I am using a Microsoft template for adding Training and Courses for people to register for. Everything is working fine, but I want to add a field to the Courses list. I want to add a field to indicate what type of staff this course is for, eg HR, Health & Safety, Admin, etc.

So I have searched all over for answers to this, the documentation on SharePoint is shocking, and I did the following:

• Settings > Create Column on the Courses page.

• Entered all necessary details

• On DispForm, EditForm and NewForm (.aspx) added @fStaffType, Staff Type; to DataFields section. (Staff Type is the name of the field`)

• On DispForm added a new row to display the data:

   <tr>
       <td width="190px" valign="top" class="ms-formlabel">
          <H3 class="ms-standardheader">
              <nobr>Staff Type</nobr>
          </H3>
       </td>
      <td width="400px" valign="top" class="ms-formbody">
          <xsl:value-of select="@fStaffType"/>
       </td>
   </tr>
  

• On EditForm and NewForm added a new row to edit/enter data:

   <tr>
       <td width="190px" valign="top" class="ms-formlabel">
      <H3 class="ms-standardheader">
          <nobr>Staff Type</nobr>
      </H3>
       </td>
       <td width="400px" valign="top" class="ms-formbody">
           <SharePoint:FormField runat="server" id="ff12{$Pos}" ControlMode="New" FieldName="fStaffType" __designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff12',$Pos),'Value','ValueChanged','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@fStaffType')}"/>
           <SharePoint:FieldDescription runat="server" id="ff12description{$Pos}" FieldName="fStaffType" ControlMode="New"/>
       </td>
   </tr>
  

On EditForm and NewForm I get the error:

Error Rendering Control - ff12description_1

An unhandled exception has occured. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

If I comment out the description it will show the first td (Field Name) but the second td is just empty.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am using a Microsoft template for adding Training and Courses for people to register for. Everything is working fine, but I want to add a field to the Courses list. I want to add a field to indicate what type of staff this course is for, eg HR, Health & Safety, Admin, etc.

So I have searched all over for answers to this, the documentation on SharePoint is shocking, and I did the following:

• Settings > Create Column on the Courses page.

• Entered all necessary details

• On DispForm, EditForm and NewForm (.aspx) added @fStaffType, Staff Type; to DataFields section. (Staff Type is the name of the field`)

• On DispForm added a new row to display the data:

   <tr>
       <td width="190px" valign="top" class="ms-formlabel">
          <H3 class="ms-standardheader">
              <nobr>Staff Type</nobr>
          </H3>
       </td>
      <td width="400px" valign="top" class="ms-formbody">
          <xsl:value-of select="@fStaffType"/>
       </td>
   </tr>
  

• On EditForm and NewForm added a new row to edit/enter data:

   <tr>
       <td width="190px" valign="top" class="ms-formlabel">
      <H3 class="ms-standardheader">
          <nobr>Staff Type</nobr>
      </H3>
       </td>
       <td width="400px" valign="top" class="ms-formbody">
           <SharePoint:FormField runat="server" id="ff12{$Pos}" ControlMode="New" FieldName="fStaffType" __designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff12',$Pos),'Value','ValueChanged','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@fStaffType')}"/>
           <SharePoint:FieldDescription runat="server" id="ff12description{$Pos}" FieldName="fStaffType" ControlMode="New"/>
       </td>
   </tr>
  

On EditForm and NewForm I get the error:

Error Rendering Control - ff12description_1

An unhandled exception has occured. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

If I comment out the description it will show the first td (Field Name) but the second td is just empty.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: A related problem, don't know if I should create a new question or not. But Marc D Anderson answered below and I was able to add and display a new field. However, I can add a new Course perfectly but if I edit one, and change the Staff Type field, a new Course will be created at the current day and time. But if other fields are edited they edit correctly.

Any ideas?