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Please can you let me know how this is installed and configured. I am new to moss 2007 and I am struggling to understand how this works.

Hi Jason, it might be a bit cryptic but you have to drag the assembly (.dll) to the GAC (Global Assembly Cache, c:\windows\assembly). Next you can use my tool (see post for link) or another 'event handler registration' tool to activate the event handler for a particular Library. Steven

Copied the file into the GAC and then ran your event handler registartion tool from the root drive. Created a new picture library on my SSP called employee pictures but they do not seem to be apperaing in the user profile. Do you have any ideas. Thanks

Error in Event log Error loading and running event receiver Vandest.ProfilePictureEventHandler in ProfilePictureEventHandler, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4f658f603c9b5170. Additional information is below. : Requested registry access is not allowed. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

You have confused me and my server guys here with your last comment as the error we supplied came from the servers event viewer. We cannot understand why the pictures are not appearing in the user profiles. I there any more info I can give you that would help?

Jason, can you give me the event id and source of the event log error ? The event handler might be wanting to log the error but has insufficiënt permissions, thus a permission error is logged by WF, .NET or SharePoint. Please contact me using the Contact Form for additional support.

The Event Handler uses the Event Viewer to log error messages. The SharePoint System Account probably doesn't have access to the server's Event Viewer. You can modify the Event Logging code or you can give the System Account the correct permissions.

We have same issue as the user above the event id is 6875

Please make sure the identity for the SharePoint Application Pool has sufficient permissions to write to the Event Log.
* Make the identity a Local Administrator
or
* Grant permissions as follows:
- Start > Run > Regedit
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog
- Right click on "Eventlog" > Permissions
- Add the SharePoint AppPool identity with Full Control to the list

Hey there, What would be good would be to auto resize as well off the Handler. This way I dont have to placed JS in the page to resize the big head issue in Search and profile pages. :-)

Hi, sorry my english, i'm spanish. How resolve you the problem from Jason: Error in Event log Error loading and running event receiver Vandest.ProfilePictureEventHandler in ProfilePictureEventHandler, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4f658f603c9b5170 I have the same problem. thk all

Hi! I had some trouble getting this to work, but solved by granting Manage User Profiles in SSP to the App Pool Account. Read more here: http://sharepointdemo.biz/blogs/bjarne/archive/2008/06/13/user-profile-picture-library.aspx

How to name the file when accountName has a domain? Something like "MyDomain.local\UserId"..

That's not included i'm afraid. The code would need to be updated to incorporate domain prefixes.

erm is there any way i can upload a description to the sharepoint 2007 with a picture via the use of vb.net code that runs on window mobile devices.

If you're using SharePoint API for upload (ie SPFile) you can use a Hashtable with fieldname and value in the Add method.

Steven, I've made some minor changes to support domain accounts (see ExTrÉmeE's question above). Filenames then must have the following format [@domain]. Is it OK for you, sending the code to users asking for it in your blog?

Rüdiger, nice work. it's good to see this kind of community feedback. Send me a link or the code itself and I'll update the original post. Regards, S

Thank you, Steven. I have uploaded the changes to http://www.kerkloh.de/download/download.zip

Hi Steven, The Event Handler was working perfectly as expected. It has stopped working suddnely and is taking the picture from default location and not from the location i am specifying in EventManager.xml Can u pls guide me how do i correct it or how to solve the same as it was working before. Thanks & Regards Bhavesha

Hi Steven, I've got a problem with my Sharepoint Event Handler, I have created a simple handler for ItemUpdated event, and did the necessery steps for activating the Features, it is working fine for local Users as well as Adiminitrator Account, but the thing is not working while a domain user acess it, No Event is received. Where I am wrong? 1. Related to any pemission Issue? 2. Any Perticular setup for domain users? Please reply me ASAP..

Hi Steven, I've got a problem with my Sharepoint Event Handler, I have created a simple handler for ItemUpdated event, and did the necessery steps for activating the Features, it is working fine for local Users as well as Adiminitrator Account, but the thing is not working while a domain user acess it, No Event is received. Where I am wrong? 1. Related to any pemission Issue? 2. Any Perticular setup for domain users? Please reply me ASAP..

Hi, Event Handlers trigger for everyone if set up correctly, else they trigger for noone. Try to write logging info as the first entry in your code to see if that works. There is no specific setup for domain users required. It could be that you run into an exception and that you just catch that without logging anything.

Hi Steven, I will soon need to upgrade from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010. Will the component work in 2010? Is it at all necessary or there is something else already built-in?

Hi Josee, I've quickly tested the component and it will work with SharePoint 2010, even though it is probably making obsolete API calls. Still, it should survive an upgrade. Out of the box the MY host has a library for User Profile Images, but it seems only to be used for storage. See: http://www.bfcnetworks.com/sharepoint-2010-where-do-my-user-profile-photos-go/ It doesn't bind the picture to the profile at upload. Probably a good thing would be to revise my component to conform to the new method of operation...

Update to previous post: by running a powershell Update-SPProfilePhotoStore it will create the 3 sizes of the bound picture in the MY host, even if the picture was linked from a different library using my component. Not sure if there's any scheduled job that does this on a regular basis or so. Needs investigation. See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2394320/en-us