Dependent / Dynamic / Cascading Drop Downs!?!

Hi,

I would like to enhance our SharePoint site (WSS v2) by adding dependent
drop downs to our site (so many terms for these drop downs - dependent /
dynamic / cascaidng / linked etc..). We primarily use the site as a document
management system, therefore I want this functionality on the pages where
users upload or create new documents i.e. upload.aspx.

I have spent quite some time reading the forums and looking this up on the
internet, and most ppl point to using some kind of List filter within
InfoPath. Now I am reasonably new to SharePoint and a total novice with
InfoPath, however my understanding is that InfoPath creates forms... however
the part of SharePoint I wish to edit is the 'ListFormWebPart'.

Can I still update this type of page using InfoPath or should I be looking
at a different product?? I'm sure my inexperience probably comes through in
this post!

If anyone could clarify or explain how I should be approaching this or point
to me relevant pages etc.. I would be eternally grateful!! Thanks in advance!

Engelbert
Tue Aug 15 11:20:36 CDT 2006

I can answer the unimportant part of your question.

You don't create drop-downs in InfoPath.

That's a different kind of form.

I'm actually at a bit of a loss to know when you want drop downs. Field
types such as the Choice field type have them out-of-the-box and they are
available in edit and upload pages.

Engelbert


"wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B495562-F174-48A6-AC3B-00C3950A188C@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I would like to enhance our SharePoint site (WSS v2) by adding dependent
> drop downs to our site (so many terms for these drop downs - dependent /
> dynamic / cascaidng / linked etc..). We primarily use the site as a
> document
> management system, therefore I want this functionality on the pages where
> users upload or create new documents i.e. upload.aspx.
>
> I have spent quite some time reading the forums and looking this up on the
> internet, and most ppl point to using some kind of List filter within
> InfoPath. Now I am reasonably new to SharePoint and a total novice with
> InfoPath, however my understanding is that InfoPath creates forms...
> however
> the part of SharePoint I wish to edit is the 'ListFormWebPart'.
>
> Can I still update this type of page using InfoPath or should I be looking
> at a different product?? I'm sure my inexperience probably comes through
> in
> this post!
>
> If anyone could clarify or explain how I should be approaching this or
> point
> to me relevant pages etc.. I would be eternally grateful!! Thanks in
> advance!

wickedwjc
Tue Aug 15 11:34:02 CDT 2006

Hi Engelbert,

Sure I can create a choice field in SharePoint which effectively is a drop
down field... however what I am unable to do is link this to another drop
down (hence the dependent / dynamic / cascading part)

The first selection from the drop down should then change the
choices/options in the next drop down etc.. etc.. i.e. Car make / model / year

Hope that makes a bit more sense!!

"Engelbert" wrote:

> I can answer the unimportant part of your question.
>
> You don't create drop-downs in InfoPath.
>
> That's a different kind of form.
>
> I'm actually at a bit of a loss to know when you want drop downs. Field
> types such as the Choice field type have them out-of-the-box and they are
> available in edit and upload pages.
>
> Engelbert
>
>
> "wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9B495562-F174-48A6-AC3B-00C3950A188C@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to enhance our SharePoint site (WSS v2) by adding dependent
> > drop downs to our site (so many terms for these drop downs - dependent /
> > dynamic / cascaidng / linked etc..). We primarily use the site as a
> > document
> > management system, therefore I want this functionality on the pages where
> > users upload or create new documents i.e. upload.aspx.
> >
> > I have spent quite some time reading the forums and looking this up on the
> > internet, and most ppl point to using some kind of List filter within
> > InfoPath. Now I am reasonably new to SharePoint and a total novice with
> > InfoPath, however my understanding is that InfoPath creates forms...
> > however
> > the part of SharePoint I wish to edit is the 'ListFormWebPart'.
> >
> > Can I still update this type of page using InfoPath or should I be looking
> > at a different product?? I'm sure my inexperience probably comes through
> > in
> > this post!
> >
> > If anyone could clarify or explain how I should be approaching this or
> > point
> > to me relevant pages etc.. I would be eternally grateful!! Thanks in
> > advance!
>
>
>

Engelbert
Tue Aug 15 23:12:28 CDT 2006

OK I get it now.

