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    Add News as related data field

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    You can add relations to content items through the UI by adding a Related data custom field. For more information, see Add a Related data custom field.

    Related data fields can also be added to static modules using the following code:

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.Model;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.ModuleEditor.Web.Services.Model;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.News.Web.UI;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.News.Model;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.Services;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.Utilities.TypeConverters;
    using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Fields;
    namespace SitefinityWebApp
    {
    public class AddRelatedDataField
    {
    public void AddField(string contentTypeFullName, string fieldName)
    {
    Type contentType = TypeResolutionService.ResolveType(contentTypeFullName);
    var customFieldContext = new CustomFieldsContext(contentType);
    UserFriendlyDataType userFriendlyDataType = UserFriendlyDataType.RelatedData;
    var field = new WcfField()
    {
    Name = fieldName,
    ContentType = contentTypeFullName,
    FieldTypeKey = userFriendlyDataType.ToString(),
    IsCustom = true,
    //Field definition
    Definition = new WcfFieldDefinition()
    {
    Title = fieldName,
    FieldName = fieldName,
    FieldType = typeof(RelatedDataField).FullName,
    AllowMultipleSelection = true,
    FrontendWidgetTypeName = typeof(NewsView).FullName, //For Example: news view added for a frontend widget
    RelatedDataProvider = string.Empty,
    RelatedDataType = typeof(NewsItem).FullName //For Example: news item added as related data type
    }
    };
    Dictionary<string, WcfField> relatedDataFields = new Dictionary<string, WcfField>();
    relatedDataFields.Add(fieldName, field);
    customFieldContext.AddOrUpdateCustomFields(relatedDataFields, contentType.Name);
    customFieldContext.SaveChanges();
    //The soft restart of Sitefinity CMS is needed in order to add the recently added custom fields to OA context
    // SystemManager.RestartApplication(false); -- This is obsolete
    // This is from the documentation: https://docs.sitefinity.com/for-developers-application-restart
    // SystemManager.RestartApplication("Restart invoked through the Sitefinity CMS API", SystemRestartFlags.Default, true);
    }
    }
    }
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