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 Hi Everybody,

I have created a list in sharepoint. In that list there is a field which I want to make read only or invisible when the user tries to add or edit a list item through sharepoint UI. I want this because that particular field gets populated through a webpart and direct data entry into that field is unnecessary. Is there any way to make a sharepoint column (for me its a picture column) read only or invisible in the sharepoint UI.

thank you,

Arun Dutt

Try going to the list settings, click on the collumn, then choose hide collumn.

Hi donsdgr81,

thanks for the reply. But I wanted to do the job through C# code.  

I found a solution. here it is...

The properties ShowInNewForm and ShowInEditForm did the job for me.

string newField = "<Field Type=\"URL\" ShowInNewForm=\"FALSE\" ShowInEditForm=\"FALSE\" DisplayName=\"NotesIcon\" Format=\"Image\" Name=\"NotesIcon\"/>";
                    fields.AddFieldAsXml(newField, true, SPAddFieldOptions.Default);

Thanks and regards,

Arun Dutt

Software Engineer, OptimusBT-India