Here is the API reference: http://umbraco.org/apiDocs/index.html

/Jan

Whoops - forgot to also mention the API cheatsheet from the wiki on our, which you'll find here: http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/api-cheatsheet

/Jan

Did it like this a while back (on a v3, so not sure if this still works):

umbraco.presentation.create.dialogHandler_temp.Create("initnodeTypes", autoCreateTemplate, Alias);

DocumentType newDocType = DocumentType.GetByAlias(Alias);
newDocType.AddVirtualTab(Alias);

Or try looking at the package installer in the umbraco v4 sourcecode

Try this:

var dt = DocumentType.MakeNew(new User(0), "my_doc_type");
dt.AddPropertyType(DataTypeDefinition.GetDataTypeDefinition(123), "property_1", "Property 1");
dt.MasterContentType = 12345;
dt.Save();

Long story short it's going to be a bit of a pain and a you may end up with magic numbers in your code. The number passed into GetDataTypeDefinition is the ID of the data type you want to use.

MasterContentType is the parent.

You don't really have to call save, the only reason I put it there was so that the events fire correctly, saving happens at every other line (see: http://www.aaron-powell.com/blog/july-2009/the-great-umbraco-api-misconception.aspx).

All the stuff you want is in the cms.dll assembly.

@Tim - wont your solution only work if you want to use the API and not really use the API?

Hi Tim / Slace & Jan,

Thank you all for your replies, I am going to continue working on this and I will post my final solution when I've cracked it :)

Cheers,

Chris

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