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Chapter 32: Using Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 to Customize SharePoint Products 905
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Tip Like any other Web Part, a Data View can reside either within or outside
a Web Part Zone. A Web Part that is not in a Web Part Zone is called a
Static Web Part and is subject to certain limitations in its ability to be customizable
at run-time. It is common practice to put Web Parts inside a Web
Part Zone, and we have followed that convention here.
2. Click Insert Data View on the Data menu to open the Data Source Catalog
task pane. (See Figure 32-48.) As described in the previous section, there are
many data sources that you can use. (See Table 32-4 earlier in the chapter.)
Notice that FrontPage 2003 has automatically created data sources for the lists
and document libraries that exist in your Windows SharePoint Services site.
3. Expand the Database Connections folder by clicking the plus sign (+), which
exposes the Customers on the Northwind data source that we created earlier in
the section about the Data Source Catalog task pane.
4. Position the cursor on the Customers on Northwind data source, and click
the right arrow at the end of the name.
5. Click the Insert Data View option at the top of the context menu.
6. Save the new page and then view it in your browser. (See Figure 32-50.)
Figure 32-50 Plain Data View in Internet Explorer
As you can see, with a few simple drag-and-drop actions, your Web page can
easily be extended with data from the source of your choice. The display comes
complete with pagination. Because the Data View is essentially a Web Part, all the
advantages of the Web Part Infrastructure—such as runtime customization, applying
themes, shared and personal views, and so on—are available to the user from the