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List attachments that are in an SP library

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Probably a stupid question.... If an attachment to a Lists item comes from a SP library, and that attachment is opened by a List user, do features like checkout, edit, versions carry thru?
Thanks.
- Edited by Mike Walsh FIN Tuesday, March 1, 2011 8:54 AM - question removed from Title.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 3:08 AM
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Hi,
Thanks to share your post.
For the issue, do you mean that you want to know whether you can check out the attached file, and edit and version it? If yes, you have two choices:
The first one: the site-> list-> settings-> create column-> to create new columns to show the version and check out the file.
The other one is as the followed articles:
Versioning the attachment: http://codeshape.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/versioning-attachments-in-a-sharepoint-list/.
Check out details: http://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/jake/archive/2009/01/07/sharepoint-check-out-policy-honoring.aspx.
And the overlooking on the list attachment: http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/01/22/sharepoint-list-attachment-technical-brief/.
If you want to program the list attachment, please try this:
http://www.dotnetking.com/TechnicalComments.aspx?LogID=352.
Hope this could help you!
Leo
- Marked as answer by Emir Liu Monday, March 14, 2011 5:37 AM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 8:39 AM
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It's not a stupid question, there is no such thing as a stupid question. I'm sure the moderator would say the same thing, but before posting, please search for it first.
It does not "carry thru" because it's not the original attachment, it's just a copy.
I hope I understood your question correctly
- Edited by MS.DNA Tuesday, March 1, 2011 4:18 AM grammatical error
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 4:13 AM -
Thank you - for your response and you compassion....
I think you do have the right understanding - but to be sure - so an attachment to a list is not like an embedded object, I take it.
Is there some way that a List can have one (preferably multiple) associated SP-stored documents linked?
I did try searching - and fear that's what makes some of my questions stupid -- I'm not always sure how to search for topic....
Thanks again.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 2:12 PM -
Hi,
Thanks to share your post.
For the issue, do you mean that you want to know whether you can check out the attached file, and edit and version it? If yes, you have two choices:
The first one: the site-> list-> settings-> create column-> to create new columns to show the version and check out the file.
The other one is as the followed articles:
Versioning the attachment: http://codeshape.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/versioning-attachments-in-a-sharepoint-list/.
Check out details: http://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/jake/archive/2009/01/07/sharepoint-check-out-policy-honoring.aspx.
And the overlooking on the list attachment: http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/01/22/sharepoint-list-attachment-technical-brief/.
If you want to program the list attachment, please try this:
http://www.dotnetking.com/TechnicalComments.aspx?LogID=352.
Hope this could help you!
Leo
- Marked as answer by Emir Liu Monday, March 14, 2011 5:37 AM
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 8:39 AM