I’m excited to kick this series off because I really think PowerShell rocks. The goal of this series is to provide some automation for SharePoint Administrators to perform various deployment and/or troubleshooting tasks. To use the script simply copy it to notepad and save it with a ps1 extension. To run the script on your SharePoint 2010 environment, simply launch PowerShell and get to the directory where the script is located. To run the script type:
.\scriptname.ps1
The first script was created based on a blog I previously authored here. Please review that blog for more information. The following script provides the following functionality:
Selecting Option 1:
Creates a Content type derived from document and puts it in a special _hidden group at the site level. It also adds the hidden content type to a document library
Selecting Option 2:
If the hidden content type was created previously, choosing option 2 will add the hidden content type
Note: You will need to keep track of the names of the hidden content type by name after they are created.
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“Microsoft.SharePoint”)
Start-SPAssignment -Global
$siteurl = read-host “Enter the name of your site and press enter”
$site = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($siteurl)
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb]$web = $site.OpenWeb()
Write-Host “Press 1 to create a hidden Content Type and add it to a Document Library”
Write-Host “Press 2 to add a previously created hidden Content type to a Document Library”
[int]$result = read-host
if($result -eq 1)
{
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentTypeCollection]$cts = $web.ContentTypes
$parent = $web.ContentTypes | where {$_.id -eq “0x0101”}
$ctName = Read-Host “Enter the name of your Content Type”
#Creating ContentType and adding to the site collection
$ct = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType($parent, $cts, $ctName)
$cts.Add($ct)
#Putting the Content Type in the hidden Group
$Ct.Group = “_Hidden”
$ct.Update()
#Adding Content Type to Document library
Write-host “Adding Hidden Content Type to Document Library”
$doclib = Read-host “Type the name of the Document Library you want to add it to and press Enter key.”
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList]$list = $web.Lists[$doclib];
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary]$oDocumentLibrary = $list;
$oDocumentLibrary.ContentTypesEnabled = “true”
write-host “Adding new hidden Content Type to Document Library”
$oDocumentLibrary.ContentTypes.Add($ct)
$list.Update()
write-host(“Operation Completed Successfully”)
}
elseif($result -eq 2)
{
$hiddenct = Read-Host “Enter the name of the Hidden Content Type and press Enter”
$doclib = Read-host “Enter the name of the Document Library you want to add it to and press Enter”
#Referencing DocLib
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList]$list2 = $web.Lists[$doclib]
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary]$oDocumentLibrary = $list2;
$oDocumentLibrary.ContentTypesEnabled = “true”
#Pull the ContentType from the Hidden Group and Add it to the DocLib
$cthid = $web.AvailableContentTypes[$hiddenct]
#Add hidden Content Type to DocLibrary
write-host “Adding hidden Content Type to Document Library”
$oDocumentLibrary.ContentTypes.Add($cthid);
$list2.Update();
write-host “Operation Completed Successfully”
}
else {write-host “Run the script again and choose option 1 or 2”}
#Disposing Objects now
Stop-SPAssignment -Global
Thanks!
-Russmax