Tag Archives: Event

To call or not to call? SharePoint event receiver base methods.

Posted on 20 September, 2011 by ceej

When you create a new SPListItemEventReceiver using one of the templates available in Visual Studio 2010 you will find that the method stub that is generated contains a single line of code. Let’s use the ItemAdded event as an example.

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When using the ItemUpdated and ItemAdded events is the only choice you have.

Posted on 11 May, 2011 by frogman

Let me explain by way of an example.  You have implemented a custom insitu EDRMS solution which will set the permissions on an item to ‘Readonly’ when the item’s Item Status column is set to a value of ‘RECORD’.  In making the item … Continue reading →

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Treeview using PopulateOnDemand and SelectedNodeChanged

Posted on 27 April, 2011 by frogman

You might, like me have come across major issues using a treeview to support both the PopulateOnDemand and SelectedNodeChanged events.  The problems are further compounded if you are using Ajax. I wanted to use a tree view to help users navigate around … Continue reading →

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Stop SharePoint events firing

Posted on 19 April, 2011 by ceej

To stop events firing in SharePoint 2007 we call a method to disable the event firing, perform our update and then call another method to enable it again. The code might look something like this. This has changed in SharePoint … Continue reading →

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Adding a list item is not the only event that triggers the ItemAdded Event Receiver…..

Posted on 18 March, 2011 by frogman

I had implemented an ItemAdded event linked to a content type to force customisation of a list when an item is added for the first time.  This follows from the  article I posted here, which I no longer advocate.  I … Continue reading →

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