The great thing about the DVWP is that it’s just XSL. XSL is what tells the browser what to draw in HTML, so you can go in and remove any of the columns you don’t want the user to filter by.

This question came in my email from Fernando: I used the code from your article, Extending the DVWP – Part 22: Creating Title Based on Other Fields in jQuery. I’m having a problem when using fields that are not “Text”, for example in fields combo box or radio button the variable returns “undefined”.

So, with a little massaging, you can overcome the default functionality of SharePoint that hides the insert link when the list is empty.

How I Created a SharePoint List to Replace an Excel Spreadsheet That Was Being Routed Around to 15 Managers Every Month by Creating a Web Part Page for Each Manager Which Displays an Editable Table of Employee Information Filtered into Easy-to-Read and –Update Tabs, Using Site Columns, Cascading Dropdowns, DVWPs, EasyTabs, Form Action Workflows, PreSaveAction(), SPServices/jQuery, XSLT, and CSS.

SharePoint: Extending the DVWP – Part 34: Using Icons for Form Action Links Peter has put together a great resource for searching through the SharePoint Layout Images even if you have admin access to the /_layouts/images/ directory.

SharePoint: Extending the DVWP – Part 33: Modifying Total and Subtotal Row Layouts in DVWP

SharePoint: Extending the DVWP – Part 32: Filling in Default Data on the insert Template with Multiple DVWPs

SharePoint: Extending the DVWP – Part 31: Filling in Default Data on the insert Template with jQuery

SharePoint: Extending the DVWP – Part 30: Using EasyTabs with Filtered DVWPs to Make Data Manageable

SharePoint: Extending the DVWP – Part 29: Modifying Form Action Workflows on the remove Template