Setting SharePoint 2010 Form Fields Using Query String Variables

Question

Hi All,
I have a requirement to populate sharepoint form field value with query string while uploading document to document library.
While uploading the document to document library, I want to populate claim number available from query string in a pop up page i.e in my case EditForm.aspx, Located at
http://servername:port/sitename/documentlibraryname/forms/EditForm.aspx.
Additional Information:
Created document library and added custom columns like claim number etc..
Created a view to filter uploaded documents as per claim number.
Server Details:
Windows Server 2008 R2
SharePoint 2010
SQL Server 2008 R2
I have written javascript for the same, but not sure where exactly to add the code in EditForm.aspx page.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you in advacne.
Regards
Seva

Answer 1

if the NewForm.aspx contain a "New Item Form" or "Edit Item Form" you can populate the form field by doing the following:
First for the data view create a parameter from query string and give it the claim_number query string name.
now for the field Claim Number Convert it to normal ASP.NET TextBox example below for this
Normal Field will be like this
<SharePoint:formfield runat="server" id="ff5{$Pos}" ControlMode="Edit" FieldName="ClaimNumber" ItemId="{@ID}" __designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('u',concat('ff5',$Pos),'Value','ValueChanged','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@ClaimNumber')}" />
you will change it to
<asp:TextBox runat="server" id="ff5{$Pos}" __designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff5',$Pos),'Text','TextChanged','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@ClaimNumber')}" />
Now in the asp:TextBox you can add the "Text" Attribute and assign the created data view parameter to it example below
<asp:TextBox runat="server" id="ff5{$Pos}" Text="{$Claim_Number}" __designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff5',$Pos),'Text','TextChanged','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@ClaimNumber')}" />
Where {$Claim_Number} is your Query String Parameter.
Now if you send the query string NewForm.aspx?Claim_Number=1232
you should see the field populated
This what I do usually to populate the fields
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/Ulrich