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CreateTaskWithContentType Class

SharePoint 2010

Windows SharePoint Services 3

Defines a workflow activity that is used to create a task item in a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 task list, using a specified SharePoint Foundation 2010 content type.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Workflow.ComponentModel.DependencyObject
    System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Activity
      System.Workflow.Activities.CallExternalMethodActivity
        Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions.CreateTaskWithContentType

Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions (in Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions.dll)

Syntax

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[ToolboxBitmapAttribute(typeof(CreateTaskWithContentType), "Resources.CreateTaskWithContentType.bmp")]
[ActivityToolboxDisplayAttribute("VSTTSharePointWorkflowTask", true)]
public sealed class CreateTaskWithContentType : CallExternalMethodActivity

Remarks

You must ensure that content types are enabled on the SharePoint Foundation task list where you are creating the task list items. If they are not enabled on this list, the activity will throw a Nothing reference exception.

Examples

The following code sample was contributed by Robert Bogue, one of the SharePoint Foundation MVPs.

Get to know your SharePoint Foundation MVPs on this Web site.

The following code sample updates a content type.

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public static void VerifyModifyTaskList(SPList taskList, string contentType)
{
   try
   {
      SPContentTypeId contentTypeId = new  
      SPContentTypeId(contentType);
   taskList.ContentTypesEnabled = true;
                SPContentTypeId matchContentTypeId = taskList.ContentTypes.BestMatch(contentTypeId);
                if (matchContentTypeId.Parent.CompareTo(contentTypeId) != 0)
                {
                    SPContentType ct = taskList.ParentWeb.AvailableContentTypes[contentTypeId];
                    taskList.ContentTypes.Add(ct);
                    taskList.Update();
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                throw;
            }
        }

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Reference

CreateTaskWithContentType Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions Namespace

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