SPListItem.UpdateOverwriteVersion creates minor version?

Question

Hi All,

In a document library in which minor version is enabled, UpdateOverwriteVersion() creates a minor version.

The threads -

1.  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/e0d1af63-3705-4b58-95c5-f0f92f86a23f

2. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment/thread/0e8f603f-6408-42f3-aafb-2a72c47bb815 

explains the similar problem and proposes the solution as turn-off the minor versioning, update the item and turn-on the minor versioning.

But, I cannot temporarily turn-off the minor versioning setting, since the same library may be in use by other users to upload/change their documents and the turning-off the setting might affect their operations.

Is there any-other solution?

Thanks and Regards,

Arjabh

Answer 1

Hi Arjabh,

You can use method SPListItem.SystemUpdate (boolean) to update the list item without creating new version, please refer to following article about this topic,

http://weblogs.asp.net/gunnarpeipman/archive/2008/03/23/how-to-update-sharepoint-list-items-without-creating-new-versions.aspx

Thanks

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Daniel Yang

TechNet Community Support

Answer 2

Hi, Daniel

Thanks for the reply.

But the fields which I have to update includes 'Modified By' and 'Modified' as well. And SystemUpdate() doesnt update these fields, so I cannot use SystemUpdate().

Thanks and Regards,

Arjabh