How to access SPUserSolution properties from SPListItem

Question

In my solution catalog I have many sandboxed solution uploaded, I need to access the activated sandboxed solution in the Solution catalog.

Am accessing Solution catalog under a site as below

m_spSite.OpenWeb().Lists["Solution Gallery"];

I can then iterate through the list but problem is am not able to cast SPListItem to SPUserSolution hence i could not access the status of the solution.

How can I get the activated solution and its properties

Regards, Jeez

Answer 1

Firstly, when using OpenWeb(), make sure you properly dispose of the resulting SPWeb object, or you may leak memory.

Secondly; the list items returned by Lists["Solution Gallery"] aren't the same as the SPUserSolution objects used to get them; you will need to load the SPUserSolution using the SPSite.Solutions property (which returns a SPUserSolutionCollection); and then using the index accessor to pull the required solution by Guid.