SharePoint 2010. Custom forms for ContentType

February 20, 2011

Small post about declaring custom create/edit/view forms for SharePoint ContentTypes.

Solution

To override forms in your custom ContentType, you have list them in Section XmlDocuments/XmlDocument/FormUrls. Like this:

<ContentType ID="0x01080100AAAABBBBCCCCDDDDEEEEFFFF00001111"
       Name="ZhukPointContentType"
       Group="ZhukPoint"
       Description=""
       Version="0">
 <FieldRefs>
 </FieldRefs>
 <XmlDocuments>
  <XmlDocument
    NamespaceURI="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms/url">
   <FormUrls xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms/url">
    <New>_layouts/ZhukPoint.ContentTypes.Demo/NewForm.aspx</New>
    <Edit>_layouts/ZhukPoint.ContentTypes.Demo/EditForm.aspx</Edit>
    <Display>_layouts/ZhukPoint.ContentTypes.Demo/DisplayForm.aspx</Display>
   </FormUrls>
  </XmlDocument>
 </XmlDocuments>
</ContentType>

Note:If you override some ContentType, without changing any fields, to inherit the fields from the parent ContentType, you must insert a blank <FieldRefs></FieldRefs>.

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