how to enable Version programatically to a document library?

Question

Hi,

 

Will anybody suggest me how to enable Version programatically to a document library for which am creating the it in a custom way and am binding it with to the Quuick Launch.

But i want Version History for the records present in the document library with out doing the above standard procedure actions as mentioned above.

Pls advice !!!

 

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Thanks in Advance !!! Cheers !!! Praveen Mandalapu

Answer 1

Hi, you can use the EnableVersioning property of the SPList class.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.splist.enableversioning(v=office.12).aspx

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Answer 2

In addition to Giuseppe's comment, there are a few other properties you can use to tweak the versioning settings. Code expample below

          using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://siteurl"))
          {
            using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
            {
              SPList list = web.Lists["listname"];

              //switch on versioning
              list.EnableVersioning = true;

              //enable minor versions for documents
              list.EnableMinorVersions = true;

              //set maximum limits for major/minor versions
              list.MajorVersionLimit = 5;
              list.MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit = 5;

              list.Update();
            }
          }