Friday 22 March 2013

Practical Steps to Create Picture Library

Create Content Type

  • Create new content type inherited from Picture content type
  • Add your own fields, if there are
  • Provision this content type to the site
  • Restart Visual Studio before you start the next steps

Create Document Library

Add Document Library

  • Add new item to the folder where you'd like to have new picture library
  • Choose List item and give the name to your library
  • When "SharePoint Customization Wizard" popup, set the name for the list and choose first option with Document Library in dropdown list
  • Click Finish

Add Content Type

  • Open new created document library in Visual Studio
  • Click Content Types button in Columns tab
  •  Delete Document content type from the list
  • Add your custom type to the list of the content types
  • Make it default and click OK

Convert Document Library to Picture Library

Add Picture Library Element Files

  •  Remove all html and aspx files from the library
  • Go to [15 hive]\Template\Features\PictureLibrary\PicLib
  • Add all aspx files from this folder to picture library in Visual Studio
  • Change the Deployment Type of those files to the ElementFile

Change List Definition File

  • Open Elements.xml
  • Set Type to 109
  • DocumentTemplate to 100
  • Save it

Change Schema File

  • Open Schema.xml
  • In the List node add next attributes ThumbnailSize="160" WebImageWidth="640" WebImageHeight="480"
  • Add Node to your default Content Type reference
    <Folder TargetName="Forms/Picture" />
  • Keep Fields node as is
  • Open file Schema.xml from [15 hive]\Template\Features\PictureLibrary\PicLib
  • Replace Views and Forms nodes with the ones from this definition file

Change List Instance Definition File

  • Open Elements.xml of list instance
  • Set TemplateType to 109
  • Save it

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9 comments:

  1. Tino8 November 2013 at 04:29

    Hi,
    Thanks for your post, it is save my day.

    In the step "Change Schema File >> open file PictureLibrary.xml", i think that the right file you should open is schema.xml not PIctureLibrary.xml, really it is that has the forms and views.

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    1. Unknown3 February 2014 at 07:18

      Tino,

      You are right. I have been mistaken here.

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  2. Yugandhar P3 February 2014 at 06:35

    Hi,

    Thanks for your post.

    In the step "Change Schema File >> open file PictureLibrary.xml",

    What should I replace in Views and Forms nodes.. I struct at this position..

    Please provide details

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  3. Yugandhar P9 February 2014 at 11:22

    Its grt......... and Thxs

    Can we able to create custom "Video Library" like picture library. If possible please share steps.

    Thank You

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  4. il Presidenterrimo30 March 2015 at 10:19

    the URL 'Lists/xxxx/yyyy.png' is invalid. It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the current Web.

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  5. Akshay Nangare14 June 2015 at 22:34

    Nice Artical ,

    Same u Added List From Visual Studio, M trying to add image in pic lib through Visual Studio that u Created above through Visual Studio?

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  6. Madhav7 March 2016 at 03:20

    m not able to see columns within libryary its showing me
    page not found
    The page you're looking for doesn't exist.
    where i follwd exact steps

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