Data View of external Tasks list removes hyperlinks to the items!

Problem:
In Frontpage, when creating a data view in [site A]of a task list of
[site B] by inserting the list from the data source of [site B], the
items in the data view are displayed as text, not as hyperlinks
connected to the items in the source list.

Failing attempt to correct this:
Deleting the text row and inserting the 'subject' row (which are
hyperlinks in the [siteB]) by rightclicking on the subject row or the
source list and instering 'as hyperlinks', results in faulty
hyperlinks, just being the names without the embedded url (page cannot
displayed).

Apparently, this is a design error, but what is the workaround?

Prem

Mike
Fri Feb 25 10:19:27 CST 2005

If my memory is right the workaround means that you have to add the missing
part of the URL when creating the text item in the dataview (edit the file
data view generates) - you can then do the modification to hyperlinks and it
will work.

That at least is what I seem to remember doing when using data view to grab
info from a WSS database on another server.

The site I've done this on is at work (I'm not) and it was about a year
ago - but hopefully that gives you something to work on.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
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"Prem" <premmetje@zonnet.nl> wrote in message
news:3b92875.0502250327.3e22ed1e@posting.google.com...
> Problem:
> In Frontpage, when creating a data view in [site A]of a task list of
> [site B] by inserting the list from the data source of [site B], the
> items in the data view are displayed as text, not as hyperlinks
> connected to the items in the source list.
>
> Failing attempt to correct this:
> Deleting the text row and inserting the 'subject' row (which are
> hyperlinks in the [siteB]) by rightclicking on the subject row or the
> source list and instering 'as hyperlinks', results in faulty
> hyperlinks, just being the names without the embedded url (page cannot
> displayed).
>
> Apparently, this is a design error, but what is the workaround?
>
> Prem

news
Fri Feb 25 10:37:03 CST 2005

Right-click any cell (but not a header cell), then choose Format Item As,
Hyperlink To, and the page you want.

If that doesn't produce exactly the results you want, you may have to
hand-sweak the XSLT code in Code view.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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"Prem" wrote:

> Problem:
> In Frontpage, when creating a data view in [site A]of a task list of
> [site B] by inserting the list from the data source of [site B], the
> items in the data view are displayed as text, not as hyperlinks
> connected to the items in the source list.
>
> Failing attempt to correct this:
> Deleting the text row and inserting the 'subject' row (which are
> hyperlinks in the [siteB]) by rightclicking on the subject row or the
> source list and instering 'as hyperlinks', results in faulty
> hyperlinks, just being the names without the embedded url (page cannot
> displayed).
>
> Apparently, this is a design error, but what is the workaround?
>
> Prem
>