Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [document-library]

170 questions
16
votes
8 answers

How to get the Absolute URL of a file in sharepoint library

I am working on SharePoint 2010.I have an documentlibrary ID and document ID in that library with me.i don't have either web,site in which the document library is present.So now I have to get the Full URL of the document at runtime.How can I get it…
Tortoise
  • 731
  • 4
  • 10
  • 21
9
votes
3 answers

Find latest approved version of an SPListItem

I am trying to iterate through the SPListItem.Versions collection to find the latest approved list item. My list item has three versions: the first two are approved, the last is in draft. But my code says they're all in draft! Please help! //…
Martin Larsson
  • 720
  • 2
  • 10
  • 21
8
votes
4 answers

How to efficiently delete all files in a document library?

I am looking for a clear, complete example of programmatically deleting all documents from a specific document library, via the Sharepoint object model. The doclib does not contain folders. I am looking to delete the documents completely (ie I…
Paul Lalonde
  • 5,020
  • 2
  • 32
  • 35
7
votes
2 answers

Dynamically display Edit Control Block menu item in SharePoint

I am trying to set up dynamic per-item menus (Edit Control Block) in SharePoint 2007. My goal is to have certain features that are available based on the current user's group membership. I know that the CustomAction tag that controls the creation…
Jason Z
  • 13,122
  • 15
  • 50
  • 62
7
votes
2 answers

Store documents in file system instead of database in SharePoint document library

In a SharePoint document library, is there any way to store the documents on the file system instead of the database?
ryan
6
votes
1 answer

Change file extension in SharePoint

I'm trying to find out how to change the file extension of a file in a document library in SharePoint, so that a newer version with a different extension can be uploaded without a separated copy being created (e.g. suppose I want to replace a .doc…
Pupper
  • 2,315
  • 2
  • 22
  • 29
4
votes
2 answers

How do I rename a file using the SharePoint web services?

I have a custom definition for a document library and I am trying to rename documents within the library using only the out of the box web services. Having defined a view with the "Name" field supplied and trying the "LinkFilename", my calls to…
Nat
  • 14,175
  • 5
  • 41
  • 64
4
votes
4 answers

Script to delete files older than a day in Sharepoint document library

I need a script which can delete all files which are older than a day and this script needs to be invoked every day automatically in the Sharepoint server. How can i do this and any hints as how to write the script?
dhiraj
4
votes
5 answers

How to create a lookup column that targets a Doc Lib and uses the 'Name' of the document?

How do you create a lookup column to a Document Library that uses the 'Name' of the document as the lookup value? I found a blog post that recommends adding another custom field like "FileName" and then using a item reciever to populate the custom…
stlawrence
  • 169
  • 1
  • 2
  • 11
4
votes
2 answers

Using a sharepoint document library, how can I create 'permalinks'?

I want to be able to link to sharepoint documents without having to refer to the document name which may change. Is there anyway to programmatically add a unique key to the meta-data and then somehow use this in a link?
AndyM
  • 3,574
  • 6
  • 39
  • 45
4
votes
2 answers

Monitoring a SharePoint document library

I was wondering if there was a good way to monitor a document library on SharePoint for changes (new files added, files changed / checked-in, files deleted, etc.) Basically, what System.IO.FileSystemWatcher does on local / network directories. Are…
Hugo Migneron
  • 4,867
  • 1
  • 32
  • 52
4
votes
0 answers

Setting expiration of files in SharePoint in a document library

I got a SharePoint-Site that has images in a special asset-sitecollection. These images have a max-age of "0" by SharePoint default, so won't be cached. Cache-Control:private,max-age=0 Date:Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:44:56…
Ole Albers
  • 8,715
  • 10
  • 73
  • 166
4
votes
3 answers

Liferay from fileentry to java file object

Anyone know how to retrieve a contentStream from a DLFileEntry (http://docs.liferay.com/portal/6.0/javadocs/com/liferay/portlet/documentlibrary/model/DLFileEntry.html) using an httpservlet? I tried using DLFileEntry.getContentStream() but it fails…
Sabrina
  • 267
  • 5
  • 18
3
votes
2 answers

New columns are added to content type, but not document library in sharepoint

I add columns to a content type via code. This works quite well (checking this at "site settings - content types - (my content type)) Now I expected that in the document library which has that content type as its parent these columns are also…
Ole Albers
  • 8,715
  • 10
  • 73
  • 166
3
votes
3 answers

Organising large Doc volumes in Sharepoint

I need to upload into Sharepoint around 100,000 (MS-Word) documents that are currently on a file server - added over the past 7 years. I've read that a sharepoint Document Library should really be limited to 2,000 documents, and that there are…
user101175
1
2 3
…
11 12