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Hi guys,

I'm using a "custom list form" in Sharepoint Designer 2007 to display Calendar event data.  Everything works fine, except that the value of "Workspace" field displays as either 0 or 1 (no meeting workspace vs. existent meeting workspace).  How do I reference the Workspace URL itself (so that I can display it as a href for users to click on)???

So, in DispForm.aspx, I have:

<xsl:value-of select="@WorkspaceLink" /> but this translates to either "0" or "1".

If I use:

<xsl:value-of select="@Workspace" /> I get what seems to be the correct workspace url ONLY IN the SharepointDesigner "design mode" screen (so it looks like it's previewing the right data), but when I open the page in the browser, the value is blank.

 
No matter what, it seems that there are 2 fields keeping track of meeting workspace: a boolean to specify whether there IS or ISN'T a workspace, and a field storing the actual URL to the workspace itself.  How do I get the URL?

Thanks!
 

No help?  

I don't know what your problem could be but "Workspace" and "WorkspaceLink" are the correct fields.  It's strange that you get the correct url in design mode but not in the browser.

I also saw that if I change the SPDataSource DataMode from ListItem to List, the Workspace field is displayed correctly... except that I don't want this view (of all list items on a list)... But this should be working with ListItem, too...  Ugh...

Would anyone be willing to replicate my steps and see if they get the same result???  At least that way I would figure out if it's just our own implementation of WSS 3 that went bad, or if it's a larger issue than that...  You'd need to have Sharepoint Designer 2007 and WSS 3...  I would really appreciate this...

Hi

 Did you manage to show your events on the CQWP with a calendar display? I'm trying to do that but I can only see the events on a list.

Thanks

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this is the same issue as I was having...  I was trying to modify the display of a single event (event details, if you will), so that it shows some custom stuff.  And in doing that, I was having trouble displaying the Workspace link.

I never really customized the calendar view, I just used the standard calendar view for that.

standard calendar view on a Content Query Web Part? mate show me that...I can figure out how can I show the events with a calendar view...I can only see them on list view. 

 no, wait... What do you mean by Content Query Web Part?  I'm not sure we're using the same thing...

 What I have is a typical "Calendar" list that was created inside a SP site (through a web browser).  The calendar list comes with 2 pre-defined views, one is a "Calendar view" (which is default), and one is "Current Events".  Clicking on the calendar list's name brings it up in "calendar view", by default. 

What I did then, using Sharepoint Designer 2007, was to modify the DispForm.aspx page (located under sitename/calendarName/dispForm.aspx), so that it can show certain customized data.  I inserted this in SP Designer using Insert --> Sharepoint Controls --> Custom ListForm.  So I don't know if this is the same as your "content query web part" (I don't think so).

 
What is the list that you're trying to display in "calendar view"?  Is it a sharepoint "calendar list", or is it a custom list that was designed so it contains event-type information?  If latter, I don't think you can display that in a built-in "calendar" view.
 

 I have a content query web part on the top site. I've linked it, via tool pane, with a calendar (typical sharepoint calendar list) so it can get all the calendar's events. The problem is that the events are displayed on the content query web part as a list and not as a calendar. I think I have to change the xsl structure and the display view to make the content query web part display a calendar view....but I dont know if this is possible or if anyone have done this!

 Thanks

Sorry, I haven't used to Content Query Web Part before, so I don't know much about it (I don't even see it under the choices of web parts in my WSS 3 installation).  But I came across this, it might help:

 http://www.microsoft.com/belux/msdn/nl/community/columns/stevenvandecraen/contentquerywebpart.mspx 

Heya spNewbie - did you ever resolve this issue? I am currently having the same problem.

I want to create a calendar view that shows the titles of the event linked to their workspace rather than the 'details' view.

In SPD, the Data Source Details tab for the Calendar shows Workspace to be a boolean value, not a URL. I can't actually see any field that stores the workspace URL.

Here's my code in SPD: <a href="{@WorkspaceLink}"><xsl:value-of select="@Title" /></a>

Which translates to: <a href="true">Event title</a>

RE: SPDataSource DataSourceMode - my view already is set to List. When I changed to ListItem it didn't work at all.

Hi brisnicki.

No, unfortunately, I never really solved this.  It's been a while, so I don't exactly remember what I did in the end, but I think I basically moved on and left it be.  The whole workspace url issue was just too confusing, and not documented at all.  There is only so much hair I can keep pulling out before I call it quits.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.  If I ever get back to this and find some solution, I'll post here.