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How to use sharepoint webservices in web application

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How to use sharepoint webservices in web application

Introduction

How to use the sharepoint web services in the web application.This process is very easy to use just add web reference to the webservice and start using.

1-Add the webservices reference to your project

Here are list of sahrepoint webservices i have used

1-DWS-Create delete folder

2-Lists-Display List of document and folder

3-Copy-to copy the document from one folder to other on the sharepoint

 1-How to create a folder from the web application onto the sharepoint.I have use the SharePoint webservice called DWS
var dwsService = new Dws();

dwsService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("Tanveer", "Test", "MyDomain");

dwsService.Url = SharePointWebServiceLocation + "dws.asmx";

dwsService.CreateFolder(FolderLocation.Replace(" ", "%20") + "/" + NewFolderName.Replace(" ", "%20"));

 2-How to  Delete Folder?.
var dwsService = new Dws();

dwsService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("Tanveer", "Test", "MyDomain");

dwsService.Url = SharePointWebServiceLocation + "dws.asmx";

dwsService.DeleteFolder(FolderLocation.Replace(" ", "%20"));

 3-How to delete a document-List webservice is used for this

var listService = new Lists();

listService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("Tanveer", "Test", "MyDomain");

listService.Url = SharePointWebServiceLocation + "lists.asmx";

string strBatch = "<Method ID='1' Cmd='Delete'>" +

"<Field Name='ID'>1</Field>" +

"<Field Name='FileRef'>" + Filepath + "</Field></Method>";

var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();

XmlElement elBatch = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Batch");

elBatch.SetAttribute("OnError", "Continue");

elBatch.SetAttribute("PreCalc", "TRUE");

elBatch.SetAttribute("RootFolder", FileParentPath);

elBatch.InnerXml = strBatch;

XmlNode ndReturn = listService.UpdateListItems(NodeName, elBatch);
3: To copy user can use the copy web services 
4: To move a document , make a copy of the document and then use the list 
UpdateListItem method to delete the old document

Points of Interest

C#, Sahrepoint ,Asp.net

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