Create choice field

The following example shows you how to create choice field.

C# example

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Share;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                Service service = new Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password");

                Field choiceField = new Field();
                choiceField.Type = FieldType.Choice;
                choiceField.Title = "Gender";
                choiceField.Choices.Add("Male");
                choiceField.Choices.Add("Female");

                Field createdChoiceField = service.CreateField(choiceField);

                Console.WriteLine("Id: " + createdChoiceField.Id);
                Console.WriteLine("Title: " + createdChoiceField.Title);
                Console.WriteLine("InternalName: " + createdChoiceField.InternalName);

                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (ServiceException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports Independentsoft.Share

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Try
                Dim service As New Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password")

                Dim choiceField As New Field()
                choiceField.Type = FieldType.Choice
                choiceField.Title = "Gender"
                choiceField.Choices.Add("Male")
                choiceField.Choices.Add("Female")

                Dim createdChoiceField As Field = service.CreateField(choiceField)

                Console.WriteLine("Id: " + createdChoiceField.Id)
                Console.WriteLine("Title: " + createdChoiceField.Title)
                Console.WriteLine("InternalName: " + createdChoiceField.InternalName)

                Console.Read()

            Catch ex As ServiceException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As WebException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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