Preventing document Uploading to Document Library in SharePoint 2010

Question

Here is my scenario.

I would like to allow the only certain file types (doc,docx,pdf,ppt,pptx) into my document library. I wrote an ItemAdding event receiver for a document library as follows. But I am unable to prevent the uploading. Can someone guide me?

{
    checking the file type here.
}

properties.Cancel = true;
//properties.Status = SPEventReceiverStatus.CancelWithError;
properties.ErrorMessage = "File extension not allowed here";
// properties.Status = SPEventReceiverStatus.CancelWithRedirectUrl;
SPUtility.TransferToErrorPage("Invalid File Type");

What am I doing wrong here?

Ashish Patel · Answer 1 · 2011-12-02T17:47:25.620

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You have to do following:

        properties.RedirectUrl = properties.Web.ServerRelativeUrl +
          "/_layouts/settings.aspx";
    properties.Status = SPEventReceiverStatus.CancelWithRedirectUrl;
properties.Cancel = true;

Or

properties.ErrorMessage = "File extension not allowed here";    
properties.Status = SPEventReceiverStatus.CancelWithError;
properties.Cancel = true;

This is new to SharePoint 2010. More information here

EDIT: You can also block files of certain types at Web Application Level (without custom code), if that works for you: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262496.aspx

edited Dec 02 '11 at 17:47

answered Dec 02 '11 at 15:52

Ashish Patel

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Sorry it didn't work. I tried as you said. but no luck. ItemAdding event receiver for document library is behaving differently – Share Dec 02 '11 at 16:50
see my updated snippets. ALso do not call base.ItemAdding after you set the error message, status and cancel property. – Ashish Patel Dec 02 '11 at 17:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 06 '12 at 13:03

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if(allowed file types checking) // your file type checking
{
    //allowed file types
}
else
{
    properties.Cancel = true;
    properties.Status = SPEventReceiverStatus.CancelWithRedirectUrl;
    properties.RedirectUrl = "/_layouts/error_Custom.aspx?Error=" + "Your error Message";
    //if you create any custom error page 
    this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
}

edited Jan 06 '12 at 13:03

Stu Pegg

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answered Jan 06 '12 at 05:44

Prashob J

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Preventing document Uploading to Document Library in SharePoint 2010

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