Thanks very much for that.I've been to the product page to register to be
sent information on the source, but have not recieved an email (tried two
email accounts).
I knew I'd seen this before, I was at a demo of this at the SharePoint
Conference last year in Sydney at the Hilton.
Thanks again
Jeremy Thake
On 2/20/08, Sergio Otoya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> We have created a multiple selection of documents in the past to send
> links and attachments (outlook power tool 2007). This allows you to select
> multiple items in a document library and then via a javascript feature, you
> can then loop through each of the selected items and do your thing.
>
>
>
> We haven't done it for list items yet as we haven't got around to it.
>
> The general process is the following (for doc libs, you need to work it
> out for your list type)
>
>
>
> 1. Modify the schema.xml of the list type and add a field that
> renders a checkbox in the fields node. Here is the example from the document
> library schema that we implemented:
>
> 2.
>
> <!--START OF SELECTION CHECKBOX CHANGES-->
>
> <Field ID="{A8250948-F134-4e38-A66E-1525DE792477}"
>
> ReadOnly="TRUE"
>
> Type="Computed"
>
> Name="SelectedItem"
>
> ClassInfo="Menu"
>
> DisplayName="Selected Item Checkbox"
>
> Filterable="FALSE"
>
> Sortable="FALSE"
>
> HeaderImage="blank.gif"
>
> SourceID="
> http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/fields";
>
> StaticName="SelectedItem">
>
>
>
> <FieldRefs>
>
> <FieldRef
> ID="{30BB605F-5BAE-48fe-B4E3-1F81D9772AF9}" Name="FSObjType"/>
>
> </FieldRefs>
>
>
>
> <DisplayPattern>
>
> <IfEqual>
>
> <Expr1>
>
>
> <LookupColumn Name="FSObjType"/>
>
> </Expr1>
>
>
> <Expr2>0</Expr2>
>
> <Then>
>
>
> <HTML>
>
>
> <![CDATA[<input type=checkbox WT_SELECTIONCHECKBOX = true
>
>
> title="selection checkbox" name="selectionCheckBox" WT_ENCODEDABSURL ="]]>
>
>
> </HTML>
>
>
> <Field Name="EncodedAbsUrl"/>
>
>
> <HTML>
>
>
> <![CDATA[" ItemID="]]>
>
>
> </HTML>
>
>
> <Column Name="ID"/>
>
>
> <HTML>
>
>
> <![CDATA[" id="cbx_]]>
>
>
> </HTML>
>
>
> <Column Name="ID"/>
>
>
> <HTML>
>
>
> <![CDATA[">]]>
>
>
> </HTML>
>
> </Then>
>
> </IfEqual>
>
> </DisplayPattern>
>
> </Field>
>
> <!--END OF SELECTION CHECKBOX CHANGES-->
>
>
>
> NOTE: I tried creating a custom field for the checkbox selection but it
> did not work for me, so I opted to change the schema.
>
>
>
> 3. We created a feature that looped through the selected items. The
> urlAction has the javascript in it. This is the example:
>
> <CustomAction
>
> Id="
> echoTechnology.OutlookPowerTool2007.SendMultipleLinks"
>
> RegistrationType="List"
>
> RegistrationId="101"
>
> Location="EditControlBlock"
>
> Sequence="1001"
>
> ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/sendto.gif"
>
> Title="Send Multiple Links">
>
>
>
> <UrlAction Url="javascript:function
> SendLinks()
>
> {
>
> var URL = ''; var frm = document.forms[0]; var iTotal =
> frm.elements.length;var i = 0;var item;var itm={ItemId};var d;
>
> var selectedItems = new Array;for (i = 0; i < iTotal;
> i++){item = frm.elements[i];if (item.WT_SELECTIONCHECKBOX == 'true')
>
> {if (item.checked != false){
> selectedItems.push(item.WT_ENCODEDABSURL);}if(itm==item.ItemID){d=
> item.WT_ENCODEDABSURL;}}
>
> } var sLinks; sLinks = ''; var sDocUrl; var CRLF
> ='%0D%0A';
>
> if(selectedItems.length !=0)
>
> for (var i = 0; i < selectedItems.length; i++)
>
> {sDocUrl = '<' + selectedItems[i] + '>'; sLinks =
> sLinks + '%0D%0A' + sDocUrl;}
>
> else{sDocUrl = '<' + d + '>'; sLinks = sLinks +
> '%0D%0A' + sDocUrl; }window.navigate('mailto:?subject=Please look at these
> links...&body=' + sLinks);
>
> } SendLinks();"/>
>
> </CustomAction>
>
>
>
> NOTE1: you can call an aspx page in the _layouts directory if you need to
> do fancier stuff I guess, and you can have .net code inline
>
> NOTE 2: that the javascript may be limited to a 2k block. That is why the
> code is all bunched up. When changing the javascript change 1 thing at a
> time, test and then change the next bit. But once you get it running it
> works like a charm.
>
>
>
> 4. Once you deploy the schema.xml and the feature, you need to then
> change the views to include the selection checkbox.
>
>
>
> After this you should have a checkbox to multiply select items and the
> drop down menu should have your custom action.
>
>
>
> You can download the full feature from www.echotechnology.com (Outlook
> Power Tool 2007).
>
>
>
> Hope this helps you in some way.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> * *
>
> *Sergio Otoya* | Technical Director |livePoint | SharePoint Solutions
>
> E [EMAIL PROTECTED]| w +61 2 9929 6333 | m +61 (0) 416 275 110
>
>
>
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf
> Of *Sezai KOMUR
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 19 February 2008 3:41 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* RE: [OzMOSS] Form Library: View: Selecting Multiple Items and
> performing an Action
>
>
>
> It's best to write your own.
>
>
>
> There is a multilookup field control that you can use *only in edit
> mode*which binds to a page field on a page layout, where the page field is a
> site
> column added to the pages's content type. The site column is created as a
> lookup column to a site list.
>
> *<SharePointWebControls:MultipleLookupField ID="Multiplelookupfield1"
> FieldName="FacilityFeatures"
> runat="server"></SharePointWebControls:MultipleLookupField>*
>
> This is only useful for publishing page layouts and only in edit mode,
> this field control stores multiple selections of items from the list which
> the site column is setup as a lookup to.
>
>
>
> If you want a control to use in regular display mode, then you'll probably
> need to code it all yourself, shouldn't be too tough, use a checkboxlist
> control or some other asp.net control which allows users to select
> multiple items, on loading the page populate the control programmatically
> with items from the list, and then add a button and some code to the button
> click event to perform the action on the selected items.
>
>
>
> Sezai Kömür*
> **Senior Developer - BEng, BSc - Microsoft Certified Technology
> Specialist - **http://www.moss2007.com.au/*
>
>
>
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf
> Of *Jeremy Thake
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 19 February 2008 1:18 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [OzMOSS] Form Library: View: Selecting Multiple Items and
> performing an Action
>
>
>
> We have a requirement for a user to be able to select multiple List Items
> from a Custom List. The user then clicks the Action menu and it will perform
> that action on all selected List Items. I've searched around the web for
> this, is this possible out of the box or with a third party component? Or is
> it best to write a web part that spins through the List using the API and
> manage this separately?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeremy Thake
>
> wss.made4the.net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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