Article ID: 956451 - Last Review: March 27, 2009 - Revision: 2.1

The CustomFieldType rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 can warn that customized field types will not be upgraded

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INTRODUCTION

The CustomFieldType rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 can warn that customized field types will not be upgraded.
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MORE INFORMATION

A field type that uses custom Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) in its RenderPattern element will not be upgraded as an XSLT-based field type. Fields based on this custom field type will be rendered without any custom formatting in the next release of Windows SharePoint Services. Here is a sample of the warning message:
The following field types will not be upgraded:
[ForEachCustomFieldType]
<CustomFieldType>[FieldType Name] ([FieldType DisplayName])</CustomFieldType>
Important We recommend that you manually upgrade all custom field types to the new XSLT-based field types in order to have full rendering and customization support.

For more information about this rule, see "Upgrading custom field types to XSLT field types" in the rule article list on the following Microsoft Web site:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=120257 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=120257)
Note The Pre-Upgrade Checker ships in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 and is used to assess the server for potential upgrade issues when you are preparing to upgrade to the next version of Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
960577  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960577/ ) List of all Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server Pre-Upgrade Checker knowledge base articles
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  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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