Re: Appointment View question

I think you are going to have to build a custom site definition in order to
create a new standard view for that list type. Start by looking on MSDN.


On 20/7/05 17:50, in article
53D22EBC-4313-4770-BD9B-D33CE4EF4D14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom Brophy"
<TomBrophy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> First, this is actually announcements (not appointments but you probably
> already figured that out or it doesn't matter). I am able to convert it to
> XSLT as you said. I was able to remove the byline and date from the
> <summary> view and it looks good. However, when I create the list template
> (so I can use this list in many other places) and then create the new list
> using this template it's still showing the by-line and date in the summary
> view (perhaps because it's a summary view) and that may not be saved with the
> list tmeplate?
>
> When I go in and try to add another view, I don't see how I can limit the
> body of the message to 3 lines. If I try to resize it, it makes it bigger.
> I looked in cell properties and tried to limit the number of pixels but it
> still showed the entire text. I don't see any other way that I can do this?
>
> Any other help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I just need the announcements web part without the byline and date and I
> need to be able to put this webpart/list on other sites without having to
> modify each site.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>
> "Steven Collier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Use FrontPage and convert the list view to XSLT (on the right click), you
>> can then edit either list view completely.
>>
>>
>> On 19/7/05 18:58, in article
>> D98B4722-FBC5-4C90-995B-C9940AB28E79@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom Brophy"
>> <TomBrophy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to remove the by-line and date from the appointment view. I can
>>> easily make another view and include only the title and body (and use the
>>> newsletter style) to get it to look like announcements with the title on
>>> top). However, it shows all the lines in the body and not just the top 3.
>>> I
>>> don't see anyway to change this. And, when I tried to modify the 'current
>>> view' it wouldn't let me unselect the fields I wanted.
>>>
>>> Anybody have any ideas or thoughts on how I can accomplish this?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>
>>

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