Event handlers is a program statement which is called from an event. The event can be a human striking a key on the keyboard or pushing a button on a web page

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how can i know Items in Tasks list viewed by user(something like “Last Viewed” and “Last Viewed By”)?

for every list-item in Lists we have two columns or fields by the name of "Modified" and "Modified By". you got the idea, i wanna have two columns or fields for Tasks List by the name of "Viewed" and ...
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SPItemEventReceiver to log delete action

I am writing an event receiver that will log delete action (time and user only) of a deleted list item. Following is what it looks like. public class AuditDeleteReceiver : SPItemEventReceiver { ...
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Updating a record from an event receiver and a workflow

In my situation, I have records being added to a record center that are immediately declared as a record. There are some fields that are associated with these list items that I need to be able to ...
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Item Adding throws server error in '/' application

Here is my code. It works but also throws following error. public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties) { base.ItemAdding(properties); if (ValidFile(properties) == false) ...
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itemAdded event handler or javascript when a file size greater than 1MB

Easiest way to implement the 1mb limitation on file upload. Do I use event handler to take care of this or javascript? I can have the event handler ready as I have messed with it before. It is better ...
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Disposing of objects in an Event Receiver

I have an ItemUpdated event receiver running on a library. Some pretty basic logic. Here's the gist of what I'm doing: SPWeb web = properties.Web; SPContentTypeId ParentCT_Id = ...
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When/If/Where to call base event receivers

My questions are: Is it always necessary to call the parent (base) event receiver, assuming the event is to proceed to completion? I've recently learned that the base version cannot be called in ...
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Pop-up on event handler in MOSS 2007?

I have written an event handler using ItemDeleting event , instead of showing default error page when user try to delete a document from document Library I want to show a warning message in Pop-up box ...
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How can I detect whether a specific column changed in an SPItemEventReceiver.ItemUpdated event (SP 2010)?

I've got some code I need to run in an ItemUpdated event receiver method, but only if the value in specific column changed during the update. My initial thought is to also implement some code to grab ...
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Why is my workflow DependencyProperty event handler not firing?

I have a custom workflow activity (SharePoint 2010) with a Dependency Property defined as follows: public static DependencyProperty TaskChangedEventPropertyEvent = ...
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Manifest file for registration of event handler in SP 2007

I'm trying to create a feature to register my event handler to a specific list. I'm building it like I would a normal feature. However, I'm not sure how to define my Elements file. The file for my ...
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Programmatically registering a Sharepoint 2007 event handler

I have an event handler for the ItemAdding event of a document library. However, I cannot get it to handle the event unless I register the event handler using the Sharepoint Event Handler Manager. ...
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Error building a content type in SP 2007

I have an event handler that catches an ItemAdding event and changes the content type on the fly. This is my code to build the content type: SPContentType baseContentType = ...
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ItemAdded event receiver is not firing

My ItemAdded event recevier is not firing when the Word Automation Services adds a file to a Sharepoint document library. If I manually debug the ItemAdded event receiver, it is getting triggered. I ...
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Event handler running and activated but not receiving

I have installed an event handler to catch ItemAdded and change the content type if the item is a folder. I have installed and deployed this solution using a WSP and have activated it, but it doesn't ...
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When can the content type be updated in code?

I have created an event handler for ItemAdded so that when an item is added on the site, my code checks to see if it's a folder. If it is, it should change the content type of that folder to a custom ...
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Feature Not Activating

I have an Empty SharePoint solution where I added an EventReceiver that attempts to create a new Diagnostic category to my SharePoint farm. To test I am setting a breakpoint on the FeatureActivated ...
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How to target events to different types of document libraries?

I have the requirement for multiple document libraries. Each document library will contain the same types of document, images, office documents; however, when items are added to the library, a custom ...
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Determine if a document library is a sharepoint library

I'm adding some content types to every standard-document library which is created over the "List Added"-EventReceiver. When a web is created the are some new doclibs for example in a team site there ...
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How to order a group of web parts added dynamically?

Preface: I did not come up with this implementation, just dealing with it. I have a web part zone that gets 3 content editor web parts loaded into it dynamically through the feature receiver. The ...
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Unable to modify SPWebApplication properties from feature receiver - Access Denied

The scope of the feature is Web. SPWeb site = (SPWeb)properties.Feature.Parent; site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true; // Set the Web Application's default error page SPSite siteCollection = new ...
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Error loading and running event receiver Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.PublishingWebEventReceiver in Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing

I am seeing the following error in my application log: Error loading and running event receiver Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.PublishingWebEventReceiver in Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing, ...
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hour glass or something like that during webprovisioned event receiver

After a site is provisioned my code is continue to run. Is there a way to put hour glass or some animated image until i hit the last line of the code? public override void ...
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Inside folder files are getting deleted in Sharepoint 2010

In a Document library I have a content type say "ABC" and I have added an eventhandler to it. I have itemdeleting so that user can not delete file for specific reason. Problem comes when user makes a ...
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How do I get an SPSite from SPWebEventProperties?

