Document library is a list for storing documents

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Update Created By field in Document Library using web service

I am uploading documents to Document Library using copy web service. I need to update read only fields like created, created by, modified, modified by, version,.. I changed the read only property of ...
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How to use the reorder method for document library?

I have a document library of 179 documents, and I want to reorder them. I have this code to try swapping the first two documents bool u = sharepoint.library.Ordered; if (!u) { ...
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warning of duplicate item while uploading file in document library

I have a standard document library. I want to prompt the user if file name already exists in document library. I want this Friendly Error (with custom error text) on "Upload Document" form when when ...
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SharePoint 2013 Document Management

Does SharePoint 2013 have an OOTB function that removes documents from a specific library based on the time those documents have been stored in this library? Like if i have a document library, this ...
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Automatic Content Sanitization in Sharepoint 2010/2013

Is it possible to perform basic document sanitization tasks in Sharepoint 2010 or 2013? I would like to be able to trigger the sanitization task based on a set of user defined rule. Examples of ...
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SharePoint 2010 Add new item link disappears with broken inheritance

Hello Stackexchange SharePoint masters :) I've been a long time reader of this marvelous source of information but at long last I could not find a solution to a problem I encountered so I figured it ...
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SharePoint 2010 :Search a document using its URL in Crawl Log in Central admin: Displays More than one successful result

In a document library When we try to open some documents using their document ID link, then instead of opening the document several copies of that document are displayed.In an ideal situation only one ...
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Give anonymous access to explicit page in document library

I have the following situation (SharePoint 2010): A document library contains publishing pages. Anonymous access is enabled. The publishing pages are separeted in folders. Now i have the situation ...
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SharePoint 2010 bug with .docx, .xlsx documents while uploading/opening

By now there are many bugs out there in sp2010 integration with office documents. But, in this case if you create an empty .docx with the following word metadata SP2010 crashes while uploading these ...
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Overriding the Default Upload.apx form for a Document Library

I am a total newbie to SharePoint but I have been given the task of driving the roll out/Proof of Concept that SharePoint 2010 is capable of providing what our company wants. One of the main ...
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Open in new tab document link item from document library

I have a document link item that points to a URL. This item is inside a document library. Is there a way to make this item open to a new page? I opened the aspx file it creates, but I am unsure how ...
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Users with 'Contribute' cannot edit/delete from Library (Sharepoint 2010)

An issue has recently been brought to my attention that users with Contribute access to a Document Library cannot actually Edit/Delete items. Whenever users go to Edit a document they get an Access ...
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Issue with “Document is loceked for editing” SharePoint library

I have problem with opening documents in SharePoint. For time to time users reported me that they can't open documents (word, excel but the most often excel), when they try to open they see "Document ...
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An event to be fired on editing a file

As title says, I need an event to fire when a listitems file has been edited. I appreciate this isn't as simple as it having it's own event, which is why I've tried to make use of the itemupdating ...
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Document Library item metadata

I have a document library that I create via a feature. I have events on the library for when a document is updated, added and while the document is deleting. When someone adds a document for the ...
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how to ask for document properties only if another property is first assigned

for example, property #1 is "color," with the choices blue or green. property #2 is "hue." if someone selects "blue" for the "color," then their options for "hue" are navy and aqua, whereas if the ...
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How do we sync the version on a physical document with the version tracked in SharePoint?

We would like to store a set of PDF documents in a SharePoint library under major/minor revision control. I understand how the major/minor versioning system in SharePoint works, but our problem is ...
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How to open application page on check in button click in document library

For a document library ,while checking in document, I need to open a customized check in form on click of check in button instead of opening inbuilt form. Does anybody know how to do this ? Thanks ...
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Document Set feature available in SharePoint Foundation 2010?

Document Set feature available in SharePoint Foundation 2010 please give any info this feature. This feature is available only sharePoint 2010 Server.
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Create list of document libraries (duplicate Quick Launch/Libraries)

Instead of displaying the Quick Launch "Libraries", I want to display links to the library pages in a list/webpart within the main content section of the page. That way I can include a button/workflow ...
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Document library forces check-in upon adding custom lookup column

SharePoint 2007 Team Site Add a Document Library with the Word 2003 template Add a new item, save, close document, no problems Add a (required) custom lookup field to the document library Add a new ...
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How to give a visitor user, contribute access in a document library folder

I am facing problem in giving a visitor user permission as "Contribute" on a perticular folder inside a document library. In my scenario the user is added in the top site collection inside visitor ...
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SharePoint 2010 Ampersand in Search Query String

Our XSL is set up so that when search results come up a user can click on an icon to go to that exact document in our library. The problem is when a document has an ampersand (&) in the metadata ...
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How to provide read-only access to a subset of library documents?

Let's say we have a library of Dept docs with R/W access for Dept members. - Some of the Dept docs need to be shared but not all, only that are "ready" to be shared as READONLY to Dept Visitors. - ...
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Site Content and Structure data move limits?

