Questions tagged [version-history]
A historical listing of a set number of previous versions of an item or document. Versions may be divided into major and minor sets, with minor versions representing drafts and major versions representing fully published instances of the item.
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Is it safe to make a small change to the versions.aspx file in LAYOUTS folder?
I'm running into an issue with a client who doesn't like her multiple lines of text fields getting truncated on the version history page of a list. She has a field for comments and would like to see ...
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SP version history is different from version history dispayed in Office application
Have you any idea why office application like Excel or Word shows different name in version history than SP version history? This is version history of some Excel file viewed through SP GUI:
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List versioning detect field level changes
I need to detect changes with each on each item update, )but i don't want to use the before, after properties )
My question is:
If i enable list versioning can i diff 2 versions to detect changes, ...
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Workflow changing StartOnCreated via GUI in SPD
A few dumb SPD 2007 workflow issues.
I'm trying to change startOn switches on a workflow config xml file but it causes the workflow to fail with errors when I try to recompile/finish it after ...
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All versions of one item in list
Is it possible to see all versions for one item in SP list a different way than through version history? We have one extensively used list with 100, 130, 150... with a lot of (multi-line and rich text)...
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Version settings in Custom list. No Code
I have created custom list and have applied versioning enable but i dont want to maintain change history for all fields, by default version history displays the history for all fields. Is it possible ...
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Approving item makes no new version
In my SharePoint list I have item that I have just approved. I clicked the Approve/Decline button in Edit form, and then chose Approved.
Now when I take a look at Version history, I see that last ...
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Programmaticly updating SPFileVersion.Properties Hashtable
Anyone who has experience with programmatically updating the SPFileVersion.Properties Hashtable?
I have a special situation where I would like to modify this Hashtable.
Most of you will say: "Why on ...
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Can a the version history of a Word document be embedded in the document?
We currently maintain a version history inside our documents, using a simple table with 4 columns: version, date published, comments, author initials. We save documents as PDF before sending them to ...
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SPWeb.GetFile for an old version of file
I have a document library with enabled versioning, I added an xml file, then added it again, but I have edited one value in it. Now I would like to get the content of both files in C# to compare them. ...
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How to retrieve File version from SPListItem
I'm trying to get file versions from an an SPListItem...
I tried in many way, looping on SPListItem.Versions or SPListItem.File.Versions, tring to return my byte stream..
I can retrieve file info's, ...
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Get previous versions file in document Library
I'd like get the previous versions of files in document Library, passing as parameter the number of version.
else if(getFileObj.versionNumber!=0)
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Version History and Version Numbers don't add up
In my SharePoint list, I can see version numbers. When I click a document in the list, I see that Version History in the Documents tab is greyed out, and it does not appear in the context menu for ...
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Comments History showing twice on Custom Edit Form while doing document check out
I have custom edit form for shared document and there i have comment history field. Comments History is showing twice on Custom Edit Form while doing document check out(automatically) because I have ...
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how do I view the older version of the document without restoring?
If I add version to my documents and later on want to retrieve copy of an older version, how do I do that without restoring the older version? In my document library there is a file "test" that has ...
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How to programmatically retrieve item version history from client?
Using server-side code I can access List Item version history using SPListItem.Versions.
Is there a way to programmatically access the same information from the client?
I am happy to use either the ...
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Can an entire list/library be versioned?
It's possible to enable item versioning on lists and roll back to a previous version on that item. Can this be done for the entire list? So we can roll the whole thing back?
We accidentally modified ...
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Stop SPFieldMultiLineText from updating when not changed
I have a list with the requirement to keep a history of a frequently updated multi-line status. Additional requirements are to not show history on New and Edit forms and Views, but to show the ...
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Version history of items in related list
Is there a way, without additional programming, to get history of children related items to the parent one, for example:
SPList threads = SPContext.Current.Web.Lists["Blog threads"];
SPList posts = ...
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Displaying the item version history programmatically using Javascript
I have a SharePoint 2007 list that have version history enabled.
I am interested to know how do I view the version history of a item using Javascript (or JQuery).
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How can I implement Track Changes functionality with InfoPath 2007/2010 in SharePoint 2007
I need to track changes from version to version in my InfoPath forms that are hosted in a SharePoint 2007 form library. Can someone walk me through what my options are? I need to understand all of ...
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Get meta data from a previous version of a document through webservice in MOSS 2007
Is it possible to get metadata information from a previous version of a document in a document library using a SharePoint webservice?
I know I can use the _vti_bin/Versions.asmx webservice to get ...
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SharePoint 2007 version history to track changes in InfoPath form
How do I make SharePoint 2007 versionning to keep track those fields from a InfoPath form that is set as columns?
Scenario:
I created a InfoPath form with 3 fields where 2 of the fields I make it ...
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ListItem Versioning Differences
Does anyone know how to programmatically determine if any non-system fields have changed between ListItem versions? I realize that I could iterate through the fields between each version and if I see ...
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User can't view document version history
The situation in brief:
The site is hosted on a MOSS 2007 server.
All contents of the site inherit permissions.
A document library with versioning enabled is on the site.
A group has been created to ...
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Possible to download all versions of a document?
My team is looking for a way to download all versions of a particular document on our site (or more generally we would like to back-up all versions of all documents in a particular document library). ...
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Is it possible to add custom actions to a version?
I need to add a custom action to versions of a file. Optimally, I want it on the Version History page:
A second best would be the version display form (the result of clicking View on the previous ...
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Discard an unapproved page checkin in MOSS 2007
Okay, I think I must be missing something obvious here.
I have a standard webpart page. Version control and publishing is turned on.
There are a number of previous versions. Currently, there is a ...
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SharePoint 2010 - Versions Number from Website on SharePointSite
it is possible to show the Versions Number from a SharePoint Site on the Site like a footer?
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Document versioning - different doc types
I have a document library with versioning enabled. Documents are now in some other system and I need to migrate them. The problem is thath different verions migth have diffrente file types (doc, docx, ...
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Uploading file version - Client Object Model
I have a library with versioned files. I have versioned files prepared for uploading (1 version = 1 file). How do I create new version? Do I just set file's Content property and Update it? Please ...
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Minor versions for list items
With documents you get minor version for drafts and can publish a major version. You go from 1.0 to 1.1 (first edit) 1.2 (second edit) to 2.0 (publish)
Now I have custom list (just listitems), with ...
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How can I move a document from one directory to another?
How can I move a document into a sub-folder and still maintain its version history from the old location in the new location?
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