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Thursday, May 14, 2009

6 Minute Screencast: Data View Web Part – Add a Hyperlink to a Field

This screencast is a supplement to Laura Roger’s article, Data View Web Part, The Basics – Add a Hyperlink. As a side note, I don’t know why her face is green… maybe it has something to do with the new Star Trek movie that just opened. Where’s Kirk when you need him?

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Laura Rogers is leading a live online workshop this Friday: Getting Started with the Data View Web Part.

 

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10 Responses to “6 Minute Screencast: Data View Web Part – Add a Hyperlink to a Field”
  1. George W says:

    Thanks ! Another gem from EUSP — that you won’t find in clear English anywhere else.

  2. Claudio says:

    Thanks Laura! Not sure why have you used the “Title” column in the example for lists, that can point to the item OOB. I guess you can use this approach for custom lists where for whatever reason you avoid using the title column, right?

  3. Laura Rogers says:

    Claudio,
    I haven’t gone over the “whys” of using data view web parts yet. You’re right, if you’re using a regular list view, the title column is already a link. But, if you just happen to be using a data view web part to display your list, the title column will not automatically be a link. When you sign up for my workshops, you’ll learn about reasons people use this web part, and specific business cases and examples.

  4. Mick Brown says:

    Nice one Laura. Mark: I think you only get that green tinge only comes up if you are a bit of a greenhorn with SPD – it happened on my PC too!

  5. Niche says:

    An easier method of linking List items to its display form would be to right click on the item, Format As, Hyperlink To, Display Form…

  6. Frank Familiari says:

    DEEE-LUXE!

    Excellent screencast. Will try the suggestion from Niche too.

    thank you.

  7. Sahil says:

    Hi laura, this method doesnt’;t work in SPD 2010, i put /{@FileDirRef}/DispForm.aspx?ID={@ID} but it doesn’t work, i have a site collection under sites managed path. what should i do

  8. Nlhizon says:

    Hi Laura, when i clicked on the hyperlinked item and did edit on the data, when I click-on the OK button (to save my edited data), the page being displayed is the view of that list. Is there a way that after exiting from the editform, the originating page (test.aspx) should be displayed?

    thanks
    Nathaniel

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