August 2008 - Posts

• Creating Workflows in Microsoft Office Live

  Hi all, Rohit Puri here. SPD makes it super easy to create workflows on Microsoft Office Live site. You should try to create one on your own. Here are step by step instructions. steps: 1. Launch SPD. 2. Open Site and pass it your office live site e.g Read More... Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 1:56 PM by spdblog | 7 Comments

• Creating Master-Detail views with Web Part connections using Flickr Services as a Data Source

  Hi everyone, Allan Smith here. I’m a Software Development Engineer in Test on the SharePoint Designer Data team. I have a great example of using a server-side script data source to create Master-Detail views using the DataFormWebPart. My finished example Read More... Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 5:24 PM by spdblog | 8 Comments

• Plugging Web Controls Into The Property Grid

  When creating or modifying a web page, one of the handy new features in SharePoint Designer 2007 is the Tag Properties task pane. It not only shows you the values for properties you have set, it shows you the other available properties and for certain Read More... Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 5:54 PM by spdblog | 4 Comments

• How To: Run A Workflow When a Specific Field Changes

  Hi all, Kesha here once again with a tip using Workflow. Stephen Howard posted a very helpful video showing how to design a Workflow which runs when a specific field changes, you can find it on Microsoft Office Online . In short, the video demonstrates Read More... Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 4:43 PM by spdblog | 4 Comments

• Date Functions in Calculated Fields

  Hi everyone, This is Amber from the SharePoint Designer Data team. This post walks you through using calculated fields in Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) to show items from the Current month. Lots of posts cover the use of calculated fields, but none Read More... Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 5:20 PM by spdblog | 24 Comments