How to identify actual file updated vs item properties update in the SharePoint item updated event

Question

Is there a way we can identify in the item updated event that the document(File) associated with the item is updated or not?

Thanks, Mallikarjun

I am not sure it is completly clear what you want. I guess you have a class inheriting from `SPItemEventReceiver` and have overwritte it's `ItemUpdated` method. And you wan't to find out whether the file itself has been overwritten? — Markus Safar, Nov 27 '15 at 18:00

Mert · Answer 1 · 2015-12-02T16:04:36.627

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how about comparing Created Date and Updated Date fields if same or not?

or you can compare with last version;

SPListItemVersionCollection oVersionInfo = oListItem.Versions;

edited Dec 02 '15 at 16:04

answered Nov 25 '15 at 15:36

Mert

if we update only metadata and not file, then also both are different – Raju Joshi Nov 26 '15 at 04:16
@RajuJoshi you mean files metadata? or ListItem's column? – Mert Nov 26 '15 at 15:01
how about comparing with last version? I edited my answer – Mert Dec 02 '15 at 16:03
if we update the metadata fields of list item, updated date is changed so we cant use that – Raju Joshi Dec 03 '15 at 04:10
not SPListItems date, the files. you can compare files byte lenght or file last changed date. – Mert Dec 03 '15 at 08:18

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