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(I asked a similar question, but decided to repost it with clearer wording.)

I have a SP 2010 list for which I have created a NewForm.aspx form using SharePoint Designer. I have discovered (the hard way) that you cannot add code directly to the NewForm.aspx page.

But, if I want to do things such as conditionally change the filtering for queries used to populate dropdown menus on the form, what is the best way to go about this? I thought the answer was to create a code-behind page, but I'm seeing people say that isn't the SharePoint way. Okay, so what is the SharePoint way to go about this? How do I go about hitting this NewForm.aspx nail with a C# hammer?

I am not looking for a "use jQuery on the client side" answer, and here's why: One of the tasks I'm trying to accomplish is to intelligently filter a query list before it is ever delivered to the client. Why? So I can avoid populating an HTML select menu with 700 options, only to strip away 695 of them with jQuery.

I really am looking for how do I go about using C# to work on NewForm.aspx.

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  • Don't forget that if you log in you will be able to edit your question directly, and also comment on answers (rather than respond in the question).
    – SPDoctor
    Sep 24, 2012 at 16:47
  • Why on earth would you populate your select with all 700 options? You can filter in any of the calls you make with CSOM in JavaScript or using SPServices.
    – Robert Kaucher
    Sep 24, 2012 at 17:57

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For almost all UI interactions in SharePoint 2010 I use jQuery with either the Client Side Object Model or SPServices. In my opinion this gives me much greater control and richer interactions which users have come to expect.

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  • While I still dont' have a solution to my misery, it does appear the answer to my problem is to forget server-side code, and go with the "SPServices or CSOM" answer. I'll focus my efforts on SPServices as I'm more comfortable with jQuery.
    – Alan M
    Sep 24, 2012 at 22:25
  • I thought that I had mentioned this in my answer but I obviously did not. A NewForm.aspx is still just an ASP.NET page and subject to the same rules. You an add a code behind or do in-line C# as well. But I think for most things JavaScript just makes my life easier for forms.
    – Robert Kaucher
    Feb 15, 2014 at 3:07

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