Sharepoint NewForm adding attachments programatically
- by CodeSpeaker
I have a list with a custom form which contains a custom file upload control.
As soon as the user selects a file and clicks upload, i want this file to go directly to the attachments list within that listitem.
However, when adding the file to SPContext.Current.ListItem.Attachments on a new item, the attachment wont show up in the list after saving.
If i instead use item.Update() on the new item after adding the attachment i get an error in Sharepoint, but when i then go back to the list, the item is there with its attachment.
It seems like its trying to create 2 new entries at once when i save (item.Update) which results in the second of those crashing.
What would be the correct way to add attachments this way?
oSPWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
// Get the List item
SPListItem listItem = SPContext.Current.ListItem;
// Get the Attachment collection
SPAttachmentCollection attachmentCollection = listItem.Attachments;
Stream attachmentStream;
Byte[] attachmentContent;
// Get the file from the file upload control
if (fileUpload.HasFile)
{
attachmentStream = fileUpload.PostedFile.InputStream;
attachmentContent = new Byte[attachmentStream.Length];
attachmentStream.Read(attachmentContent, 0, (int)attachmentStream.Length);
attachmentStream.Close();
attachmentStream.Dispose();
// Add the file to the attachment collection
attachmentCollection.Add(fileUpload.FileName, attachmentContent);
}
// Update th list item
listItem.Update();
