Add Scheduling start date with the event “itemAdding”

Question

I try to add by default a scheduling start date when I create a page or an article. There is my code :

 public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties)
 {

       base.ItemAdding(properties);

       SPListItem listItem = properties.ListItem;
       ScheduledItem scheduledItem = null;
       if (ScheduledItem.IsScheduledItem(listItem))
       {
           scheduledItem = ScheduledItem.GetScheduledItem(listItem);
       }
       else
       {
           throw new System.ArgumentException
             ("The document library containing this SPListItem must support scheduling",
             "listItem");
       }

       scheduledItem.StartDate = DateTime.Today;
       scheduledItem.ListItem.Update();

       scheduledItem.Schedule();

   }

But I have the error which said that listItem is null (because it's not create). So I need help. Can anyone provide some guidance? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

As you have noticed, the item has not yet been created in the ItemADDING event. Since you don't seem to need to have your code executed on the adding event, I suppose that you could just move it to the ItemAdded receiver, where the item should be normally available.

Answer 2

try it using "An Item Was Added" Event Receiver.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg252010(v=office.14).aspx

It will work.