Serge van den Oever wrote this MSDN article about the functions that are available in the ddwrt namespace. He wrote it for SharePoint 2003 and posted it to MSDN in October 2005, but I’ve never found a newer or better reference for MOSS. I’ve used Serge’s postings many times to help solve challenges, and I…
In a recent post, I pointed out a way to roll up calendar entries using the Data View Web Part (DVWP). That approach works if you have a fixed set of calendars for which you’d like to display the roll-up. But what if you’d like the roll-up to be dynamic, i.e., have it display events…
Especially when you are using Data View Web Parts (DVWPs), but anytime you are using a Web Part that allows custom XLS to control display, you may want to do a test on dates. Doing this is relatively easy if you know a few of the ddwrt namespace date functions. In this example, let’s say…
There is no dearth of opinion on this topic, whether it be from Microsoft or any of the many, many vendors out there who want to help you justify, plan, design, implement, or support (or paint, or count, or whatever) your SharePoint installation. So, I thought it would be absolutely critical for me to toss…
The idea of rolling up calendars across multiple SharePoint sites comes up very frequently in conversations with clients. We’ve always tried to think of a nice, elegant way to make it work, but haven’t ever really come up with the “right” answer. I saw a post on SharePointPedia today that looks to be that “right”…