Save List as a Template in SharePoint 2010 Programmatically Using VS 2010

font-names="Verdana" font-italic="true"></asp:label>

</td>

<td>

<asp:textbox id="TextBox3" runat="server"></asp:textbox>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

<asp:label id="Label6" runat="server" text="Please Enter Template Description" font-size="Large"

font-names="Verdana" font-italic="true"></asp:label>

</td>

<td>

<asp:textbox id="TextBox4" runat="server" textmode="MultiLine" height="57px" width="140px"></asp:textbox>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="2">

<asp:button id="Button1" runat="server" text="Save as Template" font-names="Verdana"

width="166px" backcolor="Orange" font-bold="True" onclick="Button1_Click" />

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="2">

<asp:label id="Label5" runat="server" font-bold="true" font-names="Verdana" forecolor="Maroon"></asp:label>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

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Step 6: The complete code of visualwebpart1usercontrol.ascx.cs looks like this:

using System;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace SaveListTempApp.SaveListWP

{

public partial class SaveListWPUserControl : UserControl

{

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

TextBox1.Focus();

}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox1.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox2.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox3.Text) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBox4.Text)

{

Label5.Text = "Please Enter Some Values";

Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;

}

else

{

try

{

SPSite site = new SPSite("http://win-5d57sl2rvt1:9107/");

SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

SPList list = web.Lists[TextBox1.Text];

list.SaveAsTemplate(TextBox2.Text + ".stp", TextBox3.Text, TextBox4.Text, true);

list.Update(); } catch (SPException ex)

{

Response.Write(ex.Message);

}

Label5.Text = TextBox3.Text + " - List Template Created Successfully";

Label5.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;

TextBox1.Text = string.Empty;

TextBox2.Text = string.Empty;

TextBox3.Text = string.Empty;

TextBox4.Text = string.Empty;

}

}

}

}

Step 7: Deploy the solution file and add the created webpart to the SharePoint site.

Step 8: The output of the application looks like this:

Step 9: The output of the data entering application looks like this:

Step 10: The output of the created list template application looks like this:

Step 11: The output of the created list template application usage looks like this:

Step 12: The output of the list template data looks like this:

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