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Cannot reorder columns, some required fields are not being validated, and some column descriptions don't show up

Last post 08-22-2008 5:54 PM by zmullett. 2 replies.
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  • 10-25-2007 4:24 PM

    Cannot reorder columns, some required fields are not being validated, and some column descriptions don't show up

    Hi,

    I have a list that is ignoring the column ordering settings when adding and editing new list items.  I have not customized the newform.aspx page, nor the editform.aspx page for the list.  The column ordering does reflect correctly on the list settings page (listedit.aspx). 

    In addition, 6 out of the 34 columns of the list are required.  However, the validation only fires for four of them.  Only the four required fields that are working show the red required field asterisk.  The other two required fields
     do not show the asterisk.


    Also, when I add a "description" to the columns, only some of the fields show the description under the input fields.  The others remain blank.

    About the list:
    --The list has 34 columns and about 50 rows of data.  It would be quite painful to recreate the list if the data must be re-entered.

    --The list is based off of a custom list definition.  I followed the wssv3 SKD in creating the definition.

    --The list has a custom event handler that overrides the "ItemAdded" and the "ItemDeleting" events to create and remove directories in a separate document library whenever a list item is created or deleted.  The event handler works without any issues.

    Any ideas why the column ordering, required field settings, and the descriptions are being ignored?  Thanks in advance for any help or guidance.

  • 08-22-2008 3:44 PM In reply to

    Re: Cannot reorder columns, some required fields are not being validated, and some column descriptions don't show up

    Hi no hassles,

    Did you ever find an answer to this problem? I'm having a similar issue with WSS 3.0 (which was upgraded from WSS 2.0 companyweb) and the column ordering I set with the 'Column Ordering' process doesn't seem to have a complete effect - some fields move around but they're not in the order I want.

    Cheers.

  • 08-22-2008 5:54 PM In reply to

    Re: Cannot reorder columns, some required fields are not being validated, and some column descriptions don't show up

    Actually I just solved my own problem. Thanks me.

    The column ordering is based on the content type's ordering, and then list settings ordering is applied after. I think the rules are that it applies the content type's ordering first, and then orders any additional columns that you have added later.

    To change the ordering of the content type, you need to first enable the management of content types on that list (Advanced settings), then select the content type (Issue, in my case), and re-order the columns there.

     

    -zac

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