Questions tagged [event-receiver]
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Item deleting event doesn't get fired when an item in a document library is deleted using retention policy
I have designed a custom retention policy through which items of my document library gets hard deleted after a certain amount of days.
After these items are deleted from the document library, I have to update another list as these item status as…

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Create SharePoint Remote Event Receiver from C# code
I have a sharepoint site with some OOB lists (documents and tasks).
I want to catch list changes in my program.
I tried to create WCF service and Remote Event Reciver (RER) via CSOM for this service, but no messages were catched by the WCF…

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Is it possible to implement a SharePoint 2013 Remote Event Receiver in Node.js?
We are working on a SharePoint provider hosted app which is built in Node.js
Is it possible to implement a "Remote Event Receiver" in our Node.js app?
Is there any documentation out there I can go through?
Thanks a lot for looking into this.

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SharePoint 2010 - Event Receiver - Redirect URL not working
I have a problem with an event receiver, I created in Visual Studio.
In a special case, I want to redirect to a site. But the event receiver is showing only the error page with the error "An event receiver has canceled the request."
This message I…

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OWSTimer caching assembly? SP 2010 dll issues
I have a phantom / cached .dll that I cannot get rid of in my SP Farm. I'm making updates to Example.dll, which contains an Email Event Receiver that I made changes to. Redeploying to the GAC and restarting the app pool simply doesn't work. The old…

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Create EventReceiver For remote Sharepoint 2010
I have given a url of Sharepoint Site which is hosted somewhere on remote server. And I am trying to write a event receiver for library on that site BUT when i try to specify that url of site (on remote machine) , visual studio(2010) giving…

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Object reference not set to an instance of an object...Error?
Ok so I totally new to C# and am trying to debug an error. Basically I am trying to create an EventReceiver for a SharePoint List...this is the code that is giving me the object reference error when I am debugging:
public override void…

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ListItem Value not updating on ItemUpdated, only after hitting Refresh
I am new to Sharepoint.
I have an EventReceiver hooked to an ItemUpdated event and I want to write a text in a field.
When I upload a file the event triggers ok, it goes through the code on debugging, seems to update but my property does not…

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Registering Receivers dynamically
I have registered receiver dynamically with service. Will receiver work after service will die?

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Why wont this event receiver code work?
We are trying to create an ItemAdded event receiver that will update Created By (Author) field in a custom SharePoint list. In this custom list we have enabled Item-Lever Permissions so that userA will only be able to see what they create. Issue is…

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Why SharePoint remote event receiver calls Azure Function six times?
I have a list in SharePoint that has a synchronous event receiver attached to it that responds to the change event of the list item (ItemUpdating). There is also an Azure Function that the event receiver calls. The function validates the fields. The…

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How to modify manually web application SharePoint web.config file when using asmx web service in an EventReceiver project?
First of all, I need to use an asmx web service in an EventReceiver project in Visual Studio.
Then, as common, I add a web reference by right click on the project and then Add menu then Service Reference... menu and finally web service url something…

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SharePoint ItemAdded and SPFile.OpenBinary(), zero bytes
I have an event receiver tied to a SharePoint 2010 picture library. When a picture is uploaded, I want to open it for processing. Files uploaded with the web interface work fine, but files copied via Windows Explorer view return zero bytes. …

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How to create Remote Event receiver for GroupUserAdded event
I have a specific situation where, I need to perform some activity when a new user is added to a SharePoint Group. I am trying to achieve this by using Remote event receivers but i am unsuccessful so far. I couldn't find any reliable resources…
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App catalog is not showing in site collection of SharePoint Admin Center
I am working on SharePoint add-ins to create a remote event receiver. I have generated .app file and need to deploy on my SharePoint site. I followed the following reference to create app catalog for my site.
Reference: Create App Catalog In…

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