After wrapping up a project that used content types extensively, I decided to write a series of posts detailing the headaches encountered so far. This is part 2. List Column Settings and STP Template Files When you create a site content type, add that content type to a list, and then wrap that site up…

After wrapping up a project that used content types extensively, I decided to write a series of posts detailing the headaches encountered so far. This is part 1. Hidden Fields and Inherited Content Types If you create a site content type through the UI and set a column to hidden, then create another site content…

I ran into a situation with some custom InfoPath Document Information Panels where I was getting schema validation errors like this one because of a Business Data Column I added to a document library: “…{guid}ColumnName is unexpected according to content model of parent element ‘documentManagement’.” You might run into this in the following situation: You…

I had the need to set Business Data and other column values in the ItemAdding event handler. I had to use ItemAdding, because I needed the changes committed so that the values I set would be visible on the Edit Properties screen immediately after uploading a document. Using the synchronous handler guaranteed that the values…

I recently had the need to create a custom SharePoint application page (living in_layouts directory) that needed to display the BDC entity picker control, so that a user filling out this form could select a BDC entity instance, exactly like a user would in a business data column defined on a list. It took a…