Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:value-of> Outputs the value to which it evaluates, whether it be the value of a column, a variable, etc. <xsl:value-of> is sort of the “biggie” XSL tag. It’s what you use to output values of things that are variable. Pretty much every other tag we’ve talked about exists to get you to…
There’s a great article in the February 2010 issue (18.02 for you fans) of Wired magazine. The Editor in Chief of Wired, Chris Anderson, tells us that Atoms Are the New Bits. Chris’s premise, which I fully believe, is that manufacturing is about to undergo the same sort of fundamental shift we’ve seen in information…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:choose> Like <xsl:if>, but with multiple possibilities, more like if-then-else. <xsl:when> Used within <xsl:choose> as a conditional test. If the test is true, then the contained code is executed and the <xsl:choose> is exited. <xsl:otherwise> Used within <xsl:choose> as the “fall-back” condition. If none of the prior <xsl:when>s have been executed, the…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:if> A single conditional test. If the test is true, then the contained code is executed. <xsl:if> is one of the simple workhorses in the Data View Web Part (DVWP) XSL arsenal. Its entire goal in life is to determine whether the code it contains is executed or not. Looking at our…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:sort> Used within an <xsl:for-each> to determine the sort order in which the nodeset (group of rows) are processed. <xsl:sort> allows you to change the default sort order of the items as they are displayed in a Data View Web Part (DVWP). By default (in almost all cases), the items will be…
I’ve been tweeting and crowing about how awesome my new HP Envy 15 laptop is. There are some good photos of the laptop and its packaging over at notebooks.com (this photo is borrowed from the site). Quite a few people have asked what I put in it, so I thought I’d post the specs here. …
Where to begin? I can’t believe that I haven’t gone to any SharePoint conferences before. It was a tremendous experience on many levels. First and foremost, I was able to meet many of the SharePoint folks I’ve been tweeting with and following on the Interwebs over the last few years. It’s one thing to think you know someone…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:for-each> A way to iterate over a nodeset (group of rows). Once you have a rowset like the $Rows I talked about in the prior article about <xsl:variable>, you’ll want to do something with it. If you’ve ever used a report writer or created reports in an application like Microsoft Access, the…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:variable> A value you create for use within a template which is only defined within the scope of that template. Parameters and variables are used interchangeably, but how you create them is a bit different. While a parameter is a value which you expect to receive, a variable is something which you…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:param> A value you’ve passed into a template with <xsl:with-param>. You need to have an <xsl:param> at the top of the template for each value you expect to be passed into it. I talked in the last post about passing values into templates using <xsl:with-param>. Whenever you pass these values, you need…