I recently spent several days trying to solve a Sharepoint / Sharepoint Designer problem and thought I would share the solution here.
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Symptom 1
A web part page with a dataview web part that connected to a SQL Server datasource was giving the following error message and stack trace:
Server Error in ‘/’ Application
The type is not registered [...]
Mar
5
2009
5
2009
Sharepoint Designer Dataview Webpart Errors
Feb
18
2009
18
2009
Customizing the Content Query Web Part and Custom Item Styles
With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0, we can use the Content Query Web Part (CQW or CQWP) to display SharePoint content from another source on a SharePoint page. This web part is rather nifty and one of my new favorite things about MOSS 2007. At first glance you [...]
Feb
13
2009
13
2009
Creating Master-Detail views with Web Part connections using Flickr
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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 is show [...]
Feb
9
2009
9
2009
“Error Creating Control” when using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Thanks to Jeremy Jameson for the following
If, like me, you happen to encounter the following user experience when attempting to edit a master page…
Figure 1: SharePoint Designer – “Error Creating Control”
See full-sized image.
…then follow these steps to resolve the issue:
Start Control Panel and then open Administrative Tools.
In Windows Vista, right-click Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration and click [...]
Sep
11
2007
11
2007
SharePoint Designer Workflow Limitations
SharePoint Designer workflows are have some great benefits: they are relatively
easy to create, don’t require any code, and can be created and maintained by power
users, not just developers. However, there are several limitations to SharePoint
Designer workflows and you can hit these edges relatively quickly. Before deciding
to go down the SharePoint Designer workflow path, you might [...]