Programatically changing field order in Sharepoint 2007 list

Question

I\'m adding in two new fields into an already existing Sharepoint list programmatically through a feature. The fields are being added successfully but I have been unable to adju

Answer 1

I took a look at the source of the Column ordering page (formEdt.aspx), it looks like they use web services, not the object model:

function DoBuildAndSubmit()
{
    var numFound, currentSelect, selectValue;
    var form = document.forms.aspnetForm;
    var numFields = form["numSelects"].value;
    var xml = "";
    numFound = 0;
    while(numFound < numFields)
    {
        for(x = 0; x < numFields; x++)
        {
            currentSelect = form["FormPosition" + x];
            if(currentSelect.selectedIndex == numFound)
            {
                selectValue = currentSelect.options[numFound].value;
                xml = xml + "" + "\n";
                numFound++;
            }
        }
    }
    for(x = numFields ; x < 67; x++)
        xml  = xml + ""  + "\n";
    xml = xml + "";
    document.frmLayoutSubmit["ReorderedFields"].value=xml;
    document.frmLayoutSubmit.action = "http://local/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?CS=65001";
    document.frmLayoutSubmit.submit();
}

Now, it might be possible to do through the object model, but I don't have a good feeling about it when the UI is punting.