Monthly Archives: June 2010

Display a Sub-Site List on a Top Level Site

In SharePoint 2007, it was possible to display any list or library from one site on another site in the same site collection, but to accomplish it usually entailed digging into SharePoint Designer and creating a data view web part.  There was that little button when designing a data view web part, called “Connect to another Library”, which let you

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Phone Number Validation in SharePoint 2007

Yes, you can do ANY kind of validation such as phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, zip codes, whatever.  If you’re really nerdy, you can even validate IP addresses.  I just thought I’d catch your attention with the title, since phone numbers are one of the most frequent types of data that people need to validate.  This is all

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SharePoint Related Lists (Part 4 of 4)

Yes, the title of this post is a little confusing, especially if you read the other 3 parts, but let me explain.  The first three parts of this series were all about the Query String URL Filter, and how to create mashups that display multiple related lists on one page.  Lists have a lot more relational capabilities now, which is

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Query String URL & Data View Web Parts (Part 3 of 4)

In the last two posts of this series, I showed you how to use the MOSS Enterprise out of box web part called the Query String (URL) Filter.  This post will show you how to accomplish the same thing, but without MOSS.  This entails using the data view web part.  I’ll use the same example of a project details page. 

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SharePoint 2010 – Dynamic Calculations in a List Form

STOP USING INFOPATH In SharePoint lists that contain calculated columns, you may have noticed that when a new form is being created or edited, the results of calculated columns do not display in the form itself, so the user does cannot see the result of the calculation until after they have saved that item.  The calculated field can then be

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