How do I create buttons on a custom list form?

Question

I have custom list(on SharePoint 2007). The user receives an email with link to this list. In each row(item) the user needs to fill-in data.

I want to create two types of buttons:

1. When the user finishes filling in data in the specific(one) item he will press on the button in order to complete that step, and that press will transfer the user to the next item.
2. When the user finishes filling in data in the entire list(all the items) he will press on the button, and that press will return the user to the home page.

How can I create these buttons?

Answer 1

Create custom edit forms for the list. You can either create a custom list edit form in SharePoint Designer or in InfoPath. When you create the link in your email, amend the source attribute to point back to your home page.

WSS 3.0 / MOSS

http://kalsing.blogspot.com/2006/11/create-custom-list-form-for-sharepoint.html

Foundation / SP 2010

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-designer-help/edit-list-forms-using-infopath-2010-in-sharepoint-designer-HA101631624.aspx

Answer 2

What you're describing sounds like a workflow. Each item completed allows the user to complete the next item. Instead of doing that, which could get messy if you have several workflows, try this.

Investigate the survey list.

Answer 3

look at this link:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Rc5hv7sLoL8J:sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx%3FID%3D136+create+button+sharepoint&cd=1&hl=iw&ct=clnk&gl=il&source=www.google.co.il

this post explain how to create button on sharepoint with the "content editor web-part" without using sharepoint design :)

Answer 4

Create button on sharepoint list:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Rc5hv7sLoL8J:sharepoint.microsoft.com/Blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx%3FID%3D136+create+button+sharepoint&cd=1&hl=iw&ct=clnk&gl=il&source=www.google.co.il

Answer 5

One way of achieving this is to create a webpart which uses SP.ListOperation.Selection. getSelectedItems(context) and use the values to operate on. Your webpart will also contain the required buttons, just like regular aspx (button_OnClick)

Then attach this webpart into AllItems.aspx (or any other view page) of the custom list. The getSelectedItems() will return the items selected in that list.