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I'm attempting to create an alert via code such that it triggers only when a document is published. I have used the following with no success.

SPAlert 

alert = currUser.Alerts.Add();
alert.Filter ="<Query><Eq><FieldRef Name=\"vti_level\"/><Value type=\"integer\">1</Value></Eq></Query>"; 
alert.Title = "Test Alert '" + selectedFileName + "'" ; 
alert.AlertType = SPAlertType.Item; 
alert.EventType = SPEventType.All; 
alert.Item = selectedFileListItem;
alert.AlertFrequency = SPAlertFrequency.Immediate; 
alert.AlwaysNotify = true;  
alert.Update(true);
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  • Betty, you're not going to be able to setup an alert to fire when a document is specifically published. You could setup an alert to fire on modify, which should pick-up the publishing action, but it will pick-up any action that modifies the document.
    – Rob D'Oria
    Jul 25, 2011 at 14:29
  • You wouldn't want the scope of the alert to be a specific item, you'd want to target a list...so alert.List (or alert.ListId) instead of alert.Item.
    – Rob D'Oria
    Jul 25, 2011 at 14:57

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Betty, try something like this (...it works for me):

            SPAlert alert = site.RootWeb.CurrentUser.Alerts.Add();
            alert.Filter = "<Query><Eq><FieldRef Name=\"_Level\" /><Value Type=\"Integer\">1</Value></Eq></Query>";
            alert.Title = "Test Publishing Alert";
            alert.AlertType = SPAlertType.List;
            alert.EventType = SPEventType.Modify;
            alert.List = site.RootWeb.Lists.TryGetList("Site Pages");
            alert.AlertFrequency = SPAlertFrequency.Immediate;
            alert.AlwaysNotify = true;
            alert.Update();

Note that I'm using _Level instead of vti_level, alert.List instead of alert.Item, and SPEventType.Modify instead of SPEventType.All. You also have Value type="integer" in your query, s/b Value Type="Integer" ...integer is probably OK, but type definitely won't work.

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  • Rob, thank you for your help. Would your code fire for ANY file that is published in this list? I specifically need it to fire for each specific file.
    – Betty
    Aug 5, 2011 at 17:11
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    Yes...it would work for any file. Just as a FYI, you should mark my answer as correct in lieu of creating your own answer and marking it correct...I don't get any credit for answering your question when you do that.
    – Rob D'Oria
    Aug 5, 2011 at 17:50
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Thanks to Rob I was able to solve this problem. The following worked for me.

            SPAlert alert = sourceWebObj.CurrentUser.Alerts.Add(); 
            alert.Filter = "<Query><Eq><FieldRef Name=\"_Level\" /><Value Type=\"Integer\">1</Value></Eq></Query>";
            alert.Title = selectedFileName + " - Publish Alert";                 
            alert.AlertType = SPAlertType.Item;      
            alert.EventType = SPEventType.Modify;                
            alert.Item = selectedFileListItem;
            alert.AlertFrequency = SPAlertFrequency.Immediate; 
            alert.AlwaysNotify = true; 
            alert.Update();
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  • I tried exact code it doent seem to work, will this work only for Item or List as well .
    – Kusek
    Aug 19, 2011 at 13:57

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