CHOICE Element (List)

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Used to define a choice within a Choice field.

<CHOICES>
  <CHOICE
    Value = "Text">
  </CHOICE>
  <CHOICE
    Value = "Text">
  </CHOICE>
  ...
</CHOICES>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
Value	Optional Text. Can be used to specify an identifier for the choice.

Child Elements

None

Parent Elements

CHOICES

Occurrences

Minimum: 0 Maximum: Unbounded

Remarks

Remember that CAML is case-sensitive; the CHOICE and CHOICES elements are in all capital letters.

The CHOICE element contains the value within its body.

Example

The following example defines a Choice field with three choices.

<CHOICES>
  <CHOICE>Not Started</CHOICE>
  <CHOICE>In Progress</CHOICE>
  <CHOICE>Completed</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>