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I have an Excel file that is in a file library. I'd like to have a page that shows when that Excel file was last modified.

Anybody know of a piece of code that will show "Date Modified" of an Excel file in a file library?

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You can use below code on page or user control.

public DateTime GetLastModifedForFile()
{ 

 SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
 {
  using (SPSite siteColl = new SPSite("http://spsite"))
  {
   using (SPWeb web = siteColl.OpenWeb())
   {

     SPFile spfile = web.GetFile("Source_Folder_Name/Source_File");
     if (spfile.Exists)
     {
        return spfile.TimeLastModified;
     }

   } 
  }
 });

    return null;
}
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I'm new to Sharepoint coding... where do I put this on my page? (meaning: how do I incorporate this?) – Mr_Thomas Nov 16 '11 at 16:38
This link can help you to start with : msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330921.aspx – Amit Kumawat Nov 16 '11 at 16:52
What I ended up doing was inserting a Data View on my page. That allowed me to get what I needed. Thank you, Amit, for sending me down the right road. – Mr_Thomas Nov 16 '11 at 20:11
Dataview will work only if user have permission on library.If not (like you mentioned in your coment in another answer), you have to use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges – Amit Kumawat Nov 17 '11 at 2:38
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The Modified column displays this automatically. Be sure to include the column in your view.

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I see the Modified date when I look at the File Library. I want that date to appear on a page in the site for those that don't have access to look at the 'raw' file library. – Mr_Thomas Nov 16 '11 at 15:56
How are you exposing the library to end users? Are you putting a web part on the publishing page? If so, include the modified date in that view. – PirateEric Nov 16 '11 at 16:14
I just have an aspx page with some HTML links to the file where they can download the file. – Mr_Thomas Nov 16 '11 at 16:38
Are you dynamically generating that content? The easiest approach is to add a web part into a web part zone onto your publishing page and expose the desired metadata. Other options include writing some javascript/jQuery to fetch the information using a handy tool called SPServices, spservices.codeplex.com. – PirateEric Nov 16 '11 at 16:43
The Excel file is uploaded once every two weeks. It's always called the same thing ("Deposit.xls"). When the user hits the site page, there's a link there that allows them to download the file. I'll look at that SPServices tool. I've seen that listed before as helping in certain situations. – Mr_Thomas Nov 16 '11 at 16:49

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