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Sharepoint Designer 2010 Error: Error Creating Control

I have created a new oob calendar, added two choice columns to the default content type. One of the columns should only be available on the edit form, not the new form. So, I opened Designer 2010. ...
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NullReferenceException: Task List, RelatedItems and New Item Forms

I started trying to make myself a custom New Item form for a OOTB task list in SharePoint Server 2013 with the latest CU's. I found that if my DataFormWebPart had the RelatedItems field present and ...
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Unable to update default list forms on a Sharepoint 2007 list

I have created some custom forms for a Sharepoint 2007 list using Sharepoint Designer 2007. When I attempt to "install" these by opening the list properties dialog box in SPD, it appears to accept ...
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Making a Request form that pulls from Calculated Columns of other list

I'm new here (first post). I have already read the great articles on this page but never posted until now. I am looking for some guidance on this and hope you experts can help me. Overview: I want ...
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Opening newform/editform.aspx in SP Designer for further customization only shows default forms

On a document library I have a custom content type and I want to edit its forms in SP Designer. Going to the library in Designer and clicking on any of the forms in the Forms section shows a seemingly ...
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Creating a New Form for content types in SharePoint Designer

This question is specific for SharePoint 2010. I have one list with 2 site content types. In SharePoint Designer, I can create a New Form and specify a content type for that specific New Form. When ...
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Straightforward Approach To Creating Form?

Standard "out of the box" SharePoint forms aren't very aesthetically pleasing and quite clunky in form. I know that SharePoint designer lets you create custom forms/pages using Asp/aspx. Is there a ...
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Reformatting the Choice Field to be more user friendly

This is an odd one, so I appreciate any help with this. We have a choice field, Work Status, on a list used for project tracking. Over the course of requirements creep (out of my control!), the ...
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Custom list forms not appearing

I have two lists, A and B. I created A and then used Designer to create a custom New and Edit forms and everything works fine. I recently created list B, created custom new and edit forms but they ...
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save and insert custom form as webpart

I have a list, lets call it Potatoes. This list normally offers me NewPotato.aspx, EditPotato.aspx and ViewPotato.aspx. I needed a custom edit form, so I made SubscribePotato.aspx. How can I save ...
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How to create event registration form that sends AUTOMATIC CONFIRMATION EMAIL using SharePoint 2010 anonymous custom list?

I'm trying to develop event registration form using anonymous SharePoint 2010 custom list. Now, I got all the features I want; form fields, submit button that leads to confirmation page, but I want ...
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Sharepoint 2010 custom calendar display form Date formatting not displaying on site

I have been tasked with setting up a calendar on SharePoint 2010 Foundation to record bookings. I would like to use a custom display form so I can remove and/or reorder the fields. I created a new ...
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Duplicate a list and associated custom workflows

I have a list with custom forms (created in Designer) and custom workflows (also created in Designer). It has been decided that that information entered into this list should be kept in two lists in ...
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SharePoint 2010 error while loading form

After a recent master page update I am noticing that some pages which usually have embedded forms are now displaying the following super informative error: There has been an error while loading the ...
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SPD - SOAP data source bound to form contrl = no data fields to pick from?

SP2010, SPD2010. Got a NewForm.aspx form. I am trying to populate a dropdown control with IDs and Names, coming from users in a particular group. In SPD, Site Objects > Data Sources, I have created a ...
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SPD and form fields - can I refer to field IDs by their SPD variables, “ff6{$Pos}”?

I'm working on a NewForm.aspx in SPD. The form controls and labels have an ID such as "ff6{$Pos}", "ff4description{$Pos}" and so forth. As I mouse over those items, I see SPD calls it a "code ...
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getItemById javascript error

I'm creating a custom form and am trying to add a button to the form, and have functionality when its clicked. I don't really have much experience with javascript, so if there is a better approach to ...
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Method behind attachment, for custom pages

This may be a poorly formed question, but I'm fairly new to sharepoint. What I'm doing is creating a custom page (just basic HTML and JS), and using that page to call SPAPI and SPServices to input ...
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Attachments on custom forms

I have some lists on my SharePoint site that use custom new and edit forms. I found that these custom forms would not allow attachments. Implementing the Microsoft solution from here has solved the ...
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Sharepoint designer generated forms

I'm, quite unsuccessfully until now, trying to change sharepoint's default forms. Well I can create/change and set another form to be the default and that's where my success ends. When editing a site ...
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sharepoint field radio button onclick

We have a custom list with choice radio button field with values (Yes,No) and a Checkbox field. We want to hide the Checkbox when user click no, how we can achieve this in SPD? what is the best way ...
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How to create custom EditForm and DisplayForm for custom content type?

