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Do not use obsolete RenderPattern in FieldTypes

RenderPattern in FieldTypes is obsolete.

CheckId SPC012211
TypeName DoNotUseRenderPatternInFieldTypes
Severity CriticalWarning
Type FieldType

Remove RenderPattern from a FieldType because it is obsolete. Use Field Rendering Templates instead. See sample below:

<FieldType>
  <Field Name="TypeName">RegularExpressionMatch</Field>
  ...
  <RenderPattern Name="DisplayPattern">
    <Switch>
      <Expr><Column/></Expr>
      <Case Value="">
      </Case>
      <Default>
        <Column SubColumnNumber="0" HTMLEncode="TRUE"/>
        <HTML><![CDATA[<BR>]]></HTML>
        ...
      </Default>
    </Switch>
  </RenderPattern>
  ...
</FieldType>

To suppress this violation in XML SharePoint code add the following comment right before the XML tag which causes the rule violation. Learn more about SuppressMessage here.

<!-- "SuppressMessage":{"rule":"SPC012211:DoNotUseRenderPatternInFieldTypes","justification":"Provide reason for suppression here"} -->
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