How to fetch the Attched Filname of SharePoint List Item

Question

Hi All,
Is there a way to fetch name of the file attached to the sharepoint list item ? Basically what we need is the file name which user has uploaded while submitting the new item, Later the same list item will get edited with another file attachment.
We want to compare both these file names and set a Image status value which will be a dropdown. When a new item is created Status will be 'Submitted' after editing the same list item its status should become 'Resubmitted' only if attached file name is dfferent.
We tried in SP designer 2010, but CurrentItem:Attachments is giving option either Yes or No. and from javascript we are able to retrieve filename attched but when stored it to another list column for comparison, the filename is stored as 1 which is a boolean
value
Please suggest us on how this can be done.
Thanks,
Raghu

Answer 1

Hi Raghu,
Did you the OOB Custom List? What't the error when you follow the steps from the above aritcle?
I have ever tested a
case to show attachment url in the Issue Tracking list, you can check if the following code could work for you.
<xsl:element name="SharePoint:AttachmentsField">
<xsl:attribute name="runat">server</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="FieldName">Attachments</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="Visible">true</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="ControlMode">Display</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="ItemId">
<xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@ID"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>
Thanks
Daniel Yang
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