As a follow on to my last post, getting the syntax right for Javascript to work well within XSL can drive you a little batty at times. One good trick is using the <xsl:attribute> tag. The XSL below is a snippet from the page that I described in my last post. When the user checks…
I’ve been working a lot with custom forms in SharePoint lately, and I’m finding all sorts of shortcuts. Here’s a good example. I’ve got a form on which I am allowing the user to select 1-n tickets for an event by ticking a checkbox in each row. The form displays all available tickets for the…
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…
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…