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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Custom Event Receiver - Copy To sub Folder

I need to copy my files from one document library to another document library which reside on another site and Document library contains number folders and sub folders.. The same structure should be ...
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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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Help with Blog EventReceiver, not firing

Ok so I have a blog site and I need to change the name of the author of each post to 'Anonymous' after he saves the post. I created an EventReceiver project in Visual Studio and gave the URL ...
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How to deploy C# event receiver as a farm solution

I have a C# event receiver that utilizes the ItemUpdating event. The project was originally created as a Sandboxed solution and worked fine, however, due to limitations I've decided to switch over to ...
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SharePoint workflow tasks don't wait to be executed

I have created a workflow in Visual Studio which contains a replicator which creates multiple tasks for approval. The replicator contains a sequence activity which is consisted of createTask, a while ...
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Memory leak in Microsoft.Sharepoint.Taxonomy.TaxonomyItemEventReceivers?

I've been trying to locate some memory leaks we've noticed in our ULS (EventID: nask, An SPRequest object was not disposed ... etc). On my dev environment, and at least 2 other cleaner installs, the ...
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Kicking off a workflow with an event handler on an anonymously submitted list item

I have a form that allows anonymous users to submit parking requests. I have an approval workflow set up but it won't start because anonymous users don't have permission to do so. Would an event ...
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List event receivers not triggered after quick editing/grid editing

I have a custom Sharepoint 2013 list with event receivers attached to it (adding, updating, deleting). However, it looks like the event receivers are not triggered when the user is adding/editing in ...
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ItemUpdating event not firing on folder rename w/ Windows Explorer

I have an Item Updating event receiver that needs to fire when a document library folder is renamed. Everything works perfect when a user renames the folder with the SharePoint UI. However, if ...
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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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Change displayname of a List with event receiver

I need to change the displayname of a list using "ItemUpdating". The source of the new name is the "Title"-field of the item which fires the event. Is this possible? I tried it with: if ...
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createsite event handler in sharepoint online

I am writing an event handler that will create a new site whenever the new item is added to the list. My issue is it creates a new site everytime but it does and does not (randomly) execute the code ...
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How to display and get the value chosen in an User field?

I'm very new at Sharepoint and I faced to a trick issue. Here is the situation : in an .aspx.cs file, I've created an EventHandler called btnValidate_Click, raised on a click on a button. In this ...
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How to update calendar item created by an other list?

Appreciate any thoughts on this: A user edits an existing list item to pick a date to select a project deadline. A custom workflow, initiated by that item change, takes that date and project title ...
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How to disable event firing outside an event?

How do I disable event firing in code that is not part of an ItemReceiver? E.g.: I have an FeatureActivated event receiver which update a list (adds column) and updates all items to populate the new ...
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remote event receiver on sharepoint 2013 online does not working

Hello i recently started to developing sharepoint 2013 to my office365 account. The problem is that remote event receivers which I attach to deploying application do not work. I mean that they should ...
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Event Reciever ItemAdded fired twice

I'm trying to do some treatement after creating an item but the treatement is done twice because in my code after creating the item, I'm updating it , so the event reciever get fired twice: first when ...
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On ItemUpdating modify property

I have an issue, with this event. What my purpose is: i want to update one of the properties based on few criterias, so i want do fill a field A if field A is empty and the field B is not empty and ...
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restore default incoming email settings

I wrote an email event receiver for a list, which overrode the default incoming email settings (I now only have an option to turn it on/off and set the email, and the rest is expected to be handled by ...
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Using C++ dlls in event receiver

I am trying to use a legacy C++ dll that has around 5 C/C++ dependencies in SharePoint. I created a wrapper for the dll and it works fine in a test desktop program. I added the wrapper and all C++ ...
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SystemUpdate(false) using SPWeb.ProcessBatchData()

Is it possible to use SPWeb.ProcessBatchData() and not trigger all the event handlers attached to a list? I would like to process a large list in quick time, but I don't want all the event handlers ...
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getting my Document's parent sharepoint Folder

I have a sharepoint document library containing documents and folders (the folders are newly introduced as a new content type derived from folder) and I'm having an event reciever on document added ...
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Event Receiver - How to set item value with the value from the existing item in the SAME list?

I have a business requirement to add a new version (revision) of the existing list item. New list item should have this setting: NewItem.ParentID=ParentItem.ID ...
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Get ContentType in ItemAdding Event Handler

I need to change a field in the item being added based on its content type. This needs to happen before the item has been added - hence ItemAdding event receiver. Using ItemAdded is no good since the ...
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ItemAdding event not firing when submitting InfoPath form to form library

I created an event receiver in Visual Studio to handle three events in a form library: ItemAdding, ItemUpdating, and ItemDeleting. ItemUpdating and ItemDeleting work as expected when debugging, but ...
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Possible to attach an event receiver to the list of user alerts?

There's seemingly loads of ways of overriding the OOTB e-mail notifications for creation and deletion of user alerts - can't you just attach an event receiver to the alerts 'list' (is it an SPList?) ...
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How do I update or add field in a list item so that the value is a space character

I am building an event handler. When items in a library on one server farm are updated or deleted, I take that information and ammend a list that resides on another site. I require that one of the ...
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How to add XML file with event reciver

I am creating a event reciver for the list, for that i need to get some data from XML file. currently i have placed the xml file in my local system. Actually where do i need to add the xml file. Is ...
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How does Sharepoint Online Event Receivers work?

I have created this Sandboxed Event Receiver on ItemAdding on a custom list. It works on my on-premise server, but it does not work on Sharepoint Online aka. O365. Anybody know how to create an ...
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Problem with HTTP handler in Sharepoint 2010

I'm developing a visual web part for Sharepoint 2010. This webpart needs to get some data via AJAX. So I went for the HTTP handler + jQuery solution posted here. But I'm getting a problem when trying ...
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How to know if another event / user is running on an SPListItem (Sharepoint 2010)

I have a Sharepoint 2010 farm in which is deployed my solution. This solution provides some "data mantain" of some content types. Let me explain: Suppose I add a file in a document library: when I ...
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Managed Client Object Model in Event Receiver - Event is not firing at all

When I use ClientContext context = new ClientContext("SITEURL"); in my event receiver, the event doesn't trigger at all. So my question is can I use managed client object model in event receivers. ...
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Cannot hit breakpoint for document library event receiver

Solution follows, I solved this problem: Good thing I figured out the issue after I've now wasted at least 6 hours debugging this issue. Turns out there's no VS bug, the only bug is that I am an ...
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Feature activation error: System.InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object

i have taken one List Email event receiver(Type is EmailReceived) and that event receiver attach with document library. when i am activate that feature got error. i have check on ULS Viewer. error ...
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InfoPath Services - form changed event

We are using InfoPath services in our project. Sometimes there is need to change form schema, and it's done via InfoPath Designer. Form is also published from InfoPath Designer to SharePoint. When ...
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Saving changes made in a webpart

I currently have a webpart with a table which loads documents in itself. Every row has a checkbox control in the first cell. (Default: unchecked) I am using a second webpart which has a button. If ...
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Attaching an Event Handler to only one content type or list

Could someone help and explain how I can attach an event handler on a custom content type or a particular list? Currently, when I deploy my event handler as a feature and activate the feature, it is ...
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How to add style library event receivers?

how can I add an event receiver to the style library ? (can't find any templateid) thank you ;)
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How can I tell if a document is 'being published'?

I need to use the relevant event receiver to tell if a document is being published, is this possible? I will settle for has 'just been published' - i.e. I have no preference between itemupdating and ...
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Item Updated through different forms runs Item Updated event receiver

Simple but mind blowing question it is. Basically I am updating a specific list items through two different ways, one is using ASP.NET web forms and one is using default list forms provided by ...
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Event Handler on MenuBar

whats sharepoint renderingtemplate is and how can I use it to add event handler to "Respond to this survey" link button For last couple of days I have been researching on how to add some kind of ...
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Access a Sharepoint site from event handler

my problem is that I want to pop up a status bar in SP2010 after a File was uploaded via a single uploadform to a List. Found this in the net: ...
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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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Listen on file upload - AddItemEvent by ECMA Script (Javascript COM)

I need your help concerning this issue: I want to upload a document to DocLib. Therefore I call the NewItem2 method NewItem2(event, referenceURL); Up to here - no problem. Now the issue: I want ...
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Update existing word document from SharePoint via code

I'd like to insert a line of text into an existing Word document that is stored in a document library. Would this be possible to do through an event or workflow? If so, how would I go about ...
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Activating a feature after an SPWeb has been created

I am trying to ensure that a custom feature that I have written is activated when an SPWeb is created, and it has to be activated after all lists/libraries have been created (specifically the document ...
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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 to prevent document editing and properties updating

I need to be able to prevent the document in document library to be edited and it's properties updated when the custom document property DocState has a value Reviewed. Should I use document library ...
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Respond to survey button “Code Behind” Survey list

When any user clicks on "Responds to Survey" button/link I want to perform some operation using code behind but can't figure out how can I do it or which event handler can be used.

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