Creating a site column

A site column is the building block for creating a content type. In this recipe, we will create a site column using the SharePoint object model.

Getting ready

You should have a fully-functional development machine with SharePoint 2010 installed and configured. You also need Visual Studio 2010 IDE installed on the same development machine. For more information on this, refer to Chapter 1, List and Event Receivers.

How to do it…

  1. Launch your Visual Studio 2010 IDE as an administrator (right-click on the shortcut and select Run as administrator.)
  2. Select File | New | Project. The new project wizard dialog box as shown in the following screenshot will be displayed (make sure to select .NET Framework 3.5 in the top drop-down box):

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