A custom list in SharePoint is a blank list in which you can add your own columns and views. Use this if none of the build-in list types are similar to the list you want to make.

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Correct way to use the people picker and Rich Text

I'd like to have a custom form that lets me add items to a list. There are two fields giving me trouble. One is a "Moderators" field which will use a people picker. The other is a "Body" field, ...
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Can I disable “Open with Access” option in the ribbon for a list? SP2010

Here is why: I have a SP2010 list with permissions set so that default is 'view only' and a limited group has 'contribute' perms. If I log in with a non-priviledged account, and view the list,there ...
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Reason for Custom Field not getting displayed while adding new Item

I had a custom field deployed in one of server and now am trying it on my VPC which is exact copy of Server, however I added/deployed solution, checked GAC, dll was there, looked at controltemplate ...
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list template copy code-behind is not working

My goal here is to create a list template with code-behind on my server and copy it to a completely different Sharepoint server. The problem is that my server has Visual Studio 2010 while the other ...
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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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Custom List - Date limit for new item

I am looking for some help around customizing a list from SharePoint front end as I do not have access to a SharePoint developer. We have a Nomination Form for Awards (custom list). The Awards forms ...
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How to Add Data Field to Existing Custom List Form?

Say I have created a really simple custom list via Sharepoint Designer, and then created a custom NewForm.aspx called NewFormTest.aspx to go with it. Now I have to add a field to the custom list. I ...
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Event receiver for a custom List

I created a custom Event Receiver using WSP builder, and in elements.xml file i have given the ID of list which i find in elements.xml of List definition of particular list. I also activated 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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Adding List Item Programmatically

I am working in SharePoint 2010.I am dynamically creating a list on FeatureActivation event. My list has following columns Title : Text , VisibleTo: User/People, Menu : Choice, Type : Choice. ...
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Change javascript onclick for “add new item” link under list

I made some custom list definitions in Visual Studio 2010 and deploy them to SharePoint 2010. I also made a Visual Web Part with a form. With this form I'm able to feed multiple of my lists with just ...
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What can I do with SharePoint workflow?

What can I do with WorkFlows and lists without using Visual Studio? Can I develope any system that I can develop with SQL server and C#? What are my limitations?
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List with 1:Many related sub list

I have a list of Projects and I would like each Project to have a several Requirements associated with it. I made a Requirements list, and added a column to the Project list that is a lookup into the ...
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Default value appear in the list “create new item” SharePoint 2010 [closed]

we migrated a database(column name -- id,fname,lname) from eRoom(ECM) to sharepoint custom list..the migration went fine.. but when in sharepoint i navigate to the list and click on the link to create ...
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Filling a list instance's MultiUser Field

i created a UserMulti field inside my list's instance. Heres how i declared it. <Row> <Field Name ="Title">List1</Field> <Field Name ="aatMessage">Message place ...
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Custom List Not showing up

I created a list using a msdn tutorial as given in link below, MSDN Custom List I followed each single step, and deployed the list, and I can see it deployed globally in Sharepoint Central Admin, + ...
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Pull URL of newly created list item with JavaScript; SharePoint 2007

I have a user that wants the page to automatically go to the display page of an item that he just created. I want to be able to do this using a Content Editor Webpart using JavaScript that is placed ...
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Custom list Feature problems

I created a custom list definition, which works well. When i deploy, the list definition is added, when i retract, the list definition retracts properly. I also created a list instance from said ...
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Reading values of AverageRating & Number of Ratings in code behind of application page in sharepoint 2010

I'm working on rating feature for our SharePoint application. I have a custom list something like below: ex. UserId -- Title -- JobId -- Rating(0-5) -- Number of Ratings UserId & JobId together ...
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Custom Lists: how to retrieve 3 most recent item submissions

I have currently 2 custom SharePoint lists. One represents questions, the other one answers. Both lists have the default columns in place: ID, modified by date and username. The requirement is now ...
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workflow in sharepoint designer 2010

I'm using ShgarePoint designer 2010, I have created custom list. I have associate workflow to this list and operate the workflow on list item. now I want to make some change in the workflow, but I ...
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web-part permission

I'm using SharePoint 2007, Custom list. I have created 3 different view on one list, and a custom permission. in the home page each list-view appear in different wep-part. In each web-part I ...
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export specific field from from sharepoint custom list to excel

I'm having custom list (SharePoint 2007) I need to export the list to Excel file. So I mark all the field that I want to export. but I when I export the list I can see: the "Path" field, though ...
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custom list top-link-bar

I'm using SharePoint 2007, I have created Custom list. I want to broaden the top toolbar, near to the New/Action/Setting button how can I create new button in the top-link-lbar?
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Editing the Summary View in List Viewer

It appears that only certain columns can be displayed in the Summary View for list viewers. I am wondering if there is a way to get around this. I have one additional column from the list I'd like to ...
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How to maintain workflow associations when deploying a SharePoint Designer wsp file on my customer's machine?

