There are many occasions where you might like to do some validation on NewForm.aspx and/or EditForm.aspx in SharePoint beyond the simple column by column validation which the form provides automagically. For instance, if you have two dates, you might want to ensure that the second is after the first, or you may want the entry…
In an earlier post, I wrote about Eliminating Duplicates in Data View Web Parts. I just got a question on that post about how to create the dropdown in the first place, and it seemed post-worthy. Generally, you’ll want to create a separate DVWP containing a dropdown and use it to trigger the display of…
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time over on the SharePoint – Design and Customization forum at MSDN trying to provide answers to some of the questions there. Based on many of the questions that I’ve seen, my favorite Data View Web Part (DVWP) continues to be underused, even given its tremendous potential. Something…
I’ve alluded to this in the past, but I had a client situation in the last few days that brought it top of mind again. One of the quirks of a Crosslist DVWP is that you *must* specify all columns you would like to display in the CAML for the Data Source. You can add…
There are a number of posts about this in blogs out there about this trick and I’m not sure who posted first, so I’ll attribute it to the Ferrara Data Consulting | Company Blog. It’s certainly a useful trick, and worth repeating. By default, all SharePoint lists have a column called Title (@Title for you…
I exchanged a bunch of emails last week with someone named Chris who had found my blog and was just starting out with WSS. His goal was to do a proof of concept of sorts, based on some work he had read about which was done by Provoke (a Microsoft Gold Certified partner based in…
I had a colleague ask me yesterday: “Microsoft probably made Designer free for general HTML editing purposes, not just as a utility for SharePoint…what do you think?” I actually don’t think that Microsoft released SharePoint Designer for free for general purposes, but to expand what people are doing with SharePoint. I think that most organizations do far…
So, now that SharePoint Designer is free, your first question is going to be how to prevent people from using it, right? Well, first, take a deep breath and sit back. It’s time to think about what you actually want to accomplish. SharePoint Designer is indeed totally free now. What this means is that any…
I’d heard the rumors, but now it’s apparently true: My favorite Microsoft development tool is now free. This seems like a shift in strategy for Microsoft, but they try to explain their reasoning in a Letter to SharePoint Designer Customers. If you follow my blog at all, you know that I think you can do…
Today’s SharePoint Saturday here in Boston (Microsoft’s office in Waltham, actually) was a great success by my measure. I’m not sure how many people were there, but every session I went to was packed, the crowd was truly engaged, and the discussions were rich. Thanks to all who came to my session: Developing with SharePoint…