/Main/SPALM.SharePointSoftwareFactory/Snippets/CSharp/SharePoint Software Factory 2010/ListItems/Get the value of a lookup field from a list item.snippet

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      <Title>Get the value of a lookup field from a list item</Title>

      <Author>Ayman El-Hattab http://ayman-elhattab.blogspot.com

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        <Literal Editable="true">

          <ID>FieldName</ID>

          <ToolTip>Field name</ToolTip>

          <Default>FieldName</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

        </Literal>

        <Literal Editable="true">

          <ID>lookupID</ID>

          <ToolTip>Lookup ID</ToolTip>

          <Default>lookupID</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

        </Literal>

        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>fieldLookupValue</ID>

          <ToolTip>SPFieldLookupValue</ToolTip>

          <Default>fieldLookupValue</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPFieldLookupValue</Type>

        </Object>

        <Literal Editable="true">

          <ID>lookupValue</ID>

          <ToolTip>Lookup value</ToolTip>

          <Default>lookupValue</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

        </Literal>

        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>item</ID>

          <ToolTip>SPListItem</ToolTip>

          <Default>item</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPListItem</Type>

        </Object>

      </Declarations>

      <Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[

SPFieldLookupValue $fieldLookupValue$ = new SPFieldLookupValue($item$["$FieldName$"].ToString());

int $lookupID$ = $fieldLookupValue$.LookupId;

string $lookupValue$ = $fieldLookupValue$.LookupValue;

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