Uploading in Sharepoint Library

When I save my training, demo project and upload it to our
SharePoint library it doesn't just upload the demo. The entire
Captivate application appearswith a listing of all the projects
created. what am I doing incorrectly?

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Capturing images from camera and uploading to sharepoint library automatically.

Hello Everyone,
My requirement is to capturing images from camera and uploading to sharepoint library automatically. No manual uploading will take place.
Please suggest me.
Thanks,
Rajesh

Hi,
From your description, my understanding is that you want to capturing images from camera and uploading to sharepoint library automatically automatically upload images to SharePoint library.
You will save images in your local computer after capturing visitors’ image. You could develop a custom timer job to periodically get pictures from the local folder in your computer. Please refer to this article:
Create and Deploy Custom Timer Job Definition in SharePoint Programatically
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/634208/Create-and-Deploy-Custom-Timer-Job-Definition-in-S
you could upload pictures to your SharePoint from the folder with C# code, please refer to this article:
How to: Upload a File to a SharePoint Site from a Local Folder
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ms454491%28v=office.14%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
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SharePoint Library - If I save file from Excel File Save As - then I always get "File already exists. Do you want to replace it?" - Upload works fine though.

Hi there,
In my SP 2010 document library - When I try to save an Excel file from File > Save As menu to the document library it always prompts me "File already exists. Do you want to replace it?" even though the file does not exist in that document library.
To the same document library - if I upload a file then it accepts it all fine.
Any clues why I cannot save files using File > Save As menu?
Thanks.

Hi,
As I understand, the notification pops up when you save an excel file to SharePoint library, while when directly upload file to library, there is no wrong.
Please confirm if the issue occurs to other machines.
Please open Microsoft Office Upload Center on the issue machine, then click settings, clear cache via checking Delete files from the Office Document Cache when they are closed.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/excel-help/office-document-cache-settings-HA010388664.aspx
If the issue occurs to client, I’d recommend you also ask the question in Excel forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home?forum=excel
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TechNet Community Support

Some chinese character file name not uploading in SharePoint Document Library?

Hi
Some Chinese character pdf file name not uploading in SharePoint Document Library. I am getting following error.
1. File not found error if i would upload using file browse option in Doc Lib.
2. Can't read from the source file or disk. if i would tried to copy and paste using "Open with explorer" options.
File name is "LA（未签署）.pdf"
Note: This file has been converted from "TIFF" to "PDF".
Thanks & Regards
Poomani Sankaran

Hi Poomani,
For troubleshooting your issue, please let's verify the followings:
Whether other pdf file which are not converted from "TIFF" and contain Chinese char could be uploaded into the SharePoint Document library.
Whether other pdf file which are converted from "TIFF" and don't contain Chinese char could be uploaded into the SharePoint Document library.
Please upload these pdf files into other libraries, compare the result.
Please check the log file to find more information about this issue. The path of the log file is:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS.
Best Regards,
Wendy
Wendy Li
TechNet Community Support

CSOM code in C # to download and upload multiple files from/to sharepoint library

Hi All,
Please help me I want to first download all my files from sharepoint library to my local folder using CSOM code .
Once downloading is completed I want to upload those files in another library .
I have done same thing using web services but need to do by CSOM now.
Thanks please provide code of peice
sudhanshu sharma Do good and cast it into river :)

