Comments on: Extending Lookup Fields with “Add new item” option

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:51:03 +0000

@Miguel: When exceeding the 20 items limit, SharePoint uses different control, hence the add link stops working.

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:50:03 +0000

@Miguel: You could do this using JavaScript or by adding the target="_blank" attribute to the link. In SharePoint 2010 however you would preferably use Modal Dialogs.

By: Miguel Pereira

Miguel Pereira — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:22:33 +0000

I've realized that it only show the add link when i have less than 20 items!!! Why?

By: Miguel Pereira

Miguel Pereira — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:59:00 +0000

Hi, how do i open the "add new item" opening on a new windows instead of the same one!?

By: Deepali

Deepali — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:33:57 +0000

Its working fine with single value look up and as soon as I add new entry in source list, it appears in look up column.But same thing is not working with multivalued look up. Please assist me in solving this problem.

By: Deepali

Deepali — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:17:26 +0000

@Marc : I tried this on new SP2010 site and Its working now…Thanks alot.
One more problem I am facing with this solution. If we add any value in lookup source list, it is not getting updated in newform.aspx of target list automatically.

By: Deepali

Deepali — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:50:33 +0000

Thanks Waldek and Marc for your quick response.
@Marc: I tried as you suggested but its still not working. Also I tried pitting alert message box in code to see where it goes wrong but that is also not working.
is it possible for you to post your wsp file for sharepoint2010 solution?

By: Marc Haddad

Marc Haddad — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:13:44 +0000

@Deepali: It is probably the issue in the reference to the Jquery file. In my case, I am adding the reference in the master; i have too many lookup fields in the same form, so it will be useless to add the reference in each ASCX control that is loaded at runtime.
try to put the JQuery path in the master page and let me know the result.
It is working properly for me in SharePoint 2010.

By: Waldek Mastykarz

Waldek Mastykarz — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000

@Deepali: Mavention offers an updated version of this solution that supports SharePoint 2010. It is however a commercial product, so you would need to purchase a license if you're interested.

By: Deepali

Deepali — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:56:49 +0000

its not working for sharepoint2010 multivalue lookup column…any solution for sharepoint2010 multivalue lookup with add new item functionality?