Hi

I have been following various blog posts about customising web parts
to enable a project RAG status column using coloured icons in MOSS
2007.

This involves editing the web part in XSLT dataview though SharePoint
Designer and adding the following code to the RAG column:

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@RAG='Green'">
<img border="0" src="../images/green.gif"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="@RAG='Amber'">
<img border="0" src="../images/amber.gif"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="@RAG='Red'">
<img border="0" src="../images/red.gif"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise/>
</xsl:choose>
<!--<xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes"
select="ddwrt:AutoNewLine(string(@RAG))" />-->

It works just fine on my temp default2.aspx page but id like to get
the web part exported and then imported into the web part gallery to
avoid having to use a page which has been detached from the SharePoint
page layout.

I have tried exporting the web part from SPD & also from the browser
(Edit / Export), saving the .webpart file locally and then importing
the .webpart file direct to the page & site gallery.

However, when i add the web part to the default.aspx page it throws an
error and refers me back to the web part maintenance page to disable
the offending web part.


Posts i have been looking at include:

Color Coding Fields in WebParts: msd2d.com/Content/
Tip_viewitem_03NoAuth.aspx?section=Sharepoint&id=5 252A6A8-096F-4F20-
B321-4A04B2F8624C

Export Web Part as a DWP: http://mindsharpblogs.com/todd/archi...10/25/789.aspx

Deploying DWPs to a Web Part Page: http://mindsharpblogs.com/todd/archi...08/04/646.aspx

Creating Dataview of 'My Links'... :
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mic...fa3c125257dd45



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks - Hannah

Chapter 5 of "Real World SharePoint 2007" is a chapter on using SPD 2007
to create Data View Web Parts.

One of the examples there (from Dustin Miller) uses a Tasks List with
conditional formatting so that if the Due Date is less than the Current
Date and Status isn't equal to Completed then a field is set to red (in
my test case to red + blinking).

It's a very simple procedure and it sounds as if yours is a similar
issue that could be solved in the same way.

(Link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...0168358/heme0f (Amazon US))

Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ www.wssfaq.com / wss.collutions.com
no private e-mail questions please

hannah wrote:
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Thanks Mike; unfortunately I don't have access to the book. Are you
able to explain the example?

What I was trying to indicate is that you can do this quite easily by
using a Data View Web Part. You have SPD 2007 so try to use the Data
menu item to create (on default.aspx for instance - or another web part
page) a Data View Web Part that gets its information from the list where
you have this status part.

You'll see that by right-clicking an item in a column you can set
conditions for that column (which may include conditions for other
columns as in my previous text) and then when the conditions are
complete you'll be given a screen where you can say which colour to
apply if the condition is fulfilled.

(Please always quote the previous parts of the thread. Luckily I could
still remember this one)

Mike Walsh

hannah wrote:
[..]

Many thanks for that.

I see what you mean - but im not sure this solves the issue because i
still need to detach the page from the page layout to be able to add
the data view web part in SharePoint Designer. This method achieves
the same outcome as converting the original web part to XSLT view and
adding in the styles as in my first post and works well as such.

I wonder if there is a way to be able to add in a column to the actual
data source so that the colour / icons are used through out the web
part output, ie in the actual form library?

Hannah



On 24 Oct, 17:24, Mike Walsh <englantilai> wrote:
[..]

For anyone else following this there are details on adding conditional
formatting to a data view here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sh...996241033.aspx

On 24 Oct, 17:24, Mike Walsh <englantilai> wrote:
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