Re: Data View : Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem....

From: Mike Walsh (englantilainen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/31/04


Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:19:18 +0300


> and i think Mike was going to FAQ it

Remind me - occasionally (huh?!) I lose track of my incoming piles.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at wss.collutions.com
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"David McKenzie" <DavidMcKenzie@bonbon.net> wrote in message
news:#ZiW8eqdEHA.2344@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I had a problem - maybe not the same as yours - with a template
> Remembering something Todd Bleeker mentioned in a development class, I
> opened my template file with a 7-Zip (open source compression tool for
> those who don't want to buy or (gasp) steal a commercial offering)
> and was able to look at the pages and documents contained withing the
> template.
> Altering them was a little trickier, but i spelled it out (and i think
> Mike was going to FAQ it)
>
>
> Chris wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I get the following error on Data Views and Im stuck... (Im using
> > SPS2003)
> >
> > "Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open
> > this Web page in a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible HTML editor
> > such as FrontPage. If the problem persists, contact your Web server
> > administrator."
> >
> >
> > Here's how I get the bug. I made a site (http://server/sites/SITE1/)
> > containing lot of stuff including a Data View (initialy based on a
> > custom list). SITE1 is OK, no error on the Data View. I then make a
> > "Site Template" with that site and I create another site based on that
> > template (http://server/sites/SITE2/). Thats where the problems
> > begin. The dataview in SITE2 is showing me the above error.
> >
> > After that i made some test...
> >
> > 1- I'm in SITE2 and in IE I add a List View of the "Links" list. The
> > list view is OK. I then go in Frontpage and convert the "Links" List
> > View to a XSLT Data View. In Frontpage I see the Data View correctly.
> > But in IE the Data View gives me the above error... But if i do the
> > same procedure in SITE1, the data view is ok. No errors...
> >
> >
> > 2- I make a new site (http://server/sites/SITE3/) based on a "Team
> > Site" template. I put a "Links" List view and convert it to a Data
> > View. I then make a Site Template with SITE3. I create a new site
> > (http://server/sites/SITE4/) based on the new template. The "Links"
> > Data View don't give me error...
> >
> >
> > So there must be an error in the Site1 template... Site1 contains
> > lots of stuff... custom lists, webparts. The site was modify a lot of
> > time in Frontpage...
> >
> > Anyone knows what's the problem ? Where should I look to solve my
> > problem ? Why ALL Data views in the SITE2 give me that error ? Any
> > tips ?
> >
> > Maybe I should entirely recreate SITE1... but that would be a lot of
> > works and Im not even sure that would correct the bug...
> >
> >
> > thank you,
> > Chris



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