Question

I have a SharePoint 2010 project with a feature. This feature will create an SPList on activation if it doesn’t exist yet. When creating an SPList, the Add() method returns a Guid. I want to store this Guid in the resources file but I haven’t found a way to do this. I know how to fetch items from the resources file but not how to update values. Is there a way to do this or not? If not, then what is the best approach to store values?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You don’t want to use a resource file to store configuration values – a resource file’s intend is for localizing strings.

You should use either one of these:

• SharePoint Property Bags, e.g. ListItem.Properties or SPWeb.AllProperties
• A hidden SharePoint “configuration list”
• The web.config to store your AppSettings

In your case you want to store the list GUID somewhere I would suggest storing it in the SPWeb property bag and you can later retrieve it by using SPWeb.AllProperties['MyCustomListGUID']