OfficeDeveloper.NET» a-list-doesn http://officedeveloper.net Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:08:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Extending SharePoint: Checking if a List exists http://officedeveloper.net/2009/07/06/extending-sharepoint-checking-if-a-list-exists/ http://officedeveloper.net/2009/07/06/extending-sharepoint-checking-if-a-list-exists/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:41:00 +0000 Staff http://officedeveloper.net/extending-sharepoint-checking-if-a-list-exists/ A common problem when working with the SharePoint Object Model is getting a handle to a list. Very often we find ourselves writing this: 1: try 2: { 3: using (var web = site.OpenWeb()) 4: { 5: if (web != null ) 6: { 7: try 8: { 9: var list = web.Lists[ListTitle]; 10: } 11: catch (ArgumentException) 12: { 13: web.Lists.Add(ListTitle, ListDescription, SPListTemplateType.GenericList); 14: } 15: } 16: else 17: { 18: Console.WriteLine( “Unable to open web site.” ); 19: } 20: } 21: } 22: catch (Exception ex) 23: { 24: Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); 25: } This adds a list if it doesn't exist on the site

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