create a column usingt PSI

[Nach]

Hi,
I was wondering if there's a way to access individual site settings/list
settings and create a column under issues list using PSI ? in tPS 2007 SDK
they have given a sample code which shows how to access server settings...so
I thought maybe there's also a way to access individual site settings. I'm
tryign add a few columns to all the existing sites. As I don't want to do
this manually ..am seeing if there's a way to do this programmatically.

Thanks
Nach

 

[Chris Boyd]

Hi,

Are you trying to add a column to a SharePoint list within Project Server?
In that case, you will have to use the SharePoint OM.

--
Chris Boyd
MS Project
Program Manager

Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability/

 

[Nach]

Chris,

Thanks for your response. I did try using the Sharepoint OM..but got some
errors..and further research showed that I cant use that when I'm trying to
add columns from a dev computer and connecting to a remote server. So now I'm
developing code using webservices. I have one doubt though...will doing this
from a program do anything to Project server...in the sense ..would it make
the client Professional to crash..? because I tried to add these fields
manually to one list in the database and it made Professional to crash for
all users...so I just wanna make sure that doesnt happen again..now that I'm
programmatically gonna add columns.

 

[Chris Boyd]

Hey,

I can't see why it would cause Project Client to crash, but it is not
supported to add columns to the DB directly. Are you adding the columns to
the PS databases or SharePoint databases?
--
Chris Boyd
MS Project
Program Manager

Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability/

 

[Nach]

Chris, Thanks for the confirmation. I know it's not recommended to add
directly to the DB..but I wanted to see if it's working before writing a code
for it. But it turns out the server and professional didn't crash because of
that. And currently that is of a higher priority for us..I have put a new
post on that issue. To answer your Question, I added a field to the
sharepoint database in "AllLists" Table.."tp_Fields" column. And the change
did show up in Web Access...I'm currently developing a code in C# using
sharepoint web services to add columns..so I dont do anything directly to the
database.

Thanks a lot for your input...else I wouldn't have known where to start!
Nach