sharepoint-designer

SharePoint DataView Show Items from last week.

I have a SharePoint DataView WebPart that is set up to combine data from a few different lists. I want to filter the data to only show data from last week. I am able to filter it to show data from this week, but have been unsuccessful in getting last week's data to show up. I have the web part filter set up like below: This transla...

Are Sharepoint template files actually stored on the file system?

I'm new to Sharepoint and just starting to poke around with Sharepoint Designer. I'm curious about the file system I see in Sharepoint designer which doesn't seem to appear anywhere else. When I open a Sharepoint site in Sharepoint Designer, and I see folders for all my lists, and the Web forms created within them -- am I actually look...

How do you link Sharepoint Lists across different sites

I have googled this and seem to only be able to find the same Tutorial here or variations thereof. I have two lists. Each one is on a different site. I need to make a list/view joining these two lists. One site contains basic employee data, (such as department) and the other site contains details about that department that we need to...

Sharepoint Designer 2007 ODBC database connection to MySQL impossible?

I'm trying to create a Database Connection to ODBC data sources in SPD 2007 and am having absolutely no luck. I've had some success using an SqlDataSource control, however. I don't know if SPD's database connection support is just broken or what. Googling has turned up others having issues but no definitive answers. So, my two data s...

Accessing remote sharepoint server

Hi, I have written an IronPython script that generates a xml file that contains the metadata of a site and the document libraries that it has. I use the Microsoft.SharePoint dll extensively. Is it possible to run this script and generate the metadata of a site that is hosted in a remote server. ...

SharePoint Designer for Mac?

I'm looking for some way of editing SharePoint ASPX pages on my Mac, using either a local text editor or some kind of remote-into-the-SP-server solution (like emacs with tramp). I know that Cyberduck has the ability to open WebDAV servers with NTLM authentication, but I've been unable to get that to work. So far, the only solution I've ...

Sharepoint Designer Workflow - value reset itself

I have a SharePoint Designer workflow like the following: (just an example) If ActionId equals 1 Email InfopathForms:Customer Email Sometime later, it changes itself to the following: If field equals 1 Email InfopathForms: Where the field ActionId is lost and the Customer Email is lost too. Also in the email body, all the Lookup field...

How do I view all discussions and replies of a discussion board on SharePoint?

I have a discussion board in SharePoint 2007 in which I want to view all discussions and their replies on the same page. For example I have 3 discussions within the discussion board and some replies. I want something like the following output to be displayed on a page: (+) discussion no. 1 replies:3 (+) discussion no. 2 repli...

No item exist at http://<servername>....Item may have been deleted ......

I have a data view webpart of some other list on my Dispform.aspx page. I have added edit and create new links in it. Create new item link is workin fine but when I m clicking on edit, its showing me error: No item exist at http:....listname/Dispform.aspx?ID=1&Source=http://...listname/Allitems.aspx. It may have been deleted or renamed b...

Customizing an item's view in SharePoint Designer

I've created a list called Newsletters (columns: Title, Date and News - a multi lookup to a News list), and a DataFormWebPart displaying an item from this list. Now I'm modifing the XSLT transformation to change the displayed view. At the moment an item is simply displayed with its Title, Date and News attributes, where News attribute...

Best practice for redesigning a SharePoint site

Basically need to use SharePoint (because we promote MS yay!) as a content management system for an internet facing site. How do I get rid of the default SharePoint look and feel and make it look like however I want it to? I know the process involves creating a new masterpage with SharePoint Designer. However I prefer to code webpages...

SharePoint Development and Data Centric Projects

I was involved in a SharePoint(WSS) project that was very data centric. The project consisted of more than 500 lists that has very complex relations between them. The client also asked for more than 350 Reports. Don't tell me why did you use SharePoint from the beginning. It was a managerial decision and we already delivered the project ...

Is there a good reference SharePoint's databinding syntax?

I'm putting asp server-controls into my SharePoint XSLT using SharePoint Designer. I've found it's really handy for pre-populating values into the form, or providing a different experience than the SharePoint defined layout (hidden fields, etc). For example, I can use a asp:TextBox control instead of the SharePoint:FormField control if...

How to bind a SharePoint textfield to a dropdownlist?

I'm customizing a custom list form in xslt using SharePoint designer. In my list, I have a textbox that represents a numerical value. I would like to present this textbox to the user as a dropdown list with pre-defined values (1-7). Unfortunately, I can't use a SPFieldChoice because it is evaluated as a string in my SharePoint Designe...

Accessing a SPListItem from SPListItemCollection directly

Hi, I have a SPList object and use SPList.Items to get the SPListItemCollection. From this collection I need to access one SPListItem for which the UniqueID or GUID is not know. Is it possible to access the element directly using Display Name or any other information (other than GUID or UniqueId). Any idea will be appreciated. ...

Add a dynamic table row in Page Layout in Sharepoint Designer

I'm trying to add a table row dynamically to a Page Layout in Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007. For example I have this table: <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img alt="" src="/_catalogs/masterpage/images/01.jpg"><br><br><br> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding-lef...

How to get a textbox to accept and display text in SharePoint?

I need to use SharePoint Server 2007 to create a page that displays some information but also allows users to add or modify the text. I used SharePoint Designer to create a table full of the information, and added a text box to one of the cells in this table. I want that text box to display a name of a car (for example) but so it can al...

View Page (DispForm.aspx) not associated properly for Sharepoint list

I have a list with customized versions of NewForm.aspx, EditForm.aspx and DispForm.aspx. The list has been up for more than a year and contains about 1700 rows. Earlier I made a minor change to DispForm.aspx and it seems like the list lost it's association with DispForm.aspx as the default view page. Links from all views now point to "s...

Sharepoint 2007 : How to disable TextBox

Hello, I am new to sharepoint 2007. I have a following requirement. 1) I would to create a custom list for employee where they can select the item and fill-out the form and submit. Example : List --> Hard Disk --> Click --> Create new list --> List has following fields 1) EmpID 2) Customer name (Text) , 3) Order Date, 4) Qty 5...

Sharepoint 2007 : Populate Drop down list box 2 based on selection of Drop down listbox1

Hi, I have two drop down list box . I would like to populate drop down listbox 2 based on selection in drop down listbox 1. Can you please guide me whether this possible in the sharepoint 2007. Both drop down listbox populate from database. I have created custom list that contains both the drop downbox. Any help would be highly app...