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Changing the Edit link of SharePoint Data Views

This is the last post in the series about changing the links ( delete , insert and edit). Finally, I'm here to talk about changing the Edit link. How to… Replace each "BLOCKED SCRIPT" to: The original edit links allows the user to update the data in the data view. The link looks like that: < a href ="BLOCKED SCRIPT {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent(concat('__cancel;dvt_1_form_editkey={',$KeyValue,'}'))}"> edit </ a > Here we also have 2 options to edit...

Changing the Insert link of SharePoint Data Views

Hi all, It has been a while since I have written my last post. Right now, I'm in between exams but I had to take some brake in order to write my second post regarding the link options of data views. In my last post I have written about changing the "Delete" link in the data view in a way that the user will be prompted before he deletes the item. In this post I will explain 2 way to change the " Insert " links. Before I'll start it is important to mention that I have changed...

Delete Item from Data View

A few days ago I had to give my users access to delete items directly from the data view. I have noticed that the designer's default delete option is missing the validation question "Are you sure you want to delete this item?". This post will explain how to add the delete item link with the prompted question. In Addition I didn't like the "Insert Item" and "Edit Item" links and I changed them as well – but this is issue for another post. Adding delete link After...

Filtering Data Views with ASP Controls

In the previous post I talked about filtering data views with URL parameters. In this post I will deal with filtering the data with ASP.Net controls. Tip – You can’t insert the control when you point on a web part zone; You can add <br> tag under a web part zone and add the control there. Here are the steps: Right-click on the list/library that will supply the values for the control in the Data source library panel. Chose the second option “ Insert source data control”. If your prompted to...

My First Data View

First of all thank you for you kind welcome ! Now I need to start working… I love using Data views! It's very flexible, looks good (if you're doing it right) and you can do a lot of things that aren't available in the custom SharePoint web parts (in the browser). This post is very basic one – it is the first steps for creating data views. A lot of my posts in will deal with data view so I thought I should start with step-by-step post. Let's start… Create a page in the SharePoint site...