Re: Edit In Datasheet Control

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From: PON (PON_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:19:01 -0800

Thanks for the info re disabling the option.

I agree that Office 2003 is a good product, both individually and in terms
of enhanced Sharepoint integration, which is why the customer are upgrading
from Office 2000 to 2003. However they plan to upgrade to Office 2003
Standard rather than Professional, this is the only feature that they will
notice as being different between the two editions. The customer wishes to
standardise the MS product set across the organisation, so they do not want
to have 2003 Pro for the users who are accessing Sharepoint, and 2003
standard for all non-Sharepoint users. I have dicussed this with our own
computer admininstration staff, and they agree that this single feature being
different between the two editions makes NO sense whatsoever.

I just cant understand the rationale for this position!

"James Mueller" wrote:

> Haven't seen a solution but you can edit the underlying XML files (Onet.xml)
> to not show that function. Also there are many great advantages to
> upgrading the environment to 2003 not just for edit in data*** but for
> document manage via Word, Excel, etc...
>
> --
> SHAREPOINTCOMMUNITY.COM
> "PON" <PON@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B31B5AB7-C78E-4DC5-A342-9DC3BBCD9271@microsoft.com...
> >I have seen many issues and comments as regards the failure of the "Edit in
> > Data***" functionality in relation to Microsoft Office editions other
> > than
> > Office Professional Enterprise.
> >
> > I understand what the problem is that it doesnt work, ie because its not
> > Office Professional Enterprise, however I cannot understand the reasoning
> > why
> > the individual control is not available in other editions. See
> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/functionality.mspx
> >
> > Perhaps someone can justify why this functionality is not available in
> > lesser Office suites? When I compare the differences in the various
> > editions,
> > this particular one strikes me as being trivial in terms of scope, but
> > significant in terms of user impact!
> >
> > Furthermore, if its unavailable, why does the "Edit in Data***" option
> > appear on all list views - this is an annoying implementation to say the
> > least. ie every time a user clicks on it they get that rather annoying
> > message indicating that there is a configuration issue or the control is
> > missing!
> >
> > I have a large customer who are using Sharepoint, and this single feature
> > would be the ONLY reason to justify moving up to Office Professional
> > Enterprise, none of the others apply.
> >
> > Is anyone aware if it is possible to get the "Edit in Data***"
> > functionality working with lesser editions?
>
>
>

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