About Web Parts in Sharepont Using FrontPage

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A Web Part is a modular unit of information that contains Web-based content and is the building block of a Web Part Page. Web Parts work with Microsoft® Windows SharePoint Services Websites only. A Web Part is made up of several component files that store the data and information necessary to render the Web Part.

When you add Web Parts to your page by using Microsoft® FrontPage, you have more control over how they appear than you would by working with them on your SharePoint site. You can also create connections between Web Parts so that when you perform an action in one Web Part, it changes the contents of another Web Part.

About Web Part connections

In Websites located on Web servers running Microsoft® Windows SharePoint Services, the types of data sources that you can use include Extensible Markup Language (XML) (Extensible Markup Language (XML): A condensed form of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that enables developers to create customized tags that offer flexibility in organizing and presenting information.) files, Web services, and SharePoint lists. Connecting sets of data from different data sources usually requires advanced programming skills, but by connecting Web Parts, you can pass data between them and synchronize their behavior.

For example, you can connect a List View Web Part, which contains a column with a hyperlink data type, to an Image Web Part, which contains a picture of an employee. Each time you select a row in the List View Web Part, you can see the picture of the employee displayed in the Image Web Part.

Although you can establish a Web Part connection by using the Web browser, by using FrontPage, you can extend the functionality of Web Part connections. For example, you can use the Form Web Part to filter the data in another Web Part, or you can establish connections between Web Parts on two Web Part Pages in the same top-level Website.

About the Form Web Part

Form Web Parts are a case-sensitive, filtering mechanism, and they work with Microsoft® Windows SharePoint Services Websites only.

By using the Form Web part in FrontPage, you can extend the functionality of Web Part connections by enabling site visitors to enter data through a familiar form-like interface, which passes data into a Web Part connection. Similar to a search box, site visitors can, for example, filter on data contained in the List View Web Part by using the Form Web Part.

By using the Form Web Part option, you cannot build a form that lets you collect data and send it to a database or email address. Instead, to collect data from your customers, on the Insert menu, point to Forms, and then choose the List Form or Form option.

If you are running a Website based on Windows SharePoint Services, you can use the following forms:

  • List Forms, which are used to input data to a SharePoint list
  • Forms, which are used to collect data to a standalone text or XML file.
  • Form Web Parts, which are used to filter for information on your SharePoint site, and work by using the Web Part Connections technology.

Important– If you are running a Website that is not based on Windows SharePoint Services, such as a disk-based Web or by using the FrontPage Server Extensions, on the Insert menu, point to Forms, and then click Forms. The other forms options may be grayed out or inactive because you are not running a SharePoint site

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