By using below code I am downloading multiple documents and uploading same doc to sharepoint while uploading i want to updat emetadata of source library to destination library ..
I am able to do so but want to do now for dateandTime+metadata column as well please can you check my approach and let me know tht how to do for such kind of columns-
FileProperty.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace ST_9569f2fe51bd4137bb31c38b3d46455d
class FileProperty
public string Title; //single line of text
public string Description; //Multiple line of text
public string DocumentType; //choice type
public string DocumentCategory; //Choice type
public string DocumentNumber; //Single line of text
// public string DocumentStatus; //Choice
public string DocumentTitle; //single line of text
// public string CrossReference; //Multipleline type
//public DateTime PublishDate; //DateAndTime Type column
/// <summary>
/// Get the SP Document Column internal name and thier respective values
/// in key -value pair.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The List of KeyValuePair</returns>
public List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> getColumnKeyValueListProducts()
{//Target Columns
List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> columnKeyValuePairList = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Title", Title));
columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Description0", Description));
columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Document_x0020_Type", DocumentType));
columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Document_x0020_Category", DocumentCategory));
columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Document_x0020_Number", DocumentNumber));
//columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Document_x0020_Status", DocumentStatus));
columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Document_x0020_Title", DocumentTitle));
//columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Cross%5Fx0020%5FReference", CrossReference));
// columnKeyValuePairList.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Publish_x0020_Date", PublishDate));
return columnKeyValuePairList;
/* public List<KeyValuePair<string, DateTime>> getColumnKeyValueListProductsforDatenTime()
//Target Columns
List<KeyValuePair<string, DateTime>> columnKeyValuePairListdt = new List<KeyValuePair<string, DateTime>>();
columnKeyValuePairListdt.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, DateTime>("Publish_x0020_Date", PublishDate));
return columnKeyValuePairListdt;
#region Help: Introduction to the script task
/* The Script Task allows you to perform virtually any operation that can be accomplished in
* a .Net application within the context of an Integration Services control flow.
* Expand the other regions which have "Help" prefixes for examples of specific ways to use
* Integration Services features within this script task. */
#endregion
#region Namespaces
using System;
using System.Data;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Generic;
//using System.IO;
#endregion
namespace ST_9569f2fe51bd4137bb31c38b3d46455d
/// <summary>
/// ScriptMain is the entry point class of the script. Do not change the name, attributes,
/// or parent of this class.
/// </summary>
[Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.SSISScriptTaskEntryPointAttribute]
public partial class ScriptMain : Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTARTScriptObjectModelBase
#region Help: Using Integration Services variables and parameters in a script
/* To use a variable in this script, first ensure that the variable has been added to
* either the list contained in the ReadOnlyVariables property or the list contained in
* the ReadWriteVariables property of this script task, according to whether or not your
* code needs to write to the variable. To add the variable, save this script, close this instance of
* Visual Studio, and update the ReadOnlyVariables and
* ReadWriteVariables properties in the Script Transformation Editor window.
* To use a parameter in this script, follow the same steps. Parameters are always read-only.
* Example of reading from a variable:
* DateTime startTime = (DateTime) Dts.Variables["System::StartTime"].Value;
* Example of writing to a variable:
* Dts.Variables["User::myStringVariable"].Value = "new value";
* Example of reading from a package parameter:
* int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Package::batchId"].Value;
* Example of reading from a project parameter:
* int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Project::batchId"].Value;
* Example of reading from a sensitive project parameter:
* int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Project::batchId"].GetSensitiveValue();
#endregion
#region Help: Firing Integration Services events from a script
/* This script task can fire events for logging purposes.
* Example of firing an error event:
* Dts.Events.FireError(18, "Process Values", "Bad value", "", 0);
* Example of firing an information event:
* Dts.Events.FireInformation(3, "Process Values", "Processing has started", "", 0, ref fireAgain)
* Example of firing a warning event:
* Dts.Events.FireWarning(14, "Process Values", "No values received for input", "", 0);
#endregion
#region Help: Using Integration Services connection managers in a script
/* Some types of connection managers can be used in this script task. See the topic
* "Working with Connection Managers Programatically" for details.
* Example of using an ADO.Net connection manager:
* object rawConnection = Dts.Connections["Sales DB"].AcquireConnection(Dts.Transaction);
* SqlConnection myADONETConnection = (SqlConnection)rawConnection;
* //Use the connection in some code here, then release the connection
* Dts.Connections["Sales DB"].ReleaseConnection(rawConnection);
* Example of using a File connection manager
* object rawConnection = Dts.Connections["Prices.zip"].AcquireConnection(Dts.Transaction);
* string filePath = (string)rawConnection;
* //Use the connection in some code here, then release the connection
