Comments on: Smart TextToHTML

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:12:43 +0000

For Filtering, and Sorting you can…What I do is create my calculated fields, then in SharePoint Designer I convert the list view to a Data View. Then I change the fields to the data ENTRY fields, not the calculated fields so that the header sorting/filtering is running off the data entry fields.

Then I click on the actual data cell in the column and change its focus to the calculated fields. This way the sorting and filtering still works as it is going off of the data entry fields, while the table is displaying the calculated fields.

That is how I make it work.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:51:34 +0000

You are correct, the current version of TextToHTML doesn’t work in these cases.

As I mentioned in the post, you could try another approach for filtering and grouping, like the DVWP.

Also note that all those methods only work for HTML. As expected they won’t work with “Export to Excel” and “Edit in spreadsheet”, which are not using HTML.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:35:02 +0000

unable to make your method work for filters, Groups, Export to Excel, Edit in spreadsheet.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:37:48 +0000

Linda, I am not sure why this happens, but unfortunately this is not surprising. TextToHTML expects text, and will ignore additional formatting. I’ll work on this for the next version.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:31:21 +0000

I am using calculated fields to apply a hyperlink over a numeric field, and using your JavaScript to render it as HTML. I have this calculated field with the JavaScript on a custom DataView I created where I use Conditional Formatting to apply a background color. For some reason the JavaScript seems to be interferring with the Conditional Formatting of the DataView page as it is not applying the Conditional Formatting to that calculated field.

Do you know how I can get around this apparent interference?

I know I can apply the background color to the calculated field, and I am doing that on the built in pages…but on this custom DataView page they need it to sort numerically therefore it can’t be a calculated field…thus one of the many reasons I have a custom DataView.

By: Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:01:32 +0000

Chris,

You have some great stuff going here and I would be delighted to help test things out in my environment. Let me know how I can help.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:05:38 +0000

Sorry, I missed that. Check my posts on progress bars, they work in Firefox and the same technique applied to the Gantt bars should work for you. I’ll try to fix it when I have a moment.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:02:17 +0000

The TextToHTML is awesome but using it for gantt bars isn’t displaying the bars in FireFox. You mention having FireFox tips but I cannot locate them.

Thanks.

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