public PickListMetadata Field_CreatePicklist()
{
List <PickListMetadata> pickListMetadata = null;
PickList picklist = null;
string pickListName = "colorsPicklist";
VssConnection connection = Context.Connection;
WorkItemTrackingProcessHttpClient client = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingProcessHttpClient>();
Console.Write("Searching to see if picklist '{0}' exists....", pickListName);
pickListMetadata = client.GetListsMetadataAsync().Result;
PickListMetadata item = pickListMetadata.Find(x => x.Name == pickListName);
if (item != null)
{
Context.SetValue <Guid>("$picklistId", item.Id);
Console.WriteLine("picklist found");
return(item);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("picklist not found");
Console.Write("Creating new picklist....");
IList <string> list = new List <string>();
list.Add("Blue");
list.Add("Green");
list.Add("Red");
list.Add("Purple");
picklist = new PickList()
{
Name = pickListName,
Items = list,
Type = "String",
IsSuggested = false
};
PickList result = client.CreateListAsync(picklist).Result;
Context.SetValue <Guid>("$picklistId", result.Id);
Console.WriteLine("done");
return(result);
}
}