* Dts.Connections["Prices.zip"].ReleaseConnection(rawConnection);
#endregion
/// <summary>
/// This method is called when this script task executes in the control flow.
/// Before returning from this method, set the value of Dts.TaskResult to indicate success or failure.
/// To open Help, press F1.
/// </summary>
public void Main()
// TODO: Add your code here
//Unpublished lib used to download files from sharepoint to local and Published library for uploading files from local to sharepoint
//var srcFolderUrl = "http://ui3dats011x:2015/sites/techunits/UnPublished%20Doc/Forms/AllItems.aspx";
//var destFolderUrl = "http://ui3dats011x:2015/sites/techunits/Published%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx";
using (var ctx = new ClientContext("http://ui3dats011x:2015/sites/techunits/"))
try
List LibraryName = ctx.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Unpublished Doc");
List LibraryName1 = ctx.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Published Documents");
ctx.Load(LibraryName1.RootFolder);
ctx.Load(LibraryName);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
CamlQuery camlQuery = new CamlQuery();
//Used this caml query for filtering
camlQuery.ViewXml = @"<View><Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='Document_x0020_Type'/><Value Type='Choice'>Technical Unit</Value></Eq></Where></Query></View>";
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ListItemCollection listItems = LibraryName.GetItems(camlQuery);
ctx.Load<Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ListItemCollection>(listItems);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
string filename;
FileInformation fileInfo;
System.IO.FileStream outputStream;
Dictionary<string, string> itemmetadata = new Dictionary<string, string>();
foreach (var item in listItems)
if (itemmetadata.Count > 0)
itemmetadata.Clear();
ctx.Load(item);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
ctx.Load(item.File);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
filename = item.File.Name;
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> metaval in item.FieldValues.)
string metavalue = Convert.ToString(metaval.Value);
//if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(metaval.Value.ToString()))
if (!(String.IsNullOrEmpty(metavalue)))
itemmetadata.Add(metaval.Key, metaval.Value.ToString());
else
itemmetadata.Add(metaval.Key, "");
fileInfo = Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.OpenBinaryDirect(ctx, item.File.ServerRelativeUrl.ToString());
outputStream = new FileStream(@"C:\Users\jainruc\Desktop\Sudhanshu\ComDownload\" + filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
fileInfo.Stream.CopyTo(outputStream);
outputStream.Dispose();
outputStream.Close();
//Uploading
string srcpath = @"C:\Users\jainruc\Desktop\Sudhanshu\ComDownload\";
string siteName = @"http://ui3dats011x:2015/sites/techunits/";
string docLibraryName = @"http://ui3dats011x:2015/sites/techunits/Published%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx";
UploadFile(srcpath, siteName, docLibraryName, itemmetadata,filename);
}//End of try
catch (Exception ex)
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
public void UploadFile(string srcpath, string siteName, string docLibraryName,Dictionary<string,string> metavalue,string filename)
using (ClientContext ctx = new ClientContext("http://ui3dats011x:2015/sites/techunits/"))
try
List LibraryName1 = ctx.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("Published Documents");
ctx.Load(LibraryName1.RootFolder);
ctx.Load(LibraryName1);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
ctx.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("jainfgfgh", "Pashg8878", "mydomain");
//Loop for getting all files one by one
using (var fs = new FileStream(String.Concat(srcpath,"/",filename), FileMode.OpenOrCreate))
string fileUrl = String.Format("{0}/{1}", LibraryName1.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl, filename);
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(ctx, fileUrl, fs, true);
UpdateMetadata(fileUrl,ctx,metavalue);
//End of looping
}//End of try block
catch (Exception ex)
}//End of Using
}//End of function
public void UpdateMetadata(string uploadedfileurl,ClientContext ctx,Dictionary<string,string> mvalue)
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File uploadedfile = ctx.Web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(uploadedfileurl);
//create an object of the class holding all the properties of the document
ctx.Load(uploadedfile);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
FileProperty fileProperty = new FileProperty();
fileProperty.Description = mvalue["Description0"];
fileProperty.Title = mvalue["Title"];
fileProperty.DocumentType = mvalue["Document_x0020_Type"];
fileProperty.DocumentCategory = mvalue["DocumentCategory"];
fileProperty.DocumentNumber = mvalue["DocumentNumber"];
fileProperty.DocumentTitle = mvalue["DocumentTitle"];
//fileProperty.PublishDate = Convert.ToDateTime(mvalue["PublishDate"]);
// fileProperty.DocumentStatus = mvalue["DocumentStatus"];
List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> columnKeyValueList;
//create a list of item need to be updated or added to sharepoint library
List<FileProperty> propertyList = new List<FileProperty>();
propertyList.Add(fileProperty);
columnKeyValueList = fileProperty.getColumnKeyValueListProducts();
ListItem item = uploadedfile.ListItemAllFields;
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> metadataitem in columnKeyValueList)
item[metadataitem.Key.ToString()] = metadataitem.Value.ToString();
//item["Title"] = uploadedfile.Title;
item.Update();
ctx.Load(item);
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
#region ScriptResults declaration
/// <summary>
/// This enum provides a convenient shorthand within the scope of this class for setting the
/// result of the script.
/// This code was generated automatically.
/// </summary>
enum ScriptResults
Success = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Success,
Failure = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Failure
#endregion
sudhanshu sharma Do good and cast it into river :)

