Getting file name being upoloaded in ItemAdding

Question

How to get the name of the file being uploaded if the listitem is not created yet?

public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
    SPWeb TargetWeb = properties.OpenWeb();

    //SPListItem item = properties.ListItem; <------ ERROR
    //SPFile document = item.File; <------ ERROR 
}

Answer 1

You can use Properties.AfterUrl and then split it by "/" and get the last part of string to get document Name. Link to source

Answer 2

do instead:

 //get the url for the file name
 string fileName = properties.AfterUrl;
 //split it when it gets to /
 string[] nFileName = url.Split('/')
 //return only the file name
 fileName = nFileName[1];

as for whay its returning an error its stated in msdn! The file your trying to get is not in the DB on item adding and so will return a null reference object ;), if you need to use SPFile document = properties.ListItem.File; than that needs to be done within the item added not adding!

A File object that represents the file. If the item does not exist, if the item is a folder, or if the item is not located in a document library, the File property returns an Object whose ServerObjectIsNull property is true.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.client.listitem.file.aspx

Answer 3

got it working with the below

//Files
string itemName = properties.Web.GetFile(properties.AfterUrl).Name;

//Folders
string itemName = properties.Web.GetFolder(properties.AfterUrl).Name;

Answer 4

properties.AfterProperties["Internal Name of the column"];

you should go through this article:

Working with BeforeProperties and AfterProperties on SPItemEventReceiver - Blog http://www.synergyonline.com/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=122

It will help you better understand what is going on in Event Receivers.