Adding a list to a SharePoint WebPart

Question

I'm working on a web part that needs a Links list to store URLs to various locations.  What's the best way to have a list created once the feature is activated? Do I create a list definition or is using an event receiver the best way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

If you are using server edition of Sharepoint 2010 then you can use the MOSS summary links web part (OOB in moss) to store the links.check it out whether its usefull to you http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/sharepoint_blank/archive/2009/04/27/the-moss-summary-link-web-part-part-1.aspx.

Further, if you want it custom way than list definition would be good.

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Regards, Dharnendra Shah, MCTS,MCPD - Sharepoint 2010 Application Development Blog: http://ds-sharepoint2010blogs.blogspot.in/ Email: [e-mail]

Answer 2

I would favor creating a feature receiver that creates the list. You can see an example of how to do that here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee231604.aspx

Note that the example overrides the FeatureDeactivating method, but in your case, you would want to override the FeatureActivating method

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Doug Hemminger http://www.sharepointdoug.com