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Hi guys,
Is it possible to set an alert on the event when somebody opens the document?
Thank you.
No, you cannot with the out of the box functionality. There is even no ItemOpen event in SharePoint list event: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff407568.aspx
You can create an HTTPModule to monitor the Open document request;
Or you can rely on the SharePoint Audit log created when document is open. The audit log is created in the AuditData table in content database and you can query it with object model: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spauditquery.aspx
