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SPS 2003 : "Cannot complete this action" Error message in custom list definition

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Problem:

While you create custom list instances on ONET.XML by adding to the configuration section, getting an error "Cannot complete this action" in the template selection screen

Resolution:

For the Custom List Definition, the DefaultDescription property is mandatory, so we should specify the DefaultDescription. But this property is not mandatory field for the DocumentLibrary, Announcements and other lists.

Example:

<List Title="CCH Employee" Url="Lists/EMPLOYEE" Type="222" DefaultDescription="Employee"/>

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  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2006
    Thanks !!!! i wasted long hours for this. Thanks a million

  • Anonymous
    August 10, 2007
    Do you have a sample schema.xml, which contains Title, FavoriteColor as the fields. IM trying to create one schema.xml and this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms466023.aspx doesnt contain one completed schema.xml. Can any one help?

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2008
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