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Create a SharePoint list item by passing meta data values to a .aspx page via a query string. The values from the query string are then taken and stored in a SharePoint list. The SharePoint site and list is also set using the query string.

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Split form item / column titles when creating, editing or viewing a SharePoint list item or survey. If question/column names are too big to fit in one line, this JavaScript function can be used to split the label/question, by adding a break tag.

The article explains how to configure a workflow which uses Standard (OOB) workflow actions and is developed using SharePoint Designer. Instead of using the "Wait for field change in the current item" action, the components of the workflow which are completed after waiting is finished are added to a separate "On Change" workflow, which uses standard conditions in the first step to determine if it can continue. If the conditions are not met for the field in the current item, the workflow will stop. If another instance of the workflow is running, new instances will also stop by setting a "Workflow_running" field to yes while an instance is running.

Using this technique gives you more control when waiting for specific criteria to be met. This includes being able to wait until a field in another list item is updated, or waiting for multiple fields in the current item. See How to wait for a change in any list, wait for multiple field changes the current item (SharePoint Workflow) for more details.

How to configure a Workflow in SharePoint to monitor the date/time field of a list item and respond at a specific time. The article also explains how to configure a Looping Timer Workflow using SharePoint Designer which sends an email daily until a specific date, or condition is met. See (Looping) Timer Workflows Using SharePoint for details.

Use a SharePoint Designer workflow to test if any item in a list has a specific value for a field without the workflow stopping due to a List item not found error.

Ever needed to just check if an item exists in a list in order to perform different workflow actions if the item is not found without the workflow crashing? For example, when building a workflow using SharePoint Designer, you may want the workflow to test if there is an item with the required title that already exists in the list. If the item exists, the workflow can be configured to update the existing item. If no item exists in the list with the required title, the workflow would usually stop due to a List item not found error. To overcome this, the value from the required field in each list item can be concatenated into a single string which then allows the workflow to test using string comparison, which does not result in a workflow error if the item is not found in the list.

A tutorial for creating Data Views for a list in SharePoint that are formatted based on each item's meta data. This can be used to create views that visually represent task priority or due dates by setting font or table row background colors. SharePoint Designer conditional formatting is used to format items and backgrounds colors based on the length of time until due or the priority.

Generate a list of all sites from a site collection then use the list to process reports on every site using SharePoint Designer 2007. A macro is used in SharePoint Designer to process built-in reports for each site.

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a custom Publishing Page using SharePoint Designer. The process involves creating a Publishing Layout content type which the publishing layout is then created from. Once the Publishing layout has been created it can be opened an modified using SharePoint Designer.

How do I get the current time in a SharePoint Designer Workflow? When I try to test if the due date and time is less than two hours away, the condition doesn't work as I am only able to select [today] from the options, which seems to ignore the time component of the current date.

You can create or modify another list item using the workflow, then get the 'Created' or 'Last Modified' date of the item to get test against the current time. This may result in the current time being a few minutes late, but works well.

Step by step instructions on building a solution that queries an XML web service for data and displays that information in SharePoint 2007. This easy to follow tutorial by Christopher Quick uses SharePoint Designer to create custom pages which query an XML Web Service on the SharePoint site to display information from various sources.

How to create a utility that runs on client machine and upload file on pre-defined schedule or as per requirement. The code used to complete the operation is included in the tutorial.

This article by Saranga Rathnayake explains how to retrieve data from a SharePoint List using the GetListItems method of the Lists Web Service. Sample code is also provided which calls the GetListItems method, passing a CAML query, the row limit and the GUID for the list and view as parameters.