Adding Document to a record library programmatically

Question

I have a requirement, where I need to upload a document like invoice report to a record library programatic. I have used the same code as uploading document to a normal document library. Now the requirement is when I am uploading a same document again, I am getting the error as

The file is checked out for editing by SHAREPOINT\system.

Whereas when I am uploading existing document to a record library from the Sharepoint UI. It automatically renames the record(infact adds some random string at the end of the orginal file name). Is there a way, where I can achieve without writing lot of code? Looking for any sort of help.

Answer 1

At last after so much of research, I have found a solution. Create an intermediate Document library and upload document. Route the document to the record center. Check out the sample code.

string strFilename="Name of the File uploaded";
Hashtable metadata=new Hashtable("Other Meta data columns");
bool IsOverwrite="True or False to overwrite the existing file";
byte[] by_FileStream="Array bytes of the uploaded file";
bool MoveToRecordCeter="True or False To move to record center"; 
string strSPSite="<Site URL>";
string strSPRecLib="<Intermediate Doc Lib>";
string RecordCenterUri="<Record Center URL>";
using (SPSite oSite = new SPSite(strSPSite))
{
    SPWeb oWeb = oSite.OpenWeb();
    string strAdditionalInformation = string.Empty;
    try
    {
        SPList oList = oWeb.Lists.TryGetList(strSPRecLib);
        if (oList != null)
        {
            SPFolder oFolder = oList.RootFolder;
            SPFile oFile = null;
            oFile = oFolder.Files.Add(oFolder.Url + "/" + strFilename, by_FileStream, metadata, IsOverwrite);
            oFile.Update();
            if (MoveToRecordCeter && RecordCenterUri.Length > 0)
            {
                string Offuri = RecordCenterUri.Trim();
                SPOfficialFileHost ofh = new SPOfficialFileHost();
                ofh.Action = SPOfficialFileAction.Move;
                ofh.OfficialFileName = oFile.Name;
                ofh.OfficialFileUrl = new Uri(Offuri);
                OfficialFileResult returnValue = oFile.SendToOfficialFile("Content-type", ofh, "", SPOfficialFileSubmissionMode.ExpirationPolicy, out strAdditionalInformation);
                if (returnValue != OfficialFileResult.Success)
                {
                    throw new Exception("Error sending file to records center:" + strAdditionalInformation);
                }
            }
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            throw new Exception("List is not available.");
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        throw ex;
    }
    finally
    {
        if (oWeb != null)
            oWeb.Dispose();
    }
}

Hope this would help some one :)