I know this might be a silly question but here goes... I created an event calendar site and it has some customized webparts (done using visual studio), custom views (XLV webpart views) and workflows ...
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How can I covert a list view mode to display an Add mode?

I have a Sharepoint custom list. I want to use it as a registration form. This means the list needs to be displayed in an "Add item" mode? How can this be done? I am assuming with loading the list in ...
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Custom (Pre-defined) Time Slots on Sharepoint Calendar?

I have a Sharepoint 2013 team site set up and we have a room bookings calendar which i'd ideally like to restrict so that instead of booking time slots when booking, you book one of 3 predefined slots ...
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Restricted search on a list to hide private column

We have a list called employee. Out of all columns search result should not show 2 private columns named DOB & salary. Result can show all other columns. I mean how to implement restricted search ...
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ExpCollGroup Fails with custom list

In Sharepoint Foundation 2010 I created a list, and made a standard view, everything is fine. I go into SPD and apply a simple formula to a column header using the f(x) button. It doesnt matter what ...
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Is there a way to remove code from a sharepoint list?

Ok I have a custom built sharepoint list on a standard aspx page with no sharepoint header. With Sharepoint Designer I have set parameters on my list with several filters. On the page I have several ...
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Link documents to custom list items

So I have a custom list and a Document library. I want to be able to link documents to list items I am able to use the lookup field on the document library to link to the list item, but not the ...
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Is it possible to have 2 “Created By” fields in a Custom List?

By default every custom list has a Created By field.... What I need is another one to display the users Mobile Number data as well. That way i can display their name and number on new list items ...
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join data from a custom list into the results of a search core web part

I have a custom list called ReferenceList which contains two fields ProjectId and Url. I am retrieving data from SQL via BSC and displaying them in the search core web part result. The results are ...
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Making a Request form that pulls from Calculated Columns of other list

I'm new here (first post). I have already read the great articles on this page but never posted until now. I am looking for some guidance on this and hope you experts can help me. Overview: I want ...
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A ranking field in SP2010

We have a list containing items classified by one field – “Category”. We have a “Ranking” field for users to rank list items in a category. We want the “Ranking” field to function like the column ...
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Simple method of displaying an editable list to a user using non-standard views

The title might seem a bit misleading, but the question is basically this: We have a requirement to display a simple list of Do's and Don'ts to visitors on multiple pages. The specification is asking ...
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List Calculated Field in Pivot Table

I have a list in SharePoint 2010, and I'm using that list to drive data in a Pivot Table. This, in and of itself is nothing special. No custom code, PowerPivot or JavaScript hacks. I have two Custom ...
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sharepoint list item 2013

How can we control the sharepoint list item which is created on visual studio 2012? How can we get the user profile informations by connecting the user profile services ? ım new on sp so can anyone ...
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Leave planner and its Gantt View in SharePoint with approval workflow

I am creating a leave planner with provision for approval in SharePoint with a Gantt Chart view of the leaves. The requirements are Add a new leave entry with start date, end date (status of entry ...
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Filling in the predefined Word Document Template from SharePoint Site

I have a requirement which asks for filling the details into a word doc with a predefined template from SharePoint site and then the word doc should be automatically saved when clicked on saved ...
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InfoPath form/List for a site still using SharePoint2007 interface inside SharePoint2010 environment. (timeline sensitive)

We recently completed a SharePoint 2007-2010 Migration last year. We have some sites that are using custom branding, and we've kept these sites using the 07 interface in order to prevent any broken ...
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How to import a document as a multi-line text metadata field

I have a little bit of a challenge I'm trying to solve. We have a library of documents that we want to make available as a list. We'll use the "preview view", with the document title (as a hyperlink ...
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Assign users to a task without form

I have associated a workflow to a list. When there is a new item, the workflow will be fire and it will assign a task to a user in order to edit the new item. At first the edit is made through a ...
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Single Entry in my RSS Viewer

I created a custom list and a blog in my SharePoint 2007 site. I added the RSS web part to my front page and enter the RSS Feed URL for the blog. I have a feed limit of 3. I only receive the most ...
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Created list instance and content type on sharepoint production, how to import to solution and create definition?

I created simple list and content type on production server. Now I would like to import that list and content type to visual server. Visual Studio solution should contains: list definition, list ...
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Draft item in custom list with different item requirements once final?

I want to make it possible for my users to add new items to a custom list, but keep the items in "draft" state until they have all the values they need. Once they mark it final, somehow, some of the ...
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Read only column in Custom List

I have searched for the best desired method for creating a read only column in a custom data list but I couldn't find anything solid in regards to the all view. My goal is to be the only one allowed ...
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Can I edit a LOOKUP column?

More concisely: How do I edit a lookup column? I have a custom list with columns [Name] and [Product] named 'MainList'. I would like a third column [Referral] which shows a name found in ...
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How to filter customlist data in rule based on some condition in InfoPath?

I want to filter data of custom list based on some condition in InfoPath. For Ex: My CustomList has following columns with multiple records, EmpName, Address, Phone, UserName, Password I want to get ...