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SharePoint Looping Workflow - How to: Loop through and process all items in a list

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Solved: Can't Group By Choice Column in SharePoint List View

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InfoPath SharePoint: Submit InfoPath form to SharePoint List or Library using Content Type

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This article demonstrates how to use SharePoint Designer 2007 conditional formatting to format items in a SharePoint (MOSS 2007) list based on item metadata. The example uses a standard SharePoint task list and formats tasks based on the due date. The end result is a list view sorted by due date with item text or background coloured to represent the number of days until the due date. The Process In this example I have started with a standard task list and have created a few sample items for testing / demonstration. From the task list, create a new view, starting from the default “Active Items” view (filtered to only display incomplete tasks). The view created in the example is called “Active – Coloured” Open the view using SharePoint Designer. Right click on the List View Web Part and select “Convert to XSL Data View”. This will automatically convert settings for the current view into data view parameters. Once the Web Part has been converted into a Data View...
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Web Service Response Cache using VB Script (VBS) and SharePoint

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