Creating a List via STSADM

  1public class AddList : SPOperation
  2{
  3     /// <summary>
  4    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AddList"/> class.
  5    /// </summary>
  6    public AddList()
  7    {
  8        SPParamCollection parameters = new SPParamCollection();
  9        parameters.Add(new SPParam("url", "url", true, null, new SPUrlValidator(), "Please specify the web url to add the list to."));
 10        parameters.Add(new SPParam("urlname", "name", true, null, new SPNonEmptyValidator()));
 11        parameters.Add(new SPParam("title", "title", true, null, new SPNonEmptyValidator()));
 12        parameters.Add(new SPParam("featureid", "fid", true, null, new SPGuidValidator()));
 13        parameters.Add(new SPParam("templatetype", "type", true, null, new SPIntRangeValidator(0, int.MaxValue)));
 14        parameters.Add(new SPParam("description", "desc", false, null, new SPNonEmptyValidator()));
 15        parameters.Add(new SPParam("doctemplatetype", "doc", false, null, new SPIntRangeValidator(0, int.MaxValue)));
 16 
 17        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 18        sb.Append("\r\n\r\nAdds a list to a web.\r\n\r\nParameters:");
 19        sb.Append("\r\n\t-url <web url to add the list to>");
 20        sb.Append("\r\n\t-urlname <the name that will appear in the URL>");
 21        sb.Append("\r\n\t-title <list title>");
 22        sb.Append("\r\n\t-featureid <the feature ID to which the list definition belongs>");
 23        sb.Append("\r\n\t-templatetype <an integer corresponding to the list definition type>");
 24        sb.Append("\r\n\t[-description <list description>]");
 25        sb.Append("\r\n\t[-doctemplatetype <the ID for the document template type>]");
 26        Init(parameters, sb.ToString());
 27    }
 28 
 29   
 30    #region ISPStsadmCommand Members
 31 
 32    /// <summary>
 33    /// Gets the help message.
 34    /// </summary>
 35    /// <param name="command">The command.</param>
 36    /// <returns></returns>
 37    public override string GetHelpMessage(string command)
 38    {
 39        return HelpMessage;
 40    }
 41 
 42    /// <summary>
 43    /// Runs the specified command.
 44    /// </summary>
 45    /// <param name="command">The command.</param>
 46    /// <param name="keyValues">The key values.</param>
 47    /// <param name="output">The output.</param>
 48    /// <returns></returns>
 49    public override int Execute(string command, StringDictionary keyValues, out string output)
 50    {
 51        output = string.Empty;
 52 
 53        try
 54        {
 55            string url = Params["url"].Value;
 56 
 57            using (SPSite site = new SPSite(url))
 58            using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
 59            {
 60                AddListHelper(web.Lists, Params["urlname"].Value, Params["title"].Value, Params["description"].Value,
 61                              new Guid(Params["featureid"].Value),
 62                              int.Parse(Params["templatetype"].Value),
 63                              Params["doctemplatetype"].Value);
 64            }
 65        }
 66        catch (Exception ex)
 67        {
 68            Console.WriteLine("An error occured executing the command: {0}\r\n{1}", ex.Message, ex.StackTrace);
 69            return (int)ErrorCodes.GeneralError;
 70        }
 71        return OUTPUT_SUCCESS;
 72    }
 73 
 74    #endregion
 75 
 76 
 77    /// <summary>
 78    /// Adds a list to the specified list collection.
 79    /// </summary>
 80    /// <param name="lists">The lists collection to add the list to.</param>
 81    /// <param name="urlName">Name of the list to use in the URL.</param>
 82    /// <param name="title">The title of the list.</param>
 83    /// <param name="description">The description.</param>
 84    /// <param name="featureId">The feature id that the list template is associated with.</param>
 85    /// <param name="templateType">Type of the template.</param>
 86    /// <param name="docTemplateType">Type of the doc template.</param>
 87    /// <returns></returns>
 88    internal static SPList AddListHelper(
 89        SPListCollection lists, 
 90        string urlName, 
 91        string title, 
 92        string description, 
 93        Guid featureId, 
 94        int templateType, 
 95        string docTemplateType)
 96    {
 97        if (docTemplateType == "")
 98            docTemplateType = null;
 99 
1001        Guid guid = lists.Add(title, description, urlName, featureId.ToString("D"), templateType, docTemplateType);
1011        return lists[guid];
1021    }
1031 
1041}