Create list and add a choices column to default view

Question

I would like to create a link list, and then add a choice column (Field) with two choices to the default view.

Using the following code i am able to create the list and add a column (Field) to the default view. I cant get the //CREATE FIELD part working:

// CREATE NEW LIST 
        ListCreationInformation newList12 = new ListCreationInformation();
        // Titel
        newList12.Title = "Links";
        newList12.TemplateType = (int)ListTemplateType.Links; // Template
        newList12.QuickLaunchOption = QuickLaunchOptions.Off; // Quicklaunch option
        List list12 = web.Lists.Add(newList12); 
        newList12.Description = "Opret og del links";
        // Update list + execute
        list12.Update();
        context.ExecuteQuery();

        //CREATE FIELD
        List listUpdate12 = web.Lists.GetByTitle("Links");
        listUpdate12.Fields.Add("Field Name", FieldType.Choice, false);

        //Get Field Reference
        FieldChoice col = (FieldChoice)listUpdate12.Fields.GetByTitle["Field Name"];

        col.Choices.Add("option 1");
        col.Choices.Add("option 2");
        col.DefaultValue = "option 1"; //otherwise blank row by default.

        col.update();  //Saves choices to column

        listUpdate12.Update();


        // ADD FIELD TO VIEW
        View view12 = list12.Views.GetByTitle("All Links");
        view12.ViewFields.Add("Field Name");

        // update view + list
        view12.Update();
        list12.Update();
        context.ExecuteQuery();

When i hower the "listUpdate12.Fields.Add("Field Name", FieldType.Choice, false);" part i get: Error: No overload method "Add" takes 3 arguments.

When i hower the "listUpdate12.Fields.GetByTitle["Field Name"];" part i get: Cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type 'method group'.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

1. You'll want to use the SPFieldType class instead of FieldType. Update: Actually, the issue is that the CSOM doesn't support that version of Add. Use AddAsXml instead:

   list.Fields.AddFieldAsXml("",true, AddFieldOptions.DefaultValue);

2. When you call GetByTitle you're using [] - square brackets. Try using parenthesis to call the method instead - GetByTitle("Field Name")

Hope this helps!