Lists.DeleteAttachment method
Removes the attachment from the specified list item.
Namespace: WebSvcLists
Assembly: STSSOAP (in STSSOAP.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/DeleteAttachment", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", _
ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", _
Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Sub DeleteAttachment ( _
listName As String, _
listItemID As String, _
url As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Lists
Dim listName As String
Dim listItemID As String
Dim url As String
instance.DeleteAttachment(listName, listItemID, _
url)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/DeleteAttachment", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",
ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",
Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public void DeleteAttachment(
string listName,
string listItemID,
string url
)
Parameters
listName
Type: System.StringA string that contains either the title or GUID for the list.
listItemID
Type: System.StringA string that contains the ID of the item to delete. This value does not correspond to the index of the item within the collection of list items.
url
Type: System.StringA string that contains the absolute URL for the attachment, as follows: https://Server_Name/Site_Name/Lists/List_Name/Attachments/Item_ID/FileName.
Remarks
The URL to the attachment can be returned by using the GetAttachmentCollection method.
To access the Lists service and its methods, set a Web reference to https://Server_Name/[sites/][Site_Name/]_vti_bin/Lists.asmx.
Examples
The following code example deletes all the 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")
Dim ndsAttach As XmlNodeList = ndAttach.ChildNodes
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To ndsAttach.Count - 1
Dim delUrl As String = ndsAttach(i).InnerText
listService.DeleteAttachment("List_Name", "1", delUrl)
Next i
Web_Reference_Folder.Lists listService = new Web_Reference_Folder.Lists();
listService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
XmlNode ndAttach =
listService.GetAttachmentCollection("List_Name", "1");
XmlNodeList ndsAttach = ndAttach.ChildNodes;
for (int i=0; i<ndsAttach.Count; i++)
{
string delUrl = ndsAttach[i].InnerText;
listService.DeleteAttachment("List_Name", "1", delUrl);
}