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I am trying to hide some columns from view in the DIP, but allow users to change them in the properties panel for the document. I am trying to associate 3 base content types for attaching different document templates with some custom columns. A lot of content types with additional columns with inherit from these in the future, so I don't want to lock down the DIP.

I've tried hiding the columns, but then they don't get included, for some reason, when I try to save it as a document template and re-create the library from that.

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You can use InfoPath to customize the DIP and remove the (un)desired fields. They will still show in the properties panel.

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  • Thank you for replying. The only thing with customising the DIP is that I don't want to have to customise it each time a new column is added to each content type that inherits from it. I am just trying to hide them from that particular view. Is that the only way this can be done?
    – Dee
    Apr 22, 2013 at 1:12
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    The DIP is not a view. It draws directly from the libray's column definitions and it will need to be adjusted when column definitions are changed.
    – teylyn
    Apr 22, 2013 at 1:24
  • I know, that's what I'm trying to avoid. There will be a big content type hierarchy. I want the DIP to remain fluid with the changes to the columns. There are a few columns that they want to only be in the properties panel for every content type in the structure. I thought that I could hide them in the base to get that functionality. It may be that it will work when we update the service packs. Unless that is not supposed to happen.
    – Dee
    Apr 22, 2013 at 2:01
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If you hide the columns in the DIP, they are hidden from the properties panel. It acts as a 'soft hide,' so you can still access the columns programatically. They do not appear in the columns for the document library once it is created from a template. You can only access them programaticallly.

We ended up changing the requirements once we realised this. So I don't need a solution to the problem anymore.

Thank you Teylyn for your help :)

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