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SharePoint 2010 – Content Query Web Part Continued
Categories: CQWP, Development, How To, How To Code, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010
So in the last post we looked at some of the basic Content Query Web Part functionality within SharePoint 2010. In this post we will go a little deeper and look at how items are tied together with the new tool pane UI and the XSL renderings. So fi.....
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SharePoint 2010 – Content Query Web Part
Categories: SharePoint 2010, SharePoint, How To, CQWP
One of the greatest web parts that made its way into SharePoint 2007 was the Content Query Web Part. I have been a great advocate of this control for a long time, so felt it useful to look at the new features of the control and what we still have .....
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CQWP HINTS – Main News Item and Sub News Items
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, SharePoint, CQWP, XSL
While working with the CQWP and with specific clients, I was asked about displaying some news items in a specific format. Normally for lots of clients the following layout works well. However for this specific format the following layout was .....
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CQWP HINTS – Windows Media Player
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, SharePoint, CQWP, XSL
In the last few posts I have given a few hints for when you need to use the CQWP. In this post we will again look at using the CQWP, but this time look at making it display a little Windows Media Player control that plays a video from our media st.....
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CQWP HINTS – Import XSL Styles into “ItemStyle.xsl”
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, SharePoint, CQWP, XSL
NOTE: Brendon beat me too the next post!! :-) Check it here: http://blogs.sharepointguys.com/brendon/sharepoint-2007/programming/connecting-the-cqwp-without-changing-itemstyle-xsl/ One of the problems with using the CQWP in SharePoint is that if.....
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CQWP HINTS - Only show more link if needed
Categories: Development, SharePoint, Office System 2007, CQWP, XSL
In the last posts we looked at tweaking the XSL slightly to change the title URL. In this post we will continue with the CQWP and XSL. In one of my previous posts I showed how to add a "[more]" button and a short description that comes f.....
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CQWP HINTS – Swap the “title” URL from “$SafeLinkUrl” to a custom URL
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, SharePoint, CQWP, XSL
Hopefully by now you may know that I am a great advocate of the Content Query Web Part within the SharePoint environment. Over the past few weeks I have had lots of requests for little style changes or just general questions on how to do things wi.....
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MOSS2007 – Show InfoPath fields within CQWP (Yes you can)
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, InfoPath, SharePoint, CQWP, XSL
In the last post I had been investigating if it was possible to view the fields that are created by the "Administrator Approved" InfoPath forms. After a little tip from Adri Verlaan from Microsoft, I have been able to get the columns to .....
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