CreateTaskWithContentType Class (Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions)

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CreateTaskWithContentType Class

CreateTaskWithContentType Members
CreateTaskWithContentType Constructor
CreateTaskWithContentType Fields
CreateTaskWithContentType Methods
CreateTaskWithContentType Properties
CreateTaskWithContentType Events

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CreateTaskWithContentType Class

CreateTaskWithContentType Class

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Creates a task item in a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 task list, using a specified SharePoint Foundation 2010 content type.

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

Syntax

C++

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'Usage

Dim instance As CreateTaskWithContentType

'Declaration

<ToolboxBitmapAttribute(GetType(CreateTaskWithContentType), "Resources.CreateTaskWithContentType.bmp")> _
<ActivityToolboxDisplayAttribute("VSTTSharePointWorkflowTask", True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CreateTaskWithContentType _
    Inherits 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 nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) 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;
            }
        }

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

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