Thanks for the input, this is exactly how I have solved it…

Kind regards

You can add your custom event receiver and set the SiteURL at feature activated event. This makes you able to pick it up from other resources.

Do you lose the special way of rendering the control with +20 items?

// Override the Drop Down List
OverrideDropDownList(columnName);

// Main Function
function OverrideDropDownList(columnName) {

// Construct a drop down list object
var lookupDDL = new DropDownList(columnName);

// Do this only in complex mode…
if (lookupDDL.Type == “C”) {

// Hide the text box and drop down arrow
lookupDDL.Obj.css(‘display’, ‘none’);
lookupDDL.Obj.next(“img”).css(‘display’, ‘none’);

// Construct the simple drop down field with change trigger
var tempDDLName = “tempDDLName_” + columnName;
if (lookupDDL.Obj.parent().find(“select[ID='" + tempDDLName + "']“).length == 0) {
lookupDDL.Obj.parent().append(“”);

lookupDDL.Obj.parent().find(“select[ID='" + tempDDLName + "']“).bind(“change”, function () {
updateOriginalField(columnName, tempDDLName);
});
}

// Get all the options
var splittedChoices = lookupDDL.Obj.attr(‘choices’).split(“|”);

// get selected value
var hiddenVal = $(‘input[name=' + lookupDDL.Obj.attr("optHid") + ']‘).val()
if (hiddenVal == “0″) {
hiddenVal = lookupDDL.Obj.attr(“value”)
}

// Replacing the drop down object with the simple drop down list
lookupDDL = new DropDownList(tempDDLName);

// Populate the drop down list
for (var i = 0; i < splittedChoices.length; i++) {
var optionVal = splittedChoices[i];
i++;
var optionId = splittedChoices[i];

var selected = (optionId == hiddenVal) ? " selected='selected'" : "";
lookupDDL.Obj.append("” + optionVal + “”);
}
}
}

// method to update the original and hidden field.
function updateOriginalField(child, temp) {
var childSelect = new DropDownList(child);
var tempSelect = new DropDownList(temp);

// Set the text box
childSelect.Obj.attr(“value”, tempSelect.Obj.find(“option:selected”).val());

// Get Hidden ID
var hiddenId = childSelect.Obj.attr(“optHid”);

// Update the hidden variable
$(‘input[name=' + hiddenId + ']‘).val(tempSelect.Obj.find(“option:selected”).val());
}

// just to construct a drop down box object. Idea token from SPServces
function DropDownList(colName) {
// Simple – when they are less than 20 items
if ((this.Obj = $(“select[Title='" + colName + "']“)).html() != null) {
this.Type = “S”;
// Compound – when they are more than 20 items
} else if ((this.Obj = $(“input[Title='" + colName + "']“)).html() != null) {
this.Type = “C”;
// Multi-select: This will find the multi-select column control on English and most other languages sites where the Title looks like ‘Column Name possible values’
} else if ((this.Obj = $(“select[ID$='SelectCandidate'][Title^='" + colName + " ']“)).html() != null) {
this.Type = “M”;
// Multi-select: This will find the multi-select column control on a Russian site (and perhaps others) where the Title looks like ‘????????? ????????: Column Name’
} else if ((this.Obj = $(“select[ID$='SelectCandidate'][Title$=': " + colName + "']“)).html() != null) {
this.Type = “M”;
} else
this.Type = null;
} // End of function dropdownCtl

i have been annoyed about this very same thing for some time and needed a “semi clean” solution as opposed to the hardcoded solution.

Thnx for sharing it with the rest of us codemonkeys.

Here is what I’m currently using…
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Thanks for your input considering this issue.
I am sorry to inform you we haven’t found any solution yet.
If we do, I will put it on my blog!

If you find any solution yourself, would you mind letting me know?

Thanks !

We’re using Foundation so there isn’t any DIP refresh capability. The following steps suggest that the cache is the problem:

1) Create a content type with site columns A1 and A2
2) Create a new document with the content type
3) Change the defaults on both site columns
4) Create a new document with the content type and the new defaults WILL NOT be reflected
5) Remove both fields from the content type
6) Add both fields from the content type
7) Create a new document with the content type and the new defaults WILL NOT be reflected

Now alter the procedure a bit:

1) Create a content type with site columns A1 and A2
2) Create a new document with the content type
3) Change the defaults on both site columns
4) Create a new document with the content type and the new defaults WILL NOT be reflected
5) Remove both fields from the content type
6) Create a new document with the content type and both fields are not there, as expected
7) Add both fields from the content type
Create a new document with the content type and the new defaults WILL be reflected

Simply adding the step where the content type is requested by the document while something in the content type has changed will refresh the generated DIP. But something in the cache must be field specific because omitting the UI step will cause the DIP to not be regenerated.

And if one of the fields is removed, the document created, and then the field put back, will show that the replaced field has new defaults, but the untouched field does not.

We’re in desperate need of a solution since the defaults are important for our particular scenario.