed in the right direction. There are also
> several companies that have used the API to write some GUI's so that you
> can do it in a more point and click fashion.
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Salvete! Is there a way in Sharepoint to have a file be uploaded to a
> > location in a custom virtual directory instead of sharepoint?
> >
> > I have about 120 users, all of whom need to deliver to our server monthly
> > files ranging anywhere from 7mb to 500mb. I am only using SQL Express
> > (limit of 10gb) so that will fill up very fast.
> >
> > I am thinking that I can create a virtual directory (in iis7) inside my
> > portal project that links to a particular directory, like D:\mydir, and
> > inside of that directory, there will be a folder for each of my 120 users,
> > with AD permissions set for those users only.
> >
> > Is it possible to make sharepoint move files into those directories, or
> > would it be too difficult to make a custom web part (which I have never
> > done) that provides the uploading capability for them?
> >
> > Using this directory could save my sql space, and make it easier for large
> > files to be stored on the server. Then I could run an application on the
> > server to delete files older than 30 days.
> >
> > What do y'all think?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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Re: Upload files to virtual folder

Posted by: "brother.gabriel" brgabriel@sspx.org   brother.gabriel

Sat Apr 7, 2012 5:07 pm (PDT)



Would RBS allow all files to be stored in regular directories on the server? If so, it would provide us with a much easier approach to getting to the files. They talk about filestreaming - do I want to use that or not?

--- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, "brother.gabriel" <brgabriel@...> wrote:
>
> It looks like it is possible, then, to make all files uploaded to go into real directories instead of the sql database. Have you, Mrs. Deanna, or anyone else done this? I found this interesting post:
> http://programming4.us/database/2940.aspx
>
> --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Deanna Schneider <deanna.schneider@> wrote:
> >
> > There's an API for doing external storage of large files:
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802812.aspx
> >
> > Perhaps that could get you pointed in the right direction. There are also
> > several companies that have used the API to write some GUI's so that you
> > can do it in a more point and click fashion.
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Salvete! Is there a way in Sharepoint to have a file be uploaded to a
> > > location in a custom virtual directory instead of sharepoint?
> > >
> > > I have about 120 users, all of whom need to deliver to our server monthly
> > > files ranging anywhere from 7mb to 500mb. I am only using SQL Express
> > > (limit of 10gb) so that will fill up very fast.
> > >
> > > I am thinking that I can create a virtual directory (in iis7) inside my
> > > portal project that links to a particular directory, like D:\mydir, and
> > > inside of that directory, there will be a folder for each of my 120 users,
> > > with AD permissions set for those users only.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to make sharepoint move files into those directories, or
> > > would it be too difficult to make a custom web part (which I have never
> > > done) that provides the uploading capability for them?
> > >
> > > Using this directory could save my sql space, and make it easier for large
> > > files to be stored on the server. Then I could run an application on the
> > > server to delete files older than 30 days.
> > >
> > > What do y'all think?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

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Re: Upload files to virtual folder

Posted by: "Deanna Schneider" deanna.schneider@gmail.com   schneider_scholz

Sat Apr 7, 2012 5:24 pm (PDT)



We have DocAve extender to do it, but haven't actually configured it to
start doing it yet. It's on our list of "stuff to figure out" soon.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:57 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@sspx.org> wrote:

> **
>
>
> It looks like it is possible, then, to make all files uploaded to go into
> real directories instead of the sql database. Have you, Mrs. Deanna, or
> anyone else done this? I found this interesting post:
> http://programming4.us/database/2940.aspx
>
>
> --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Deanna Schneider
> <deanna.schneider@...> wrote:
> >
> > There's an API for doing external storage of large files:
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802812.aspx
> >
> > Perhaps that could get you pointed in the right direction. There are also
> > several companies that have used the API to write some GUI's so that you
> > can do it in a more point and click fashion.
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Salvete! Is there a way in Sharepoint to have a file be uploaded to a
> > > location in a custom virtual directory instead of sharepoint?
> > >
> > > I have about 120 users, all of whom need to deliver to our server
> monthly
> > > files ranging anywhere from 7mb to 500mb. I am only using SQL Express
> > > (limit of 10gb) so that will fill up very fast.
> > >
> > > I am thinking that I can create a virtual directory (in iis7) inside my
> > > portal project that links to a particular directory, like D:\mydir, and
> > > inside of that directory, there will be a folder for each of my 120
> users,
> > > with AD permissions set for those users only.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to make sharepoint move files into those directories, or
> > > would it be too difficult to make a custom web part (which I have never
> > > done) that provides the uploading capability for them?
> > >
> > > Using this directory could save my sql space, and make it easier for
> large
> > > files to be stored on the server. Then I could run an application on
> the
> > > server to delete files older than 30 days.
> > >
> > > What do y'all think?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

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Re: Upload files to virtual folder

Posted by: "brother.gabriel" brgabriel@sspx.org   brother.gabriel

Sat Apr 7, 2012 5:32 pm (PDT)



Hmmm... looks expensive...

--- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Deanna Schneider <deanna.schneider@...> wrote:
>
> We have DocAve extender to do it, but haven't actually configured it to
> start doing it yet. It's on our list of "stuff to figure out" soon.
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:57 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > It looks like it is possible, then, to make all files uploaded to go into
> > real directories instead of the sql database. Have you, Mrs. Deanna, or
> > anyone else done this? I found this interesting post:
> > http://programming4.us/database/2940.aspx
> >
> >
> > --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Deanna Schneider
> > <deanna.schneider@> wrote:
> > >
> > > There's an API for doing external storage of large files:
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802812.aspx
> > >
> > > Perhaps that could get you pointed in the right direction. There are also
> > > several companies that have used the API to write some GUI's so that you
> > > can do it in a more point and click fashion.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Salvete! Is there a way in Sharepoint to have a file be uploaded to a
> > > > location in a custom virtual directory instead of sharepoint?
> > > >
> > > > I have about 120 users, all of whom need to deliver to our server
> > monthly
> > > > files ranging anywhere from 7mb to 500mb. I am only using SQL Express
> > > > (limit of 10gb) so that will fill up very fast.
> > > >
> > > > I am thinking that I can create a virtual directory (in iis7) inside my
> > > > portal project that links to a particular directory, like D:\mydir, and
> > > > inside of that directory, there will be a folder for each of my 120
> > users,
> > > > with AD permissions set for those users only.
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to make sharepoint move files into those directories, or
> > > > would it be too difficult to make a custom web part (which I have never
> > > > done) that provides the uploading capability for them?
> > > >
> > > > Using this directory could save my sql space, and make it easier for
> > large
> > > > files to be stored on the server. Then I could run an application on
> > the
> > > > server to delete files older than 30 days.
> > > >
> > > > What do y'all think?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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Re: Upload files to virtual folder

Posted by: "Deanna Schneider" deanna.schneider@gmail.com   schneider_scholz

Sat Apr 7, 2012 5:36 pm (PDT)



When we "bought" it - it was free, other than the maintenance contract.
Not a huge hit (it came bundled with their other tools, which yes, are
expensive).

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 7:32 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@sspx.org> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hmmm... looks expensive...
>
>
> --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Deanna Schneider
> <deanna.schneider@...> wrote:
> >
> > We have DocAve extender to do it, but haven't actually configured it to
> > start doing it yet. It's on our list of "stuff to figure out" soon.
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:57 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > It looks like it is possible, then, to make all files uploaded to go
> into
> > > real directories instead of the sql database. Have you, Mrs. Deanna, or
> > > anyone else done this? I found this interesting post:
> > > http://programming4.us/database/2940.aspx
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Deanna Schneider
> > > <deanna.schneider@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > There's an API for doing external storage of large files:
> > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802812.aspx
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps that could get you pointed in the right direction. There are
> also
> > > > several companies that have used the API to write some GUI's so that
> you
> > > > can do it in a more point and click fashion.
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM, brother.gabriel <brgabriel@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > **
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Salvete! Is there a way in Sharepoint to have a file be uploaded
> to a
> > > > > location in a custom virtual directory instead of sharepoint?
> > > > >
> > > > > I have about 120 users, all of whom need to deliver to our server
> > > monthly
> > > > > files ranging anywhere from 7mb to 500mb. I am only using SQL
> Express
> > > > > (limit of 10gb) so that will fill up very fast.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am thinking that I can create a virtual directory (in iis7)
> inside my
> > > > > portal project that links to a particular directory, like
> D:\mydir, and
> > > > > inside of that directory, there will be a folder for each of my 120
> > > users,
> > > > > with AD permissions set for those users only.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to make sharepoint move files into those
> directories, or
> > > > > would it be too difficult to make a custom web part (which I have
> never
> > > > > done) that provides the uploading capability for them?
> > > > >
> > > > > Using this directory could save my sql space, and make it easier
> for
> > > large
> > > > > files to be stored on the server. Then I could run an application
> on
> > > the
> > > > > server to delete files older than 30 days.
> > > > >
> > > > > What do y'all think?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>

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Re: Problem to upload 500mb file to portal

Posted by: "brother.gabriel" brgabriel@sspx.org   brother.gabriel

Sat Apr 7, 2012 4:50 pm (PDT)



Fellows, although I can now upload a file, my users report that nothing happens, and I can confirm it. When I upload the file, I click on the "browse" button to locate it, then click "OK" to accept, and the little window just sits there not doing anything. In fact, I discovered that it really is sending the file, but it isn't showing the user that anything is happening. After awhile (about a minute or so for a 7mb file), then it gives another window with the spinner telling you to wait. Finally, it finishes and the file has uploaded.

Problem is that it seems to hang whilst the file is uploaded. Is there a setting for this? It happens in Internet Explorer on Windows 7.

--- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, "brother.gabriel" <brgabriel@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks, folks, for all of your advices! I still have to see if it works for my client now. I'll let you know what happens.
>
> --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, "brother.gabriel" <brgabriel@> wrote:
> >
> > Doh! I was using firefox... Okay, it works in IE. Sorry for the noise! What an idiot!
> >
> > --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, Paul Stork <pstork@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's a feature of the OS not SharePoint. Are you working on the sharepointmserver or a client workstation?
> > >
> > > Paul Stork, MVP
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:39 PM, "brother.gabriel" <brgabriel@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Okay, for permissions, that can't be a problem. I am using the farm admin account, and I the option is disabled even for me.
> > > >
> > > > As for those features, I don't see them in either the features list of SCA nor in the features list of the site. Where do I find a place to set permissions for those? But I am farm admin, there should be no permissions limitations on this account. If there is, then there is no other account who could give them to me!
> > > >
> > > > --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Stork" <pstork@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Its normally not a setting that is the problem. Usually its either a
> > > > > permissions issue or that your client isn't setup to allow it.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. You need both the "Use Remote Interfaces" & "Use Client Integration
> > > > > Features" pemissions. Make sure you are have a permission level that grants
> > > > > those two.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. If you are on Windows server make sure that the "Desktop
> > > > > Experience" feature is enabled.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul Papanek Stork
> > > > >
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> > > > > Okay, in the library tab, I do see the "open with explorer", but it is
> > > > > disabled. I am admin. I suppose there is a setting somewhere to enable it...
> > > > > (I know, I can google for that)
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > <mailto:sharepointdiscussions%40yahoogroups.com> , Michelle Sobers
> > > > > <michelle.sobers@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > you need to click on the library option in the library tools and if you
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