use of OWSSVR.DLL in SharePoint.

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_{Friday, September 28, 2012 8:20 AM}

Hi All,

Can anyone please tell me that that is the use of OWSSVR.DLL file in sharepoint?

Regards Amit

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_{Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:26 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi,

Normally i use it in my infopath form to get data from list. This return data in XML format so you can easily read and filter data within this set.

http://servername:port/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List={FAF8EF1E-E0BC-41B9-BFAA-ACF2499F180A}&XMLDATA=TRUE

You can also try it. Hope it could help

Cheers, Hemendra-MCTS "Yesterday is just a memory,Tomorrow we may never see"

_{Friday, September 28, 2012 8:38 AM | 1 vote}

Hi,

This is ISAPI extension which is normally use for list (new / update / get list data / etc). The ISAPI extension that implements SharePoint Team Services functionality, such as list creation, deletion, and authoring, as well as the HTML page-rendering system. It is used directly from the browser (for example, creating a list by making an HTTP POST to http://www.server.com/subweb/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=NewList) and it is used programmatically through a client API when FrontPage interacts with the functionality of a team Web site.

Check this MSDN article for more info:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd588689%28v=office.11%29.aspx

Hope it could help

Cheers, Hemendra-MCTS "Yesterday is just a memory,Tomorrow we may never see"

_{Monday, October 1, 2012 4:16 AM}

Hi All,

Can anyone please tell me what are the scenarios where we should use owssvr.dll?

Regards Amit