Restricting a user to view only his/her docs in a SharePoint Libary

Sometimes it is necesary to setup a document/form libary up in SharePoint to allow a user to only documents created by the end user. Here are the steps I completed to accomplish this:

• Create a View that only displays the documents created by [Me] the end user.
• Create a new view. Select the fields you want the end users to view.
• Select the Box "Make this the default view"
• In the Filter section Select, Created By, is equal to, [Me]
• Click OK

• If an "All Documents" view exists, open it to edit it. Click the Delete button to delete it.
• If an "Explorer View" view exists, open it to edit it. Click the Delete button to delete it.

• Now you will need to adjust security settings so a person can not create a view.
• At the site main page Click People and Groups in the Quick Launch
• Click Site Permissions in the Quick Launch
• Under Setting select Permission Levels
• Click the Contribute Permission level to open it.
• Clck the Copy Permission Level button.
• Name the new Permission level anything you choose, such as Conribute without View Creation.
• UnCheck Manage Personal Views in the Personal Permissions section.

• Disable "Open in Explorer" under Actions.
• Instructions on this can be found on my other post: http://duhralf.blogspot.com/2008/10/remove-open-in-windows-explorer.html

Deactivate Features in SharePoint

I am currently working with 2 different Sharepoint servers. One is running MOSS, the other WSS3. I am attempting to export a form libary from MOSS to WSS3. During the import process I ran into the following error: "Could not find Feature DataConectionLibrary" After doing some research I was able to find the following fix:

Before you export the the site using stsadm you must first deactivate the feature. Use this command to deactivate the feature:

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name DataConnectionLibary -url [the url of your site] -force

After stsadm has completed successfully, export the site using:

stsadm - export -url [url of your site] -versions 4 -includeusersecurity -filename [location of where you want to save the backup file ex. c:\backup\sitebackup.bak]

After your export is complete go ahead and reactivate the feature on the origional site:

stsadm -o activatefeature -name DataConnectionLibary -url [the url of your site] -force