CHOICES Element (List)

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Used to define several choices within a field for a drop-down list.

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

Attributes

Attribute

Description

None

N/A

Child Elements

CHOICE

Parent Elements

Field

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1

Remarks

Within a CHOICES element, each CHOICE element contains a value that appears in the list.

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

Example

This example defines a Choice field with three choices.

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