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File Attachment in Content Type

  Asked By: Adriane Coffey         Date: Feb 01, 2009      Category: Sharepoint      Views: 1125
 

I have a custom content type that uses Document as its
base content type. Is there any way to add a field to
my content type that works like a file attachment?

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5 Answers Found

 
Answer #1       Answered By: Candi Branch          Answered On: Feb 01, 2009       

I don't think so. With a library-enabled content  type, you are
(essentially) already viewing the attachment. Essentially the opposite
of a list item.

 
Answer #2       Answered By: Jan Chen          Answered On: Feb 01, 2009       

Can you add attachment  fields to an Item content  type?

 
Answer #3       Answered By: Britni Shepard          Answered On: Feb 01, 2009       

The only way that I know of would be to create a custom  field type  that
will hold a serialized file  stream as data. Although doable, it
wouldn't plug in to the builtin menus and controls for editing like the
existing document  field, so I don't think it would be of much help.

 
Answer #4       Answered By: Girja Garg          Answered On: Feb 01, 2009       

I'm a little confused about
what the UI would be like for the custom  field type
you mentioned. I only need it to function like the
attachments column on a custom list. I don't need any
of the check-in/check-out stuff.

Is this possible?

 
Answer #5       Answered By: Jarod Mathews          Answered On: Feb 01, 2009       

Yes, It should be possible. The UI would be to present a text box with
a Browse button in place of the field  when in Edit mode and to display a
descriptive title or the first few lines when in display mode. It would
require quite a bit of work, but should be possible. It would not
provide you with the Attachment toolbar button in the custom  list.

 
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