You can't do this in the product out-of-the box.

It'll require programming (if it's possible at all).

Ask in the subnewsgroup for WSS programming -
microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices.development. The guys there
might have an answer.

Engelbert

"wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1450F2F2-C7D5-4147-94EF-CA11621B2BCE@microsoft.com...
> Hi Engelbert,
>
> Sure I can create a choice field in SharePoint which effectively is a drop
> down field... however what I am unable to do is link this to another drop
> down (hence the dependent / dynamic / cascading part)
>
> The first selection from the drop down should then change the
> choices/options in the next drop down etc.. etc.. i.e. Car make / model /
> year
>
> Hope that makes a bit more sense!!
>
> "Engelbert" wrote:
>
>> I can answer the unimportant part of your question.
>>
>> You don't create drop-downs in InfoPath.
>>
>> That's a different kind of form.
>>
>> I'm actually at a bit of a loss to know when you want drop downs. Field
>> types such as the Choice field type have them out-of-the-box and they
>> are
>> available in edit and upload pages.
>>
>> Engelbert
>>
>>
>> "wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9B495562-F174-48A6-AC3B-00C3950A188C@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I would like to enhance our SharePoint site (WSS v2) by adding
>> > dependent
>> > drop downs to our site (so many terms for these drop downs - dependent
>> > /
>> > dynamic / cascaidng / linked etc..). We primarily use the site as a
>> > document
>> > management system, therefore I want this functionality on the pages
>> > where
>> > users upload or create new documents i.e. upload.aspx.
>> >
>> > I have spent quite some time reading the forums and looking this up on
>> > the
>> > internet, and most ppl point to using some kind of List filter within
>> > InfoPath. Now I am reasonably new to SharePoint and a total novice with
>> > InfoPath, however my understanding is that InfoPath creates forms...
>> > however
>> > the part of SharePoint I wish to edit is the 'ListFormWebPart'.
>> >
>> > Can I still update this type of page using InfoPath or should I be
>> > looking
>> > at a different product?? I'm sure my inexperience probably comes
>> > through
>> > in
>> > this post!
>> >
>> > If anyone could clarify or explain how I should be approaching this or
>> > point
>> > to me relevant pages etc.. I would be eternally grateful!! Thanks in
>> > advance!
>>
>>
>>

CW
Wed Aug 16 08:30:51 CDT 2006

What about simply using loosely-couple web part connections between a
doc list and a doc library?

CW

Engelbert wrote:
> OK I get it now.
>
> You can't do this in the product out-of-the box.
>
> It'll require programming (if it's possible at all).
>
> Ask in the subnewsgroup for WSS programming -
> microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices.development. The guys there
> might have an answer.
>
> Engelbert
>
> "wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1450F2F2-C7D5-4147-94EF-CA11621B2BCE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Engelbert,
> >
> > Sure I can create a choice field in SharePoint which effectively is a drop
> > down field... however what I am unable to do is link this to another drop
> > down (hence the dependent / dynamic / cascading part)
> >
> > The first selection from the drop down should then change the
> > choices/options in the next drop down etc.. etc.. i.e. Car make / model /
> > year
> >
> > Hope that makes a bit more sense!!
> >
> > "Engelbert" wrote:
> >
> >> I can answer the unimportant part of your question.
> >>
> >> You don't create drop-downs in InfoPath.
> >>
> >> That's a different kind of form.
> >>
> >> I'm actually at a bit of a loss to know when you want drop downs. Field
> >> types such as the Choice field type have them out-of-the-box and they
> >> are
> >> available in edit and upload pages.
> >>
> >> Engelbert
> >>
> >>
> >> "wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9B495562-F174-48A6-AC3B-00C3950A188C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I would like to enhance our SharePoint site (WSS v2) by adding
> >> > dependent
> >> > drop downs to our site (so many terms for these drop downs - dependent
> >> > /
> >> > dynamic / cascaidng / linked etc..). We primarily use the site as a
> >> > document
> >> > management system, therefore I want this functionality on the pages
> >> > where
> >> > users upload or create new documents i.e. upload.aspx.
> >> >
> >> > I have spent quite some time reading the forums and looking this up on
> >> > the
> >> > internet, and most ppl point to using some kind of List filter within
> >> > InfoPath. Now I am reasonably new to SharePoint and a total novice with
> >> > InfoPath, however my understanding is that InfoPath creates forms...
> >> > however
> >> > the part of SharePoint I wish to edit is the 'ListFormWebPart'.
> >> >
> >> > Can I still update this type of page using InfoPath or should I be
> >> > looking
> >> > at a different product?? I'm sure my inexperience probably comes
> >> > through
> >> > in
> >> > this post!
> >> >
> >> > If anyone could clarify or explain how I should be approaching this or
> >> > point
> >> > to me relevant pages etc.. I would be eternally grateful!! Thanks in
> >> > advance!
> >>
> >>
> >>

