Adding fields to the List Forms – Sharepoint

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I'm looking to add a new field onto my NewForm.aspx, EditForm.aspx and DispForm.aspx pages in Sharepoint Designer 2007. I've managed to add a new textbox webpart and have edited the Common Textbox Tasks to make the Data Field my new field (Contacts..)

But how do I edit Edit.aspx and DispForm.aspx to display this new field?

I've looked around already answered questions on the site but I haven't run across what I'm really looking for — sorry if I missed it!

Thanks!
Shannon

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It doesn't count as "development", but wouldn't creating a new List column, Site Column or Content Type add this additional field to all your list forms just fine? How does this not work in your particular case?

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Your approach is okey, couple of things to check:

1) Each Data View Web Part has the DataFields tag, it looks like this:

<DataFields>@URL,URL;@Comments,Notes;@Color,Color;@Image,Image;</DataFields>

and it contains the names of your fields. Make sure your new field is displayed in this list.

2) Also there is difference between internal field name and field name. In the example above Comments is internal name but name is Notes. So to display Notes field correctly you should use:

<xsl:value-of select="@Comments"/>

3) Make sure you are trying to output this value in the right place of XSLT template. The easiest way to find the place is to look for existing fields and just add the new one along these.

Hope it helps...

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