field deployed via a feature
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Taxonomy Field provisioned from Feature is not being crawled by Search
I have provisioned my own Taxonomy Field as a Site Column. I have used a feature receiver to bind the correct Term Store / Term Set information and I have created (and bound) the hidden Note Field ...
3
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1answer
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Changing enterprise keywords column title programatically
I'm trying to rename an enterprise keywords column in a specific list of a subsite. In a Feature Activated event receiver i tried to set the column's display name by setting its title using the ...
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Move Files from a SharePoint Library into a Folder
I have a problem. I want to move files from a SharePoint library into a folder using PowerShell. To be more specific I need to move all the files in the library for whose a SharePoint field value ...
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190 views
Sharepoint how to add field to list where field with such name already exists?
I have sharepoint list 'Events' with field Location.
I am trying to add from web existing field with same internal name from other package.
var fields = contentType.ParentWeb.Fields;
SPField ...
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316 views
Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Invalid field name
SharePoint Error message Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Invalid field name.{guid}
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113 views
How to debug custom field type?
I wonder if we can debug custom field ? Does "attach to process" method works for custom field?
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72 views
Rename standard field name in XML
I have a custom content type that inherits from the standard article page CT. In my new content type I would like to use the Contact field that is inherited from the article page but I would like to ...
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Field derived from content type switches to mandatory automatically
We have a content type, "Tasks", that have a number of fields, one of which was mandatory when it was created. We have a list that makes use of this content type, and now we want the field to be ...
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Using Content Type hub - do updated fields update in subscribed sites?
The title pretty much covers my question...
I've updated a field in the content type hub - I want this field update to be reflected in the consuming sites/webs. I don't think the field defs are ...
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Help to understand content type
Given the below definition of a content type:
<List xmlns:ows="Microsoft SharePoint" Title="Algorithm Types List Definition" EnableContentTypes="TRUE" FolderCreation="FALSE" ...
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Define contenttype with list
I have defined my list definition as following:
<List xmlns:ows="Microsoft SharePoint" Title="Requests List Definition" FolderCreation="FALSE" Direction="$Resources:Direction;" ...
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How to restrict a note field to 255 characters (without switching to single line of text)
I made a custom note field named "Content_Feedback" without specifying Allow Unlimited Length in document libraries
<Field
ID="{C9C90E3A-85AB-492E-9E47-C7A520A7DD0D}"
...
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1answer
235 views
Problem tying textfield to a content type field
I have a SharePointWebControls:TextField control on the page. It's tied to a field that has been defined as normal in the xml (I've gone through this with a fine tooth comb so I'm 99.999% sure the ...
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How do I make Title property mandatory on a custom content type?
As title says, I want to use the standard SharePoint Title property, but I need to make it mandatory. It's not an option to do this through the 'Documents' settings of the UI, I need to define it as ...
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How to set FormBaseType (of SharePoint field) to false programmatically?
What I have?
I have many list definitions deployed on production and they are working fine. In one of the list definitions, by mistake, I have added a field (which is not required) with ...
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1answer
732 views
InfoPath cannot generate a form template for the SharePoint list
The error I'm getting when I click Customize Form on a list.
InfoPath cannot generate a form template for the SharePoint list
Missing equals sign between attribute and attribute value.
The list ...
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243 views
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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2answers
865 views
How to display column names in several languages in SharePoint?
I have created a site, installed my language packs, created the term store servcie and created some terms in multi-language (persian and english). I then created a site, a new list, and a new managed ...
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1answer
484 views
How to create a lookup field that has a list column picker
How would I be able to create a list field in VS that would be a lookup to select columns from any list?
I would preferably like to have something like the PickerTreeView.aspx, but instead of ...
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2answers
841 views
Can an event receiver update a list item before the alert email is sent?
I have a requirement to expose a list item's ID value on the "DispForm.aspx" form and all alert emails for a particular list.
SharePoint is very "protective" of its IDs (or counter fields) and it ...
2
votes
1answer
84 views
When defining field using CAML: what is the difference between Name and StaticName
When defining a new field using CAML in a feature definition I can define a the Name of the new field and the StaticName. What is difference? Should I define both? And how big is the explosion if ...
2
votes
1answer
572 views
Composite unique indexes in Sharepoint 2010
I'm looking for something like Composite unique indexes in Sharepoint 2010. I have found that I can make some field in list unique. But how to make unique index composed from two or more cols in list? ...
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2answers
336 views
Diffrence between AllowDuplicateValues and EnforceUniqueValues?
When defining a site column in XML, what is the difference between AllowDuplicateValues and EnforceUniqueValues?
AllowDuplicateValues="False"
EnforceUniqueValues="True"
Logically it should do the ...
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1answer
494 views
Custom Inerited Note Field 255 character limit and no HTML for Editing?
Two issues I have with the same column type.
Using Sharepoint 2010.
I created a custom Content Type (for use as news articles content Type) and added a couple of custom columns. I have a issue ...
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1answer
516 views
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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votes
1answer
3k views
Adding a site column and add it to a content type from PowerShell issue
Within a PS script, I'm trying to add a site column and add this column to a custom content type.
Here is my script :
add-pssnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -EA 0
function ...
2
votes
1answer
108 views
Custom content type throwing errors?
I have created a custom content type that uses several custom fields that I created in the same project.
When I deploy the content type for the first time it works fine. When I try to deploy ...
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1answer
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EnforceUniqueValues attribute on Field definition in Schema.XML not working, what am I doing wrong?
I have the following field definition in the Schema.XML file for a custom list definition. Per the documentation setting EnforceUniqueValues and Indexed to true should enforce a uniqueness constraint ...
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1answer
627 views
How to update choice field options with a feature upgrade?
I created a feature with a field definition with choices. These choices are bound to language dependent resources using the $Resources:file:key system. Resource files are included.
As the feature is ...
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1answer
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When I define a field in an elements.xml file, does the Name attribute have to be unique for the whole site collection?
I'm building a project consisting of two features; the first one contains, among other things, the following field definition:
<Field ID="{E9821752-3293-4c3f-B377-22ABB7AF2F04}" Name="TruckNo" ...
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1answer
522 views
Sharepoint Profile not reading some AD fields
I have on my Sharepoint Profiles some fields that are mapped to the Active Directory (Name, job title, phone etc).
I have added some info on the AD field called "Description", and when i went to map ...
0
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2answers
4k views
Non-supported field type change
I am having a problem with a custom site column in SP2007, whose field type recently changed. I have defined features for the following artifacts, which are deployed at the site collection scope:
A ...
2
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2answers
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Add URLEncode attribute to a deployed field definition
Is it possible to add URLEncode to a field in schema.xml, and update the SharePoint site without deleting everything based on the schema? Eg.
<Field DisplayName="Internal/External" />
to
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2answers
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Accessing a custom column in User Information List
I'm working with WSS 3.0, building a customized SharePoint site using .NET 3.5 and SPVisualDev. I have edited the FeatureEventReceiver.cs in the List area to add a new column to the User Information ...
2
votes
1answer
694 views
How to disable commas on Integer field in Edit item screen
I have a field defined as this:
<Field Type="Integer" DisplayName="BŠS" Required="FALSE" Commas="FALSE" Group="CRPU grupa" ID="{f8ae007e-df89-4149-8318-a79673cec338}" ...
