Creating SharePoint Solution Package for a Custom Field Type

arut jothi

Hi, I've built a custom field type that will fetch data from BDC and display it to the user. I'm not sure how to deploy this custom field as a feature in SharePoint. Kindly let me know the steps to create a solution package. I know how to create the .ddf file, manifest.xml file and to deploy the solution using STSADM commands, but not sure about what has to be mentioned in Feature.xml & also, which other file are required? Note: The code is as given below. This may not required to answer this questions.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace MyCustomFieldType
{
public class BDCField : Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldMultiColumn
{
public BDCField(SPFieldCollection fields, string fieldName): base(fields, fieldName)
{
}

    public BDCField(SPFieldCollection fields, string typeName, string displayName): base(fields, typeName, displayName)
    {
    }

    // Returns a WebControl as the field control's UI
    public override Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.BaseFieldControl FieldRenderingControl
    {
        get
        {
            return new BDCFieldControl();
        }
    }
}

}

Note that along with this I've another file that renders the field control. Also, an XML file (as fldTypes_FieldName.xml) placed under TEMPLATE\XML folder in the project directory and its contents define the field type's properties. Thanks Arut

Chirantan Upadhyay

Hi Arut. Try this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms473257.aspx[^] i hope this may help you in deployment.

Chirantan Upadhyay Sr.Software Engineer, chirantan_upadhyay@yahoo.com Infovision Solutions Gurgaon, New Delhi

arut jothi

Thanks Chirantan