webparts

webpart control in master page

Hello all, I have a webpart in a control that I am using on a webpage. The webpage uses a master page and there is a content holder in the MP that can hold controls for alignment/design issues. Everything works well with this but the webpart control. When i put the webpart in the container i lose the ability to move the webparts around ...

PHP equivalent to ASP.NET / SharePoint Webparts?

Is there a PHP equivalent to Webparts? I'm looking for an alternative to the user-pluggable, connectable, customisable application building blocks that are part of SharePoint. ...

Want to extend XML Web part, what is the easiest way when the existing Web-part is sealed class?

Hello I need to extend XML Web-part to allow some custom properties. What is the easiest way as the existing XML Web-Part class is sealed? The extended custom properties will be used to derive attributes of the XML Web-part like XML Url, XSL Url etc. -Gandalf ...

MOSS Calendars

Hi Can I link a MOSS calendar web part to a shared Outlook/Exchange Calendar so that changes are reflected in both? All the best ...

SharePoint web part content disappearing

I have been creating web pages using MS Word 2007 and creating hyperlinks within them. Then I am turning them into Web Page documents. I am then creating a picture library specifically for that page on SharePoint and using DreamWeaver 2004 to link the pictures from the library into the web page source code. I then create a content edito...

Edit column header of Sharepoint BDC webpart using XSLT

I would like to change database column names of a BDC list webpart using an XSL file. My SQL query is "Select BATCH_ID...", I want to change that column name "BATCH_ID" to "ID" using XSL. I also want to know how $ColName_0 is getting populated with the value 'BATCH_ID'? Inside the dvt.headerfield template it is sorting and adding sor...

Connect two Existing Web parts available in SharePoint Portal Server 2007

We are creating a BI dashboard using SharePoint Portal Server 2007 and have following requirements and could you please tell us it is possible to without creating custom web parts. 1) When user clicks on a row in list web part, is it possible to refresh another web part based on the selection in first web part. 2) Can we connect KPI and...

How to change web part property values

In a SharePoint 2007 web part, I want to delete an existing property and replace it with a property using a different name. I want to get the value from the existing property and assign it to the new property. How should I do this? ...

Anyone know why am i receiving WebPart AddWebPartToZone SOAP Exception?

I am trying to add a webpart using the AddWebPartToZone webservice (the ChatterBox webpart 1.0, CAB via command line) and I receive a SOAP exception. I have installed the web part (1.0 CAB version and not the AJAX version) via command line and it works fine if you import the webpart to a page manually. We have also checked to make sure ...

WSS Web Part password in Tool Pane

I have a password that I want to store as property in a Web Part that can be set via the tool pain. Currently it is a String and can be clearly read. How would I go about making it * out? If this is the wrong way to be doing this what would you advice to do instead? ...

WSS Sharing Properties between Web Parts

Is it possible to share properties between different web parts? I would like a user to only enter there user name and password in one web part and it be accessible in other parts. ...

How to use jquery correctly in SharePoint Web Part - jquery doesn't always fire

I'm learning how to use jquery with SharePoint. My example draws a red box inside the Content Editor Web Part when a link is selected. My code works when the SharePoint page is in edit mode but not after I've left the page and returned in non edit mode. The jquery function does not fire for some reason... I'm missing something simple...

VB.NET in Visual Studio 2008 on Vista 32bit building a WSP

I am trying to build a WSP file in VS2008 on my VB.NET project. How would I go about doing this? I can find a lot of plugins for C# but not VB.NET. ...

Add ASP.NET control to Sharepoint Web Part

Hi. I'd like to dynamically add an ASP.NET LinkButton to my SharePoint web part. I'm hooking the LinkButton up with an event-handler, but when I execute the code it seems the event is never fired. Where in the life-cycle (which event) should I add such a control and how? Thanks. ...

provision a webpart

how do you provision a webpart in sharepoint? ...

sharepoint calendar messing up accessibility mode tab order

Hi all, on any OOB sharepoint page, if you "tab" through the page, the first tab brings up a "turn on more accessible mode" menu item. that is, except for a page with a calendar web part. Once you tab off the browser menu, the first tab item becomes the calendar web part, skipping over the menu item and all other content. I've tried ...

Sharepoint: Using custom layout the drag and drop of webpart is not working

Hi all, I am having an issue with the drag and drop of webpart in sharepoint. The following described what I have done: I am using MOSS 2007. Created some custom page layouts that's based on the original BlankWebPartPage.aspx and tweaked to matched our HTML carve. Created custom web parts. attached those web parts to the pages that's ...

In a SharePoint web part, how do I set a web part's list during run-time?

I have a Contact List web part I developed that is dependent on a custom list I created, also called Contact List. But instead of the web part ALWAYS requiring a list called Contact List whenever the web part is added to a page, I want it so I can add the web part to a page THEN set which list I want it to use. I guess I am asking how do...

Problem pulling data from PeopleEditor.Entities

I have created a web part with a PeopleEditor control (called peADLoopUp) and a button, and basically, when a user enters people into the PeopleEditor control (which gets those people from Active Directory), they click the button and it loops through the people they entered into the PeopleEditor control and adds those people to a custom ...

sharepoint webpart with caml and xslt

How can i create a sharepoint webpart that accesses a List, and that can have CAML applied to it. The CAML is needed to display return only list items that have the field with "Position" > 0 i also need the webpart to have xslt applied to that. ...