Hide Upload Document button in a sharepoint library programmatically

Hi,
How to hide Upload Document button in a sharepoint library programmatically?
Thank you,
AA.

Hello,
hope these references will help you out
http://www.solwebsolutions.com/blog/entry/css-for-hiding-upload-options-in-sharepoint-library-ribbon
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/32606/remove-button-from-ribbon-in-a-specific-toolbar
Good luck,

How can i get a full url of video uploaded in asset library on sharepoint 2013

Hi All,
I have videos in SharePoint 2013 Asset Library, now i want display that videos in my SharePoint webpage as a webpart.
Now, how can i get a full url of video uploaded in asset library?
Thanks in Advance!

The Asset library does a pretty good job of hiding the full URL. An "asset" item is actually a folder. The folder contains the video and support files like preview thumbnails.
So, if you upload a video named butterfly.wmv to http://yourSite/sites/demo/Assets the path to the video would be http://yourSite/sites/demo/Assets/butterfly/butterfly.wmv. If the user changed the name while uploading the file to "Pretty bugs"
the URL would then be http://yourSite/sites/demo/Assets/Pretty%20Bugs/butterfly.wmv.
Probably the best way to explore these hidden folders and discover the "real" URL is to use SharePoint Designer 2013.
Launch SharePoint Designer and open your site.
In the Navigation area click "All Files". (If you don't see All Files then your administrators may have partially locked down SPD.)
In the list of files and folders click the Assets library.
Find and click your video (you will see the "Name" as entered in the file's properties, not the file name.)
Find the video file, right-click it and click Properties.
Copy the Location.
If you just want to display the video in the page:
Edit the page
Click INSERT
Click Web Part
From the Media and Content category select Media Web Part and click Add.
Edit the web part (click the web part's dropdown)
From the MEDIA ribbon click Change Media
Click From SharePoint and navigate to your assets library and pick a video
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Upload the document from other site to sharepoint library

Hi All,
I am having folder with document in want to upload the bulk of that document to SharePoint library.
Please let me know how can i do.
Thank you,
Sowjanya.

Hi.
1. Open the location of the documents to bring to SharePoint in a windows explorer. The open the document library located in SharePoint.
2. Once the document library is viewed, on the upper left hand corner of the page, click on the Library tab. This will display the ribbon controls for the document library.
3. Within the ribbon controls, locate the Open with Explorer then click it. This should open the document library in windows explorer.
4. Select the files that you want to copy in the windows explorer then copy or dray those files to the explorer of the document library.
5. That should be it unless you have set properties in your document library that needs to be filled up. Do not forget to publish/check in the files that you have uploaded.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
Robert
Outsource Trainer

(409) Conