I have a document library in sharepoint storing a word document.
If I click on the link to the document I get a dialog box with "you want to open this file in readonly or editmode etc" and can open it in edit mode, change it, save it directly in word an the changes are saved in the document library.
The link to the file in the document library looks like this:
<a onfocus="OnLink(this)"
href="/test/DocLib2/wordtest.docx"
onmousedown="return VerifyHref(this,event,'1','SharePoint.OpenDocuments','')"
onclick="return DispEx(this,event,'TRUE','FALSE','FALSE',
'SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3','1', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments',
'','','','1','0','0','0x7fffffffffffffff','','')"
>wordtest</a>
How do I create this link in my own web part where I have the name of the file and document library? Without just copying the above code, that wouldn't be a good idea...
Is there some "official" method to achieve this?
If you're in thumbnail view, click the top right corner of the file, folder or link to select it. to open the information pane. Click the value of the property you wish to edit under the property name, type the new value, and then press Enter on your keyboard. Your change will automatically save.
Update Document Library Permissions From the Library Tools menu in the ribbon, select “Library.” On the Document Library Settings page, click “Permission for this document library” under the Permissions and Management heading. Review permissions to ensure that collaborators have editing rights in the document library.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there is a better option. But at least you can sort of figure out what the function definition is. The DispEx function is defined in the core.js file (but it's easier to read in the core.debug.js). Both are in 14\Templates\Layouts\1033 directory.
Here is the function definition:
function DispEx(ele, objEvent, fTransformServiceOn, fShouldTransformExtension,
fTransformHandleUrl, strHtmlTrProgId, iDefaultItemOpen, strProgId, strHtmlType,
strServerFileRedirect, strCheckoutUser, strCurrentUser, strRequireCheckout,
strCheckedoutTolocal, strPermmask)
Here is my guess on what they mean. Please feel free to add comments to correct any mistakes or omissions:
There are clearly some inconsistencies in terms of using strings and integers to represent boolean values. It's also strange that your code has 17 parameters but I can only find a function definition with 15 parameters, so I'm not sure what those last two empty strings are for. Some of that is the nature of JavaScript, but it also just looks sloppy on the part of Microsoft.
This doesn't really answer the question, hopefully it helps you or someone else.
Chad Schroeder made a blog post on how to construct the javascript function call in C#. Taking into account a couple of settings, like force checkout and open in browser or client for instance.
private string GetFileViewScript(SPFile file)
{
string text = SPUtility.MapToControl(SPContext.Current.Web, file.Name, string.Empty);
string text2 = (file.Item.ParentList.DefaultItemOpen == DefaultItemOpen.Browser) ? "1" : "0";
SPFieldLookupValue sPFieldLookupValue = file.Item["CheckedOutUserId"] as SPFieldLookupValue;
string scriptLiteralToEncode = (sPFieldLookupValue == null) ? string.Empty : sPFieldLookupValue.LookupValue;
string text3 = (SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser != null) ? SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser.ID.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) : string.Empty;
string text4 = file.Item.ParentList.ForceCheckout ? "1" : "0";
return string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "return DispEx(this,event,'{0}','{1}','{2}','{3}','{4}','{5}','{6}','{7}','{8}','{9}','{10}','{11}','{12}')", new object[]
{
"TRUE",
"FALSE",
"FALSE",
text,
text2,
text,
string.Empty,
string.Empty,
SPHttpUtility.EcmaScriptStringLiteralEncode(scriptLiteralToEncode),
text3,
text4,
(string)file.Item["IsCheckedoutToLocal"],
(string)file.Item["PermMask"]
});
}
Using DispEx in a link to a SharePoint document
I end up with adding this code
return DispEx(this,event,'TRUE','FALSE','FALSE',
'SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3','1', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments','','','',
'1','0','0','0x7fffffffffffffff','','')
to my link tag because I wasn't able to find a better solution.
If there is any, please let me know.
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