Try It Yourself: Create Lists Through a Console Application

Creating a list/library through code is simple. Although you write a console application in this example, you can also do this in a SharePoint feature.

1. Create a new Console Application Project named ListCreateDemo.

2. Add a reference to the Microsoft.SharePoint.dll.

3. If not already done, change the Build Configuration to Any CPU and the Target Framework to .NET Framework 3.5.

4. Update the Program.cs as shown in the following code:

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace ListCreateDemo
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://splearn"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                {
                    web.Lists.Add("MyCustomList",
"This list was created programmatically",
SPListTemplateType.GenericList);
                }
            }

        }
    }
}

5. Build and run the application.

6. Browse to the site and you find the new list has been created at the root site level. Try creating a new record in the list by clicking new item and you can see that the list contains a Title column by default.

Try It Yourself: Create Lists Through a Console Application

To create a new list from the user interface is even easier. To create a new list from the user interface follow these steps:

1. In your SharePoint site, go to Site Actions, More Options.

2. In the Create screen, click List in the left menu.

3. Select Custom List and enter SimpleList as the name. You will be using this list in later sections of this hour.

4. Click Create.