I'm attempting to split a large library of approx 8,000 items into 4 seperate folders in the same (current) library. Each group of 2,000 items will be 1GB+. Are there limits to how much data can be ...
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COM exception while querying document library

I have a need to get collection of SPLitsItem currently viewed to user. My solution is a ribbon button which calls custom application page in LAYOUTS via javascript in custom action. Application page ...
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Library workflow starts on upload, but not on save in the edit form

I have a document library for pictures and I've created a SPD workflow tha should start every time items are changed or added: newly uploaded, edited metadata or uploaded againg (overwritten). The ...
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Adding document version number on Excel Spreadsheet as label for printing purpose

I have a situation where I need to have version number on each document in version controlled document library. Having version number on printed sheet would help to see the validity of document. I ...
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How do I find administrators of a Document Library with custom permissions?

I have a document library which does not inherit the site's permissions ('Custom permissions' is set). How do I find out who has administrator permissions to this library, using C#?
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Document Information Panel contacted a data source but failed to receive data. The form will load without the requested data

The query cannot be run for the following DataObject: list_48985ACC-FDDD-4732-AA48-078CFE123F35 Document Information Panel cannot run the specified query. The SOAP response indicates that an error ...
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InfoPath form closes and redirects to deleted SharePoint library?

When a user clicks submit for the first time, the form closes and they are redirected to an old library that I deleted. But if they were to go back and edit their form then submit again, it will ...
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SharePoint 2007 - library with list items

For an application that I'm working on, we have two separate content types - one based on Item and one based on Document. I'd like to create a container that houses both of these content types. I ...
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Displaying Version # In Document

I am looking for a way to display the SPItem version number from within an Excel document. We are authoring an Excel Template in a version controlled document library. I want the Excel document to ...
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I want a literal 'Read/view Only' library - no save, download or print functionality. Is this possible?

I have a number of documents that I want to be literally 'Read Only' in a Library (ideally view in the browser). This means that I want to disable the 'Save As', download and print functionality to ...
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Error conflict with updating an item

I have an issue with updating an item in ItemUpdated event. Basically i don't get any error but it is just not being set my field. But if i debug it, then i do get an 'error in saving'. I have this ...
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Use checksum to verify data in Document Library

I am migrating data into SharePoint Document Library using web service. Here i need to check whether folder/document already exists before creating and have to verify the data using checksum. I ...
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I have a document center in 2010. Can I set unique doc IDs by library?

So if I have an HR, accountant, admin library I and start them with HR ACT ADM Can it be assigned by folder?
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Update Document Library Fields

Is it possible to add/update Document Library fields like Content Type, Version, File Size,..? These fields are visible in view mode.
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Problem with join two lists by linq

I wanna join two list and fill drop down list by specific column but i have error in join query note:c.user_id is lookup field my code lst.DataSource = (from c in dc.Complainant ...
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Word Documents in Library Erroring and Unable to Overwrite

I have a document library and a number of times I have experienced an issue where, upon trying to open a document in Word for editing, it throws an error The file filename.docx cannot be opened ...
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Custom form with link to document

I have a custom form. In it I need to add a link to a document library. I need that this links works in the same way as a link in a document library (i.e. - when you click on it you have the option to ...
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Enable ECB only for particular extension

I have created an ecb on document library. I want it to show only for particular extension, I know it could be done by editing core.js but is there any other way of doind it ? Thanks
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Adding “Link to Document” to all document libraries in SharePoint 2010

Is there a way to add the "Link to Document" content type to all existing document libraries in a site/site collection other than editing each one manually? I'm fine to do it with PowerShell if there ...
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Centrally managing or updating the content types of all document libraries in SharePoint 2010

So I have read articles on Managed Metadata, Content Type Publishing and Editing Document Library templates and while related none of these seem to do what I want to do. I want to add the "Link to ...
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Listbox in webpart has no selection

I'm having a problem that's really blowing my mind right now, because it seems like some basic .net functionality isn't working properly. No doubt I'm missing something really obvious. I could really ...
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“Add Document” link is disappear when Permission to only SPFolder

I have given SPUser user1 permission to only SPFolder I dont want to give read access to specific site or document library. suppose there is one web http://contoso.com/sales and i want to give ...
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Stop user adding tasks to document approval tasks list

I explained to the users of my SharePoint to upload a document to the library and start the Approval workflow. All was going well until one user went to the tasks list, created a new task and attached ...
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Open/Save pop up not coming for uploaded docs in Document Library

Whenever the user clicks on a Word file in Sharepoint Document library, he first gets the normal dialog asking Open/Save/Cancel. After opening the document once the document gets opened up , but then ...
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Custom Event Reciever For Document Library(sharepoint 2010)

I have a month column which is a choice column in my document library in the format specified below.. For eg. Jan 2013 I have the following requirements 1. The month dropdown should always have only ...
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Do event receivers have a file handling limit?

I created an event receiver inheriting from SPItemEventReceiver for document libraries that moves files to specific folders and changes some metadata columns that I've added to them. I created a ...