Change Content Type

Posted by jackhill - Feb 22 ’13 at 11:32

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  Dmitry

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  #1 by Dmitry Feb 23 ’13 at 05:17

  Hello, Jack,

  Currently Forms Designer doesn't support content type changing directly from the edit form. As a workaround, you can create dropdown field with your content types, place it into your form and change content type value based on this field in a simple workflow.

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  Dmitry

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  #2 by Dmitry Apr 3 ’13 at 11:57

  Hello, Jack,

  We have added required functionality in th last version: 2.6.4840. Download it from our website. Now, you can add Content Type field like any other field and change it in a new or edit form.

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  Jeff Childers

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  #3 by Jeff Childers Feb 12 ’14 at 10:33

  [#2]: Can seem to find this option.  Where would I find the field for "content type"

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  Jeff Childers

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  #4 by Jeff Childers Feb 12 ’14 at 10:45

  [#3]: Let me clarify that I am looking for content type in the edit form of a list, not a document library.

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  Dmitry Kozlov

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  #5 by Dmitry Kozlov Feb 13 ’14 at 02:18

  [#4]: Hi Jeff,

  Unfortunately, Content Type field is supported by Forms Designer for SharePoint On-premises only. You can find key differences between Forms Designer editions on the following page:
  http://spform.com/documentation/editions-comparison

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• craigwat11

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  #6 by craigwat11 May 2 ’14 at 08:44

  Hi, is it possible to set the content type depending on another field?

  I've basically set up a button that when clicked I want it to change the content type - code i'm using is below but it doesn;t work.

  fd.field('ContentType').value('value');

  ta

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  Dmitry Kozlov

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  #7 by Dmitry Kozlov May 6 ’14 at 04:30

  [#6]: Please, try the following code:

   
  // getting the SELECT element
  var contentType = fd.field('ContentType').control()._el().find('select');
  
  // setting the second type
  contentType.find('option').eq(1).prop('selected', true); 
  
  // reloading the form
  contentType.change(); 
  

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• craigwat11

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  #8 by craigwat11 May 7 ’14 at 03:33

  [#7]: Perfect, thank you for all your help.

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• ds4be

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  #9 by ds4be Nov 8 ’14 at 05:16

  Hi I am very new to this, can you explain what the 'select', 'option' and 'selected' is referring to? are they CSS Code, internal references, fields or content types?

   

  // getting the SELECT element
  var contentType = fd.field('ContentType').control()._el().find('select');
  
  // setting the second type
  contentType.find('option').eq(1).prop('selected', true);
  
  // reloading the form
  contentType.change();

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  Dmitry Kozlov

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  #10 by Dmitry Kozlov Nov 10 ’14 at 05:10

  [#9]: Hi,

  The internal name here is 'ContentType'. 'select', 'option', 'selected' are parts of HTML-code generated by the Content Type field. The code above sets the second option in the drop-down control with the list of available content types.

  You can find more info on JQuery and selectors by clicking the links below:

  http://jquery.com/

  http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/

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