I just released a new version of the SPXSLT Codeplex Project with a few minor changes. I’ve added a new template called GetUserNames. It’s very similar to GetUserIDs, except that it parses out the user names (rather than IDs) from a Person or Group column value. It requires the GetUserName template to function. Both GetUserNames…
Sometimes in a SharePoint form, you might want to include a link which takes the user off to do something else. Maybe it’s to look at another list or some other page; it doesn’t really matter. If you’ve got a nice, fancy customized form using a DVWP, you can make that link a little smarter…
One of the comments I sometimes get when I talk about the beauty of Data View Web Parts (DVWPs) in SharePoint is “You know, XSL is a declarative language, not a procedural one.” I gave a talk last night at the Boston Area SharePoint User Group (BASPUG) called Developing in SharePoint’s Middle Tier and it…
The SPXSLT Codeplex Project has been languishing a bit due to a lack of time to focus on it on my part. (See my earlier blog post New CodePlex Project: SharePoint XSL Templates (SPXSLT) for more information on what this project is about.) These XSL templates can be used in your Data View Web Parts…
I got a question via email today, the answer to which seemed generally useful: While you’re not as cool as Old Spice guy (sorry, nobody is that cool) you are the uber CQWP guy. Enough ego stroking this morning? Anyways, quick question. Any idea how to display a custom message in the CQWP when you…
I got this question in one of my courses over at the USPJ Academy, and I though the answer might be more widely useful. JavaScript files (and CSS files) can be minified for production use) – ref. your post on the JavaScript CompressorRator. I was wondering – by pure curiosity – if compressing xsl templates…
Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… About a month ago, at the suggestion of @iwkid, I created a new Codeplex project called SPXSLT. My goal was to start providing a library of useful XSL templates for people to use in Data View Web Parts (DVWPs) or Content Query Web Parts (CQWPs) in SharePoint. It’s a bit different from most…
Here’s proof that you should never stop learning (or at least trying to learn). I ran across a post on the MSDN SharePoint – Design and Customization forum just now that showed me a trick I’d never run into before. I don’t know that I’ve ever had the need to show file attachments for items in…
Yesterday, I saw a tweet from Joel Ward which immediately got my attention: Joel and I went back and forth on Twitter for a while. The gist of the conversation was: What is the best game in town for tools and tricks for end users (Obvious answer: EndUserSharePoint.com) and would a repository of the…
Starting today, my series of articles on Unlocking the Mysteries of the SharePoint Data View Web Part XSL Tags from my blog and EndUsersharePoint.com is available for download as an eBook from the Sympraxis Consulting Web site. I’ve had many requests to “bind this content up” into a book or eBook, so I did just that….