You receive a "current user does not have rights to edit the requested item" error message when you save a Web page on Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 (873203)

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, add the following Microsoft Visual C# code to the Global.asax.cs file on the computer that is running MCMS. When you do this, the MCMS workflow is updated automatically to remove any references to items that have been deleted from the Resource Gallery on the MCMS Web site.

To add the VBS code to the Global.asax.cs file, follow these steps:

1. On the computer that is running MCMS, locate the following folder:

   Drive:\Inetpub\wwwroot\YourWebSite

2. Right-click Global.asax.cs, click Open With, and then click Notepad.
3. In Notepad, click Find on the Edit menu.
4. In the Find dialog box, type #region Methods, and then click Find Next.
5. Press ENTER to add a line space after the line that you located in step 4, and then paste the following VBS code.

   //=====================================================================
   //	Method: DeletedResource(string link)
   //
   /// <summary>
   ///     
   /// This method removes references to deleted items in the Resource Gallery.
   /// </summary>
   //=====================================================================
   
   private bool DeletedResource(string link)
   {
   // Extract the Resource GUID from the URL.
   string[] splt = link.Split('/');
   string GUID = splt[3];
   
   // Create a new context that has administrator rights to see deleted items.
   CmsApplicationContext appContext = new CmsApplicationContext();
   appContext.AuthenticateAsUser("WinNT://servername/cmsAdmin", "cmsAdminPassword", PublishingMode.Unpublished);
   
   object o = appContext.Searches.GetByGuid("{"+GUID+"}");
   
   // Test whether the item can be deleted.
   bool isDeleted= false;
   if (o != null)
   {
   isDeleted = ((o is Resource) & (((Resource)o).Path.StartsWith("/Archive Folder")));
   }
   
   // Dispose of the admin context. 
   appContext.Dispose();
   appContext = null;
   
   // Return the result.
   return isDeleted;
   }
   
   private static int FindTag(string text, string tag, int start, string recursecompare)
   {
   int pos = text.ToLower().IndexOf(tag.ToLower(),start);
   int check = text.ToLower().IndexOf(recursecompare.ToLower(),start+1);
   if ((check >= 0) & (check < pos))
   {
   check = FindTag(text,tag,check,recursecompare);
   pos = text.ToLower().IndexOf(tag.ToLower(), check+1);
   }
   return pos;
   }
   
   private static string RemoveTagPair(string text, string tag, string endtag, string recursecompare)
   {
   int start = text.ToLower().IndexOf(tag.ToLower());
   int end = -1;
   while (start >= 0)
   {
   end = FindTag(text,endtag,start,recursecompare);
   if (end > start)
   text = text.Remove(end,endtag.Length);
   text = text.Remove(start,tag.Length);
   start = text.ToLower().IndexOf(tag.ToLower());
   }
   return text;
   }
   
   private string HandleImgAndAttPlaceholderTypes(string propValue)
   {
   if (propValue.ToLower().StartsWith("/nr/rdonlyres"))
   {
   if (DeletedResource(propValue))
   {
   propValue = ""
   }
   }
   return propValue;
   }
   
   private string HandleImageTags(string propValue)
   {
   int start=propValue.ToLower().IndexOf("<img ");
   while (start >= 0)
   {
   int end = propValue.IndexOf(">",start);
   if (end > start)
   {
   string tag = propValue.Substring(start,end-start+1);
   int linkStart = tag.ToLower().IndexOf("\"/nr/rdonlyres");
   if (linkStart >= 0)
   {
   int linkEnd = tag.IndexOf("\"",linkStart+1);
   if (linkEnd > linkStart)
   {
   string linkStr = tag.Substring(linkStart,linkEnd-linkStart+1);
   if (DeletedResource(linkStr))
   {
   propValue = propValue.Replace(tag,"");
   tag = ""
   }
   }
   }
   start = propValue.ToLower().IndexOf("<img ",start+tag.Length);
   }
   }
   return propValue;
   }
   
   private string HandleAnchorTags(string propValue)
   {
   int start=propValue.ToLower().IndexOf("<a ");
   while (start >= 0)
   {
   int end = propValue.IndexOf(">",start);
   if (end > start)
   {
   string tag = propValue.Substring(start,end-start+1);
   int linkStart = tag.ToLower().IndexOf("\"/nr/rdonlyres");
   if (linkStart >= 0)
   {
   int linkEnd = tag.IndexOf("\"",linkStart+1);
   if (linkEnd > linkStart)
   {
   string linkStr = tag.Substring(linkStart,linkEnd-linkStart+1);
   if (DeletedResource(linkStr))
   {
   propValue = RemoveTagPair(propValue,tag,"</a>","<a");
   tag = ""
   }
   }
   }
   start = propValue.ToLower().IndexOf("<a ",start+tag.Length);
   }
   }
   return propValue;
   }
   
   public void CmsPosting_PlaceholderPropertyChanging( Object sender, PropertyChangingEventArgs e ) 
   {
   string propName = e.PropertyName;
   string propValue = e.PropertyValue as string;
   switch (propName) 
   {
   case "Html" : // handle HtmlPlaceholder
   ropValue = HandleImageTags(propValue);
   propValue = HandleAnchorTags(propValue);
   break;
   }
   case "Src" : // handle ImagePlaceholder
   case "Url" : // handle AttachmentPlaceholder
   {
   propValue = HandleImgAndAttPlaceholderTypes(propValue);
   break;
   }
   }
   e.PropertyValue = propValue;
   }

6. Save your changes, and then close the file.