Lists.GetAttachmentCollection Method

Returns a list of the URLs for attachments to the specified item.

Namespace:  [Lists Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetAttachmentCollection", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetAttachmentCollection ( _
    listName As String, _
    listItemID As String _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As Lists
Dim listName As String
Dim listItemID As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetAttachmentCollection(listName, _
    listItemID)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetAttachmentCollection", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetAttachmentCollection(
    string listName,
    string listItemID
)

Parameters

• listName
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains either the title or the GUID for the list.

• listItemID
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the ID for the list item. This value does not correspond to the index of the item within the collection of list items.

Return Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that contains the URLs for the attachments and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.

<Attachments>
   <Attachment>http://Server_Name/LISTS/List_Name/
      Attachments/Item_ID/File1_Name</Attachment>
   <Attachment>http://Server_Name/LISTS/List_Name/
      Attachments/Item_ID/File2_Name</Attachment>
   <Attachment>http://Server_Name/LISTS/List_Name/
      Attachments/Item_ID/File3_Name</Attachment>
<Attachments>

Examples

The following code example displays the URLs of attachments for a specified item in a list on the current site.

This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Dim listService As New Web_Reference_Folder.Lists()
listService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim ndAttach As XmlNode = 
    listService.GetAttachmentCollection("List_Name", "1")

MessageBox.Show(ndAttach.OuterXml) '

Web_Reference_Folder.Lists listService = new Web_Reference_Folder.Lists();
listService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

XmlNode ndAttach = 
    listService.GetAttachmentCollection("List_Name","1");

MessageBox.Show(ndAttach.OuterXml);

See Also

Reference

Lists Class

Lists Members

Lists Web Service