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Redirecting user after Save button:
You can use this code in your custom js:
spjs.dffs.redirect(“http://Your_redirect_url”,false);
The redirect will be performed when saving the form.(Gleaned from https://spjsblog.com/forums/topic/general-dffs-enhancement-suggestions/#post-19314)
Putting Prev/Next tab buttons at the top of the form:
The easiest way to achieve this is to add this snippet to your custom js. You don’t need to use the Misc settings if you only want the buttons in the top.
var b = []; b.push("<div style='padding:2px;text-align:right;border-bottom: 1px #808080 solid;'>"); b.push("<input class='ms-ButtonHeightWidth' type='button' value='Previous tab' onclick='spjs.dffs.navTab(0);'>"); b.push("<input class='ms-ButtonHeightWidth' type='button' value='Next tab' onclick='spjs.dffs.navTab(1);'>"); b.push("</div>"); jQuery(".dffsTabRow").after(b.join(""));(gleaned from https://spjsblog.com/forums/topic/general-dffs-enhancement-suggestions/#post-19314)
DFFS is designed to allow customization of the 3 SharePoint forms. It is not designed to customize the look of lists, EXCEPT that you can use the VLookup code on a list to display child items on the list view, which native SharePoint does not do.
Iain;
Here’s a Word document containing screenshot of a DFFS form that uses side-by-side settings, and a screenshot of the settings. Hopefully that will get you started. If the side-by-side “Index” box in the tab settings for a field has nothing in it, side by side is not in effect for that field. Fields with matching entries in the side-by-side “Index” box will be placed on the same line on the form.
Good luck.
One way to make use of an external js file would be to edit the default New, Disp or Edit form on which you want the file to be available, and add a CEWP to the page that references the external js file. It will then be available to DFFS.
Hopefully we will hear from Alex, as I there used to be a DFFS way to refer to external js files but I haven’t needed to use that capability recently so I don’t remember exactly how it worked or whether it still works the same in recent versions.
To delete the configuration for the Edit form, for instance, just click the Delete button at the top right or bottom right of the configuration page. You’ll get a warning, which you will accept. You will be returned to the native SharePoint edit form. Scroll to the bottom of the form, and click on the “Enhanced with DFFS” tag to open up the config again. You will get a prompt that there is no config for this form — do you want to copy one from another form? Choose the New Form to copy from.
DFFS is installed in a document library called SPJS. If you look in Site Contents, you should be able to find it.
By the way, if you have a SharePoint practice site, its a great idea to practice installing DFFS yourself and play with it. It is especially helpful to do something that will benefit you in real life.
For instance, I have a practice site I can reach on my phone, and I have built a Blood Glucose tracker that I use several times a day, since I am diabetic and use insulin. Building an app that is just for me allows me to do enhancements, and in doing so, learn a lot about DFFS and SharePoint. I have figured out how to format my app so it looks good on my phone and is easy to use. It took me about a year of researching here and there to finally get it to where it is, and my skills have increased as a result.
I know of two ways to do this. One way would be to export the config for the New Form using the Misc tab in the configuration page, then import that config into the Edit Form on the Misc tab.
However, I find it quicker and easier to just delete the Edit form after I’ve made changes to the New Form, then open the config for the Edit form. When asked whether I want to copy an existing config, I choose New Form.
I hope this helps.
Christoph: You can create a calculated field on your list that contains a link to the version history page for an item — this article may help: URL to version history page (Hint: to make it display as a link, set the data type to “number”). Then just display that column where you want to be able to go to the version history.
If you’re stumped, reply to this answer and I’ll try to get time to create a sample.
P.S. You may need to research a few things like “How do I get the GUID of a sharepoint list?” “How create a link in a calculated column.”
If you have the Sharegate migration tool, you might try migrating the list directly from SP10 to SP16. (If you don’t have it, you can download a 14 day trial from sharegate.com. Note: Some organizations will not let you download and install Sharegate.)
If you do try this, and it does not succeed the first time you try it, try turning off DFFS on the SP10 list then migrating again. You can then turn on DFFS in SP16, and copy the configs from SP10 manually.
Just another possible thing to try so you don’t have to rebuild your list from scratch.
Ueli;
In your shoes, my next move would be to create a brand new custom list with no extra columns and install DFFS to test that there is not something in SP2016 that is breaking DFFS. If that is successful, I would then rebuild the list from scratch, then migrate the data to it.
I have seen several situations in which a list migrated from one version of SharePoint to another behaves in weird ways.
I assume your situation is that you migrated a list that uses DFFS from SP10 to SP16, and the display form is generating the error you mention in your post.
I can’t guess at why that is happening, since I have no experience with SP16, but if it were me, since the edit form IS working, I would try deleting the display form configuration and recreating it by cloning the edit form.
If you don’t know how to do that, post back and I’ll give specific steps. If the display form is drastically different from the edit form and would be REALLY hard to rebuild from a clone of the edit form, post back and I can give you a couple of ways of backing up your current display form config so you can restore it if you find the root cause of the error message and don’t need to use my workaround.
Good luck.
I’m not sure I understand your scenario correctly, but let me try to help.
I interpret your question as follows. (If I’m wrong, this may not help)
Assume: List A –> List B (has a field to store the ListA_ID vlookup) All items on List B get created from a List A item through the vLookup functionality on the List A New or Edit form.
List B — List C (has a field to store ListB_ID)
All items on List C get created from a List B item through the vLookup functionality on the List B New or Edit form.Need: create a view that shows all list A items, with their related List B items, and their related List C items.
Solution:
1. Revise List B and the vlookup on list A so that all the fields from List A needed on the view get copied to the related item on List B when a new item is created on List B.
2. Revise List C by adding a ListA_ID field (and any other fields needed) and revise the vlookup on list B so that all the fields from List A and B needed on the view get copied to the related item on List C when that item is created.
You can now create a view on List C that shows all the related fields from Lists B and A.
(If the List B items do NOT get created from List A items, you may need to manually copy the List A fields into their related List B items. Ditto for List C)
I hope this is helpful to someone.
Desired enhancement: Easy copying of New form config to Edit form, or vice versa.
When I am building a complex form, I usually work on just one version of the form (for instance, the EditForm), and when I reach a point where the form is fairly useable, I will clone the EditForm to create the NewForm.When I need to make changes later (especially if I have written custom Javascript that will provide extra functionality on both the New form and Edit form) I will make the changes in the Edit form, then delete the New form and recreate it so it has the same configuration. (OR, I will export the Edit form configuration and Import it into the New form.)
It would be great if we could have a button like “Copy Edit Form Config to New Form” to save a few steps when trying to keep the New and Edit forms synchronized.
Importance of this enhancement: very low
How to know which version of DFFS is installed, and how to update easily to another version
1. Provide an easy way to know which version of DFFS is installed in the DFFS folder within the SPJS Library. I do this for myself right now but simply adding a text file with a name that reflects the version. For instance, my most recent installations have a text file in the DFFS folder named “DFFS version 2017-02-25.txt”. This lets me know at a glance which version of DFFS I am using. When I download a new version of the DFFS files and unzip the zip file, I rename the DFFS folder to include the version date. This way, I can have several versions of DFFS installed in a single site and switch between them almost instantly simply by changing the folder names. Whichever folder is named “DFFS” (without any date component) is the active version.Request to Alex: please include a text file (like I have explained above) in future versions of DFFS to give users an easy way to know which version of DFFS is installed.
