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SPFieldUser Class

Represents a user field.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SharePoint.SPField
    Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldLookup
      Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldUser

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public Class SPFieldUser _
    Inherits SPFieldLookup

Dim instance As SPFieldUser
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public class SPFieldUser : SPFieldLookup

Remarks

If you set properties of the SPFieldUser class you must call the Update method for changes to take effect in the database.

The field value for the SPFieldUser class is contained in the SPFieldUserValue class. For information about creating custom field value classes, see Custom Field Value Classes.

An SPFieldUser object can be rendered through the UserField server control.

The SPFieldUser class corresponds to the User data type that is specified through the Type attribute of the Field element.

Notes to Inheritors

In Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, columns based on custom field types do not appear in Datasheet view and are not included when you export a list to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

SPFieldUser Members

Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace