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Gabriel Smoljar
Apr 19, 2017Brass Contributor
CreateDocumentFromTemplate CSOM methods does not seem to work
I've been trying to create documents from template in SharePoint Online using methods that were added in a more recent update of CSOM. However I can't get it to work. All methods fails in different ways. Is there a working example?
// TODO: Assign the following strings //private static string Username = ""; //private static string Password = ""; //private static string WebUrl = ""; //private static string TemplateFileUrl = ""; private static void Main(string[] args) { var password = new SecureString(); foreach (var c in Password) password.AppendChar(c); var credentials = new SharePointOnlineCredentials(Username, password); var clientContext = new ClientContext(WebUrl) { Credentials = credentials }; using (clientContext) { Console.WriteLine("CreateDocument"); try { CreateDocument(clientContext); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); // Creates empty file throw; } Console.WriteLine("CreateDocumentFromTemplate"); try { CreateDocumentFromTemplate(clientContext); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); // Creates invalid file. Word say "There was a problem with its contents" throw; } Console.WriteLine("CreateDocumentFromTemplateStream"); try { CreateDocumentFromTemplateStream(clientContext); // Creates invalid file. Word say "There was a problem with its contents" } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); throw; } Console.WriteLine("CreateDocumentFromTemplateBytes"); try { CreateDocumentFromTemplateBytes(clientContext); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); // Throws "Unknown error" } Console.ReadLine(); } } private static void CreateDocument(ClientContext clientContext) { var documents = clientContext.Web.DefaultDocumentLibrary(); clientContext.Load(documents); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); var document = documents.CreateDocument($"{DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString()}.docx", documents.RootFolder, DocumentTemplateType.Word); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); } private static void CreateDocumentFromTemplate(ClientContext clientContext) { var documents = clientContext.Web.DefaultDocumentLibrary(); clientContext.Load(documents); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); var document = documents.CreateDocumentFromTemplate($"{DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString()}.docx", documents.RootFolder, TemplateFileUrl); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); } private static void CreateDocumentFromTemplateStream(ClientContext clientContext) { var template = clientContext.Web.GetFileByUrl(TemplateFileUrl); clientContext.Load(template); clientContext.Load(template, t => t.ListId); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); var documents = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetById(template.ListId); clientContext.Load(documents); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); var stream = template.OpenBinaryStream(); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); var document = documents.CreateDocumentFromTemplateStream($"{DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString()}.docx", documents.RootFolder, "docx", stream.Value); clientContext.Load(document); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); } private static void CreateDocumentFromTemplateBytes(ClientContext clientContext) { var template = clientContext.Web.GetFileByUrl(TemplateFileUrl); clientContext.Load(template); clientContext.Load(template, t => t.ListId); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); var documents = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetById(template.ListId); clientContext.Load(documents); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); var stream = template.OpenBinaryStream(); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); byte[] bytesarray = null; using (var mStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream()) { if (stream != null) { stream.Value.CopyTo(mStream); bytesarray = mStream.ToArray(); } var document = documents.CreateDocumentFromTemplateBytes($"{DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString()}", documents.RootFolder, bytesarray, "dotx"); clientContext.ExecuteQuery(); } }
- Joshua KnappCopper Contributor
If these questions are just going to sit here for a year without resolution or a response from microsoft, why are these forums even here? I'm tired of searching for these answers and only being met with a dead end.
This is unacceptable Microsoft.
- Gabriel SmoljarBrass Contributor
I just tried using the new CreateDocumentFromTemplateUsingPath that was added in the March 2017 version of CSOM. It creates an invalid file just like CreateDocumentFromTemplateStream unfortunately.