Dyanamic form generation based on list columns

Hello all ,
How can i create a Sharepoint webpart for List form which is dyanamically create controls based on Selected field in view ...
Suppose I am having one Sharepoint list ... In that there are 4 columns ...
A -- as text box , B - Dropdown , C - Choice , D- richtexbox
and View I have selected only field A,B,D
Now the in webpart form should be render only with selected control in List view..

Hi,
According to your description, you want to create controls dynamically based on the selected view fields.
You can get the view fields type using SPView.ViewFields Object. Then you can create the control based on the field type.
More information about SPView Object for your reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spview.viewfields.ASPX
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/0eb6bf19-e112-432f-87a9-719c8447c66c/get-all-columns-properties-of-the-particular-view-in-the-sharepoint-list?forum=sharepointdevelopmentprevious
More information about how to create form control dynamically:
http://zieglers.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/dynamically-creating-form-controls-in-sharepoint/
As another workaround, you can hide the control which is not in list view in New/Edit form using JavaScript:
http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2012/12/hide-columns-in-newform-editform-dispforms.html
Best regards
Patrick Liang
TechNet Community Support

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