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…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:with-param> You use this with <xsl:call-template> when you want to pass a value into a template, usually a value that varies. Once you’ve laid down the foundation and framed the rooms with <xsl:template> and <xsl:call-template> (one of my goals in this series is to mix as many metaphors as possible), you can…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… <xsl:call-template> This is how you call a template which you’ve defined with <xsl-template>. In the last installment, I showed you what templates SharePoint Designer usually creates when you set up a Data View Web Part (DVWP). Having the templates in place is great, but you need a way to chain them together…