I have developed a custom ASPX SharePoint application page using Visual Studio. I would like to use that page as the EditForm and DisplayForm for the custom content type. At the moment, my page is ...
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How to integrate custom .ASPX solution in SharePoint list EditForm

I have developed a custom SharePoint solution which is consisted of one ASPX application page. Now, I would like to integrate that functionality in list item edit form. I have decided to create a ...
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How do I use the form save button with a custom web part?

In order to familiarize myself with SharePoint development, I have created a custom web part to replace the default New, Edit, and Display forms of a custom list. Is there a way to use the already ...
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Custom List edit & view options go to root calendar

I have used sharepoint designer to create some custom forms for viewing & editing list items, however now when I select either of those options the link takes me to the calendar of the root site. ...
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Designer - Form Error when Moving Drop Down

I've created a custom list which is working just fine. The next step I need to achieve is to create a custom form for users to enter in the items to this custom list. This all seemed simple enough, so ...
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How to edit InfoPath form from SharePoint Designer when it only returns an error message

I'm trying to edit an InfoPath form for an external list from SharePoint Designer. After clicking on the "Design Forms in InfoPath" button I get the following error: "Object 'blablabla.rem' has been ...
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How to display lookup additional field in display form?

I have two lists: Projects and Tasks In the Tasks list, I have created a lookup field titled ProjectID which targets ID filed from the Projects list. Also, I have set for this field to display an ...
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How to migrate custom list forms

We have several lists in our WSS 3.0 environment where NewForm.aspx, EditForm.aspx and DisplayForm.aspx are customized via SharePoint Designer 2007. Now we plan to upgrade to SharePoint Foundation ...
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Content Type dropdown in a custom list edit form

I have two content types created A and B. I have a list definition where I placed those content types. Using SPD 2010, I created a custom list edit form and as you know, SPD 2010 will ask you to bind ...
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How to merge InfoPath forms? [closed]

I have a set of forms having some information in repeating table... I need to merge these forms and view it in a single page... Is it possible?
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Customize the listforms(newform.aspx) using sharepoint designer

I am working on customizing the newform.apx of the list called customerList. So I went ahead and created a newform1.aspx using designer. This newform1.aspx has all the columns of the customerList. ...
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My custom form isn't saving lookup fields

I have a list with two content types. I've created two custom forms for creating new items (because one field I don't want until the 'edit' form). One works great. The other one doesn't. What's ...
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__redirect not working after __commit on Form Action Button

This is in Sharepoint 2007 -- Designer I have written a Form Action button and it has the following Code: <input type="button" value="Add List Item" name="BtnSave" onlick="javascript: ...
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Code-behind in a custom EditForm page

I've inherited a project that has a custom Edit form for a list. It's called EditFormCustom.aspx. The page was customized through SharePoint designer. A code-behind was added by doing the following: ...
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SPD 2010: Can fields be hidden by Conditional Formatting on NewForm?

I use content types to dynamically change which fields (columns) are initially displayed on the newform page. I am trying to have the fields change as the user is filling out the form. I was trying to ...
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Multiple Item Form only updates last row

I've created a multiple item form in SharePoint Designer 2007. However when I click save only the last row gets updated. I've simplified this down to just a primary key value and an input field yet ...
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SharePoint Designer doesn't see changes in content type

I've changed a site content type and set it to update those that inherit from it. However, when I go to create a custom list form based on a list with one of those content types, SPD gives me the old ...
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SPD 2007 Custom Calendar NewForm.aspx broke DispForm.aspx

Hello I edited NewForm.aspx in a Calendar List now every time someone clicks on an event in any calendar view for the list, it takes the user to NewForm.aspx instead of DispForm.aspx, I changed GUIDs ...
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Sharepoint Designer 2010 Make Copy of NewForm.aspx

How do you create a new copy of NewForm.aspx in Sharepoint Designer 2010. I would like to the customize the copy. I tried to copy the source code from the original to a new New Item Form, but that ...
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How to connect a customized Dispform to a different list?

I have two lists (List A and List B) that were created from the same list template. The Dispform for List A was customized (some fields were cut out and others were rearranged). The customized ...
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SPD - Inline Editing

How do I customize the edit template to look different than the default template? For example, I'd like to only display a few columns of information but when the edit link is clicked on for the DVWP, ...
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SharePoint Designer: Customised NewForm.aspx 'Magically' set as default for list

The situation. I inherited a SharePoint Portal with an 'Issues' list which was being used to add new work items using the IT Bug Content Type. Users asked for some additional fields for the ...