Fun with Data View Web Parts
I'm working on a series of posts regarding the Data View Web Parts in SharePoint 2010. I'm intrigued by the idea of companies using SharePoint Foundation (fka SharePoint Services) and DVWPs on Site Pages created in the free SharePoint Designer as a viable alternative to InfoPath for collecting data with web forms. Granted, if a company has InfoPath, I would recommend using it for online forms 9 times out of 10. But until Microsoft decides to make a end user version of InfoPath available for free so that users can fill out forms, I am confident there will be plenty of organizations that will not purchase it.
So I will be introducing some jQuery for sprucing up the presentation of the forms. I will also show you some tips and tricks for data validation and page redirection. It's an exciting topic. Stay tuned.