Engelbert
Wed Aug 16 12:13:57 CDT 2006

You can't use web part connections for this. They are for connections
between web parts (of lists/libs usually) that display information (and thus
typical on web part pages or default.aspx or so). Not on the edit and upload
pages he said he wanted.

At least that's always been my assumption.

Engelbert


"CW" <carl.williams@ec.gc.ca> wrote in message
news:1155735051.134088.273640@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> What about simply using loosely-couple web part connections between a
> doc list and a doc library?
>
> CW
>
> Engelbert wrote:
>> OK I get it now.
>>
>> You can't do this in the product out-of-the box.
>>
>> It'll require programming (if it's possible at all).
>>
>> Ask in the subnewsgroup for WSS programming -
>> microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices.development. The guys there
>> might have an answer.
>>
>> Engelbert
>>
>> "wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1450F2F2-C7D5-4147-94EF-CA11621B2BCE@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Engelbert,
>> >
>> > Sure I can create a choice field in SharePoint which effectively is a
>> > drop
>> > down field... however what I am unable to do is link this to another
>> > drop
>> > down (hence the dependent / dynamic / cascading part)
>> >
>> > The first selection from the drop down should then change the
>> > choices/options in the next drop down etc.. etc.. i.e. Car make / model
>> > /
>> > year
>> >
>> > Hope that makes a bit more sense!!
>> >
>> > "Engelbert" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I can answer the unimportant part of your question.
>> >>
>> >> You don't create drop-downs in InfoPath.
>> >>
>> >> That's a different kind of form.
>> >>
>> >> I'm actually at a bit of a loss to know when you want drop downs.
>> >> Field
>> >> types such as the Choice field type have them out-of-the-box and they
>> >> are
>> >> available in edit and upload pages.
>> >>
>> >> Engelbert
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "wickedwjc" <wickedwjc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:9B495562-F174-48A6-AC3B-00C3950A188C@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I would like to enhance our SharePoint site (WSS v2) by adding
>> >> > dependent
>> >> > drop downs to our site (so many terms for these drop downs -
>> >> > dependent
>> >> > /
>> >> > dynamic / cascaidng / linked etc..). We primarily use the site as a
>> >> > document
>> >> > management system, therefore I want this functionality on the pages
>> >> > where
>> >> > users upload or create new documents i.e. upload.aspx.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have spent quite some time reading the forums and looking this up
>> >> > on
>> >> > the
>> >> > internet, and most ppl point to using some kind of List filter
>> >> > within
>> >> > InfoPath. Now I am reasonably new to SharePoint and a total novice
>> >> > with
>> >> > InfoPath, however my understanding is that InfoPath creates forms...
>> >> > however
>> >> > the part of SharePoint I wish to edit is the 'ListFormWebPart'.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can I still update this type of page using InfoPath or should I be
>> >> > looking
>> >> > at a different product?? I'm sure my inexperience probably comes
>> >> > through
>> >> > in
>> >> > this post!
>> >> >
>> >> > If anyone could clarify or explain how I should be approaching this
>> >> > or
>> >> > point
>> >> > to me relevant pages etc.. I would be eternally grateful!! Thanks in
>> >> > advance!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>