Mike
Sun Mar 16 07:04:08 CDT 2008
I think you are still trying to do in a web part what you need to do in
a document library.
When you create a document library you can specify which template (from
a dropdown at the bottom of the Create page) you want to use. There are
(out-of-the-box) the usual culprits like Word; Excel etc.
Mike Walsh
Tony Hughes wrote:
> Hey Mike,
>
> How do i select a different template? i've attempted to point the
> webpart at a diffrent document library. Also pointing and editing the
> allforms.aspx? sorry for being so stupid i'm using v3 but can't see
> anyway to select a diffrent template all i can current do is use a
> filter.
>
> On Mar 14, 4:05 pm, Mike Walsh <englantilai...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> You create different document library *Lists* each of which uses a
>> different template.
>>
>> You then select the web part for each of those doc lib Lists in turn and
>> place it on the default (or web part) page.
>>
>> You do not use folders in the document libraries.
>>
>> (Naturally when uploading to the doc lib; or creating in the doc lib you
>> do it for documents that fit there=.
>>
>> Applies to v2 and v3 - please in future always say which product/version
>> you are asking about.
>>
>> Mike Walsh
>
>> WSS FAQ
http://www.wssfaq.com/http://wss.collutions.com
>> no questions by e-mail please
>>
>> Tony Hughes wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>> Having a slight issue with document libraries basically the design for
>>> some of my pages calls for multiple document parts but all to hold
>>> different document types i.e. One for word templates one for
>>> compliance info etc. Wondering
>>> How can i create these and point the associated web parts to the
>>> proper folder to look at rather than the default documents
>>> I've seen that i can filter the view but not alter the directory it's
>>> look at for the documents. looked at the code from designer and can't
>>> figure out were this is happening any help would be muchly appreciated.
>