• Provision a Content Type with a Document Template using a Feature – Part 1.
• Provision a Content Type with a Document Template using a Feature – Part 2.

In this post we’ll provision a content type with a document template using a feature.

To create the feature we’ll use Visual Studio and WSPBuilder, and we’re going to create 2 content types;

• 1 which provisions the document template into the _cts/{content type name} folder
• 1 which provisions the document template into the _layouts folder.

Before we start my project structure looks like this;

Create a standard site collection  scoped feature;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Feature  Id="a4c8c426-6d87-4b2f-b109-e7f00b7d6c15"
          Title="My Test ContentTypes"
          Description="Description for MyTestContentTypes"
          Version="12.0.0.0"
          Hidden="FALSE"
          Scope="Site"
          DefaultResourceFile="core"
ActivateOnDefault="FALSE"
          xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
	<ElementManifests>
		<ElementManifest Location="contenttypes.xml"/>
		<ElementFile Location="templates\doc1.dotx"/>
	</ElementManifests>
</Feature>

Now create the contenttypes.xml manifest file;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
	<ContentType ID="0x0101002880177DFDC248c38C745E1D664A5FC5"
					 Name="Doc Sample"
					 Description="Test CT with DT"
					 Group="_Custom">
		<FieldRefs />
		<DocumentTemplate TargetName="doc1.dotx"/>
	</ContentType>
	<Module Name="PopulateDocTemplates"
			  Url="_cts/Doc Sample"
			  RootWebOnly="TRUE"
			  Path="templates"
			  SetupPath="Features\MyTestContentTypes\templates">
		<File Url="doc1.dotx" />
	</Module>
	<ContentType ID="0x0101009889C18B0DFB4fc58C8D35C9AB4EDE03"
					 Name="Function Sample"
					 Description="Test CT 2 with DT"
					 Group="_Custom">
		<FieldRefs />
		<DocumentTemplate TargetName="/_layouts/1033/LCFT/templates/doc2.dotx"/>
	</ContentType>
</Elements>

* If your content type does not include any additional fields above those of the inherited content type, you must still include the empty <FieldRefs /> element.

The 1st content type (Doc Sample) provisions the document template into the _cts/Doc Sample folder using a Module.

The 2nd content type (Function Sample) provisions the document template into the file system in the _layouts/1033/LCFT/templates folder as a template file.

Build and package up the WSP, deploy and activate the feature.