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Issue with lookup column in subsite

I add lookup columns with a elements.xml file and like everyone else I had issues with them once deployed, i.e. "Get information from:" was empty for the lookup list. I found ...
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Sharepoint Content-Types 0x01 0x0120

Was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of info that details what fields these content types add to my custom list. Was also curious if someone could explain what the Folder element ...
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Help Return Lists With With No List Items

This is my first time posting and I'm looking for some help, so hopefully someone has an answer. I used the search, but didn't find anything. I created a custom list definition, and content type ...
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Content Type adding and removing to a list: “ghost content type” problem

I have a problem with Content Types... I have houndreds of lists that has some content Type and a configuration list in which I store the content type to be attached to my custom list type. I have an ...
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How to get SPList to expose a data entry form during “Add New Item”

I think I've successfully created a list based on a custom content type but when I click on the "Add new item" link for the list, I see nothing except: a basic ribbon tab labeled "Edit" with icons ...
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I can't remove Content Type programmatically? How I can do it? SharePoint Foundation

I create in SPD 2010 workflow which create custom content type with column. I removed workflow, list and column and I also want to remove content typ but I can't do it, SharePoint shows this info "The ...
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How to add extra custom content type to Contacts based ListInstance

I am trying to build a custom ListInstance for deployment in Visual Studio. It should be based on the Contacts template so it can be opened in/linked to Outlook, but I also want to add two other ...
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Assigning Icons to Content types

I'm new to sharepoint and really hoping someone can help. Right now I have added a couple of content types that inherit from "folder" and some other from "item" (and each other, but they're not the ...
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Can't hide the title column in a custom content type

I'm building a custom content type. I've set a bunch of site columns I add to the content type. The content type is used in a custom list definition within a ContentTypeRef node. I'm also willing to ...
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Content type reference

I implemented content type for workflow tasks. <ContentType ID="0x010801004D0E4ACA1A34472887F7CCD678E5F48C" Name="$Resources:file,name;" Group="Custom Content Types" ...
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Custom lists and mandatory 'Title' field

I've just successfully followed this tutorial: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728096.aspx Not the best tutorial, but it's all working nevertheless. My question is, now that I've managed ...
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List Definition, disable modal dialog for View item form

I created two List Definitions with custom add\edit\view forms. Now I want to disable modal window only for "view form". I found solution where NavigateForFormsPages="TRUE" was used. But this ...
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Best method to bind content types to a list?

Where should I "bind" content types to my list? I need to bind two different custom content types. I tried to do it in the list definition but the changes did not take affect. Doing it next to the ...
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User control in custom list item edit - when can I see content type of item?

I have a user control I'm using to edit new list items. In my Page_Load event, I am trying to retrieve the Content Type of the new item to use in further logic. But, I'm getting a null reference ...
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Content types vs. custom list field

This is a question about best practices and the intent of the designers of SharePoint. I'm pretty new with SharePoint, and have only worked on pretty small projects. I often find myself creating ...