How do I get an SPSite object from the SPWebEventProperties object passed into the SPWebEventReceiver.WebProvisioned method? public override void WebProvisioned(SPWebEventProperties properties)
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Changing OOB content types on selected lists

My customer want to have a global taxonomy for all content. I have created content types that inherit from the usual content types (Documents, Pictures, Pages) that will contain this taxonomy. To ...
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Accessing Lookup Values fails with Exception when the connected user is not the SharePoint Site Collection administrator

In sharepoint 2010 Foundation, after we installed a simple event receiver that mainly runs when certain items are added/modified, we noticed, during manual testing, that if we logged in as a user ...
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How can I remove an orphaned event receiver?

This began when we noticed the health analyzer reporting the following: [MissingAssembly] Assembly [ProjectSubsiteMaker, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f8132574c3fbdd6f] is ...
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Custom Event Receiver - Copy To Folder

I am in the process of writing a custom event receiver. The basic flow is as follows: Document is added to Library Based on metadata of document, we check to see if a folder within another document ...
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Custom Alert Notification IAlertNotifyHandler Handler not firing

I'm trying to create a custom Alert Notification handler that implements IAlertNotifyHandler to intercept immediate alerts generated by changed to publishing pages. I've followed this guide, and also ...
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Accesing Lookup Field values only works on Administrative user [closed]

I have SharePoint Foundation 2010 Installed as a Farm on a Windows Server 2008. Since it doesn't let you install it without Active Directory, I went ahead and installed AD also. After installation, I ...
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SQL-exception when adding document to document library [closed]

I have a ItemUpdated event receiver that interprets data, creates a word document and adds the document to a another list. This other list does not have event receivers attached. As you might know, ...
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“Cannot add file”-error when working with document library programmatically

I have two libraries, one with forms(xml) and one with a custom document content type. I have an event receiver ItemUpdated on the form library, which interprets the added/modified form, and creates ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Item Opened Event Receiver

I need to detect when a user opens a document in a specified list, and log their view in another list, however I see no method in SPItemEventReceiver for detecting such an event: ...
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SPFile object not correct/updated/propagated in ItemAdded of my event receiver - after the first time

I have a form library with a custom form associated. A user clicks "New form", inputs data in the form, and the form is saved to the library. Meanwhile, my logic in the eventreceivers generate a Word ...
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SPFile is empty the second time the logic is run

I'm developing event receivers in SharePoint 2010. I have a doc. library, when someone adds to this library, a infopath form must be filled out and saved. When the form is saved to the library, my ...
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ItemAdding event and impersonation

I need to modifiy the Editor/Author (modified by/created by) SharePoint built-in fields in an ItemAdding Event Receiver on a list (I cannot use the ItemAdded event). For users with restricted ...
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“View Document” Event for Document Library?

I'm trying to capture the View document "event" of when a user clicks on a document in a document library and it opens up the document in Word or Excel... There is not such an event receiver and ...
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Debugging SP2007 Event Receiver in Visual Studio 2005

I am trying to debug an event receiver by attaching to the SP sites w3wp.exe process, however the breakpoints are not being hit, and VS2005 is telling me no symbols have been loaded. The Event ...
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Error Handling in Asynchronous Event Receivers

What are the best practices for error handling in Asynchronous Event Receivers? I'm currently writing an ItemAdded Event Receiver. The Status and ErrorMessage properties only seem to be relevant for ...
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Linkbutton OnClick event incorrectly firing on page load

My click events are firing on linkbuttons on page load, before the link has been clicked, any ideas? (This is in a Visual web-part hosted in SP2010) This is my code: <asp:LinkButton ...
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Linkbutton onclick not working in a Visual Webpart

Im having issues with the onClick event on LinkButtons (possibly all controls) not working, in a Visual Webpart I am writing for SP2010. Simple example of what i am doing: public partial class ...
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SPItemEventReceiver ItemUpdating and BeforeProperties / AfterProperties

I've bound and ItemUpdating event to a document library of a MOSS publishing site, I’m then trying to compare the Before and After properties. When I amend the field in the UI I expect the two values ...
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Event Receiver Firing for all Lists - even when ListUrl is set

I have two custom list definitions - List 1 and List 2, both with different ID's for the Type in the elements.xml. List 1 is called 'List1' and the other is called 'List 2', note that the second list ...
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ListAdded Event Receiver not Firing for List Instances

I have a List definition in Visual Studio which is instantiated using a List Instance. This list definition has an event receiver which overrides the ListAdded event. I am able to get the ListAdded ...
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How to map workflow task to the originating workflow

I would like to fire an event when Workflow Task is completed and I would like to check the original item and workflow that created the task. But I cannot find any value among the Workflow task ...
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Get containing folder/list for SPFile item

I have an ItemAdded event receiver that is exporting files as they are added to a list. In my event receiver I want to find the containing folder of the item. This folder may be a SPFolder object or ...
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what event reciever to overide for document lib when changing filename

I have a custom list which I have written a SPItemEventReciever for and it works. But when I do the same for a document library it doesn't fire. Is there anything I have to do if it is a document ...
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ListInstance not firing all item event receivers [closed]

I have a feature that defines a number of list instances to provision whenever a new site is created using a particular site definition. The list template for one of these instances has an item event ...
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How to deploy a sandboxed Event Receiver to SharePoint 2010 Foundation?

I am working on a test environment where is installed Windows Server 2008 R2, SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Visual Studio 2010. I have developed and debugged a new Event Receiver for a Document List ...