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As the title says, how can I Check- in & check-out files using client object model?

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    Hi! Can you please add a tag indicating the version of SharePoint? 2007, 2010 or 2013? Dec 4, 2013 at 7:01
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    sharePoint version 2010
    – user21187
    Dec 4, 2013 at 7:13

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To check-out:

//get the connection
ClientContext ctx = new ClientContext("http://sitename");

//get the home page
File home = ctx.Web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl("/SitePages/home.aspx");
ctx.load(home);
//check whether file is already checkout. If not then only do the checkout. 
if (home.CheckOutType == CheckOutType.None)
{
   home.CheckOut();
}

To check-in:

//Only checkin if the file is already checkout. 
if (home.CheckOutType != CheckOutType.None)
{
   home.CheckIn(string.Empty, CheckinType.MajorCheckIn);
}
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    This doesn't seem to work on it's own. Do we have to call like ctx.Execute() or something afterwards? Jul 14, 2016 at 22:20
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    Turns out the check-in is not performed until call ctx.ExecuteQuery(); -- further, if the file is not checked out, this will totally throw an exception when you call ctx.ExecuteQuery();. Jul 15, 2016 at 0:56
  • Additionally the file.CheckOut() call will cause an exception to be thrown on the next ctx.ExecuteQuery(); if the file is already checked out to you. Jul 15, 2016 at 1:17

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