Thanks for writing this series. It helped understanding how to apply dynamic filter on the data view.

I’m trying to do the same using a different control. Instead of using the drop down list control that’s available through ASP.NET Controls, I’m using “DateTimeControl” from “Server Controls (Sharepoint)”. When I insert this control, I don’t get any option to “Choose data source” for this control. Would you be able to help?

If you would like to know more on what I’m trying to do, you can check the following post:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomization/thread/0e3c9e83-0301-4bce-aa67-81f91d613c7c

Thanks,

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I have the problem that as I go into sharepoint designer and attempt to insert the data source control that option is greyed out? Why would this be? Would it be because of how I set up the categories list?

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Glynn Williams

I did the same thing, but ended up with loads of duplicate values. We did implement a work around and had success. If I didn’t have to use a workaround that would be great.

Thanks.

I’ve used this method before and I have to say it’s a favorite of mine. Thank you for writing it up. This works very well the way you have set it up — using a separate authority list to store the category data and create the data source from that. Have you ever had any success using, say, a choice field on the main list as the data source? I have a number of places I want to do something like this but end up with duplicates in the drop down, since the choice field is non-unique. Do you have any insights on how to make the choices in the dropdown unique?