The MetaFieldBuilder class has the following methods:

• CreateGuid
• CreateDateTime
• CreateDate
• CreateInteger
• CreateFloat
• CreateCurrency
• CreateCheckBoxBoolean
• CreateDropDownBoolean
• CreateText
• CreateEmail
• CreateUrl
• CreateLongText
• CreateHtml
• CreateFile
• CreateImage
• CreateReference
• CreateReferencedField
• CreateBackReference
• CreateCardField
• CreateEnumField
• CreateAggregation
• CreateIntegerPercent
• CreateFloatPercent
• CreateDecimalPercent
• CreateDecimal
• CreateDuration

When you use the MetaFieldBuilder, the Edit scope is automatically opened.

Create a meta-field with MetaFieldBuilder

Example: Using MetaFieldBuilder to create a meta-field.

using (MetaFieldBuilder builder = new MetaFieldBuilder(metaClass))
      {
        builder.CreateDateTime(CreatedFieldName, CreatedFriendlyName, false, true);
        builder.CreateText(CreatorFieldNameText, CreatorFriendlyName, false, 50, false);
        builder.CreateGuid(CreatorFieldNameGuid, CreatorFriendlyName, false);
        builder.CreateInteger(CreatorFieldNameInteger, CreatorFriendlyName, false, -1);
        builder.SaveChanges();
      }