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

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

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

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        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>userValue</ID>

          <ToolTip>SPFieldUserValue</ToolTip>

          <Default>userValue</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPFieldUserValue</Type>

        </Object>

        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>item</ID>

          <ToolTip>SPListItem</ToolTip>

          <Default>item</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPListItem</Type>

        </Object>

        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>web</ID>

          <ToolTip>SPWeb</ToolTip>

          <Default>web</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPWeb</Type>

        </Object>

        <Literal Editable="true">

          <ID>UserName</ID>

          <ToolTip>UserName</ToolTip>

          <Default>UserName</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

        </Literal>

        <Object Editable="true">

          <ID>user</ID>

          <ToolTip>SPUser</ToolTip>

          <Default>user</Default>

          <Function>

          </Function>

          <Type>SPUser</Type>

        </Object>

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

SPFieldUserValue $userValue$ = new SPFieldUserValue($web$, $item$["$UserName$"].ToString());

            SPUser $user$ = $userValue$.User;

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