Programmatically create folder in SharePoint List

In this article we will be seeing how to create folder in SharePoint list using SharePoint Object Model.

Steps Involved:

• Open Visual Studio 2010.

• Go to File => New => Project.

• Select Console Application template from the installed templates.

• Enter the Name and click on Ok.

• Add the following reference.

a. Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

• Add the following Namespace.

a. Using Microsoft.SharePoint;

• Replace Program.cs with the following code.

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace ConsoleApplication2 { class Program     { static void Main(string[] args)         { using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:25374/sites/Team/"))             { using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())                 { SPList list = web.Lists.TryGetList("Custom"); SPListItem folderColl = list.Items.Add(list.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl,SPFileSystemObjectType.Folder);                     folderColl["Title"] ="New Folder";                     folderColl.Update();                     list.Update();                                    }             }         }     } }

• Build the solution.

• Hit F5.

• Go to the SharePoint list and you could be able to see the new folder that we have created.