Duplicating item in SBO

Question

Hello There
Is there a way to duplicate an item using the DI?
for example, I want to create a new code item, and assign it all the attributes of another item
rgds
hagai

Answer 1

I have tried my solution and have found that it is possible, but not without a few catches....
1. You should set the XmlExportType of your company object to BoXmlExportTypes.xet_ExportImportMode
2. If you have UDF's on your item this is a problem. You should remove the tags for these UDF's. To my opinion this is A BUG!
Below the code I have used (I tested to copy item from one company to another, but it should also work within the same company...
<code>
        Company1.XmlExportType = BoXmlExportTypes.xet_ExportImportMode
        Company2.XmlExportType = BoXmlExportTypes.xet_ExportImportMode
        sourceItem = Company1.GetBusinessObject(BoObjectTypes.oItems)
        targetItem = Company2.GetBusinessObject(BoObjectTypes.oItems)
        sourceItem.GetByKey("1010101")
        sourceItem.SaveXML("c:\1010101.xml")
        If targetItem.GetByKey("1010101") Then
            targetItem.Browser().ReadXml("c:\1010101.xml", 0)
            rc = targetItem.Update()
        Else
            targetItem.Browser.ReadXml("c:\1010101.xml", 0)
            rc = targetItem.Add()
        End If
        If rc <> 0 Then
            MsgBox(comp2.GetLastErrorCode.ToString + "/" + comp2.GetLastErrorDescription)
            End
        End If
</code>
Hope this helps you.