Create a SPlist and its SPView in SharePoint writing C# code against WSS object model

How to create a SPlist and its SPView in SharePoint writing C# code against the WSS object model ?




Assume you want to create the list and its view when activating a SharePoint Feature.

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public style="COLOR: blue">class style="COLOR: #2b91af">myFeatureReceiver : Microsoft.SharePoint.style="COLOR: #2b91af">SPFeatureReceiver"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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{

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public style="COLOR: blue">override void
FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties
properties)

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{

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using (style="COLOR: #2b91af">SPWeb web = properties.Feature.Parent style="COLOR: blue">as style="COLOR: #2b91af">SPWeb)

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{

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System.Diagnostics.style="COLOR: #2b91af">Debug.WriteLine(style="COLOR: #a31515">"Creating the list");

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//web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true; //use this in
an application page no need in a dll

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web.Lists.Add("Customers", style="COLOR: #a31515">"Store informations about my Company Customers",
style="COLOR: #2b91af">SPListTemplateType.GenericList);

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web.Update();

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System.Diagnostics.style="COLOR: #2b91af">Debug.WriteLine(style="COLOR: #a31515">"Creating the Fields");

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SPList myNewList = web.Lists[style="COLOR: #a31515">"Customers"];

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myNewList.Fields.Add("First Name",
SPFieldType.Text, style="COLOR: blue">false);

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myNewList.Fields.Add("Last Name",
SPFieldType.Text, style="COLOR: blue">false);

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myNewList.Fields.Add("Adress", style="COLOR: #2b91af">SPFieldType.Text, style="COLOR: blue">false);

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myNewList.Fields.Add("City", style="COLOR: #2b91af">SPFieldType.Text, style="COLOR: blue">false);

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myNewList.Fields.Add("Latest Purchase
Date", SPFieldType.DateTime, style="COLOR: blue">false);

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myNewList.Fields.Add("Sales
Comments", SPFieldType.Note, style="COLOR: blue">false);

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myNewList.Update();

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System.Diagnostics.style="COLOR: #2b91af">Debug.WriteLine(style="COLOR: #a31515">"Creating the view");

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System.Collections.Specialized.style="COLOR: #2b91af">StringCollection strColl = style="COLOR: blue">new System.Collections.Specialized.style="COLOR: #2b91af">StringCollection();

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strColl.Add("First
Name");

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strColl.Add("Last
Name");

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strColl.Add(style="COLOR: #a31515">"Adress");

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strColl.Add(style="COLOR: #a31515">"City");

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strColl.Add("Latest Purchase
Date");

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strColl.Add("Sales
Comments");

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myNewList.Views.Add("Summary",
strColl, @"", 100, style="COLOR: blue">true, true,
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPViewCollection.style="COLOR: #2b91af">SPViewType.Html, style="COLOR: blue">false);

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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-no-proof: yes">myNewList.Update();

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}

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}

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}

References




SPViewCollection.Add Method (MSDN - Microsoft.SharePoint)




Views.AddView Method (MSDN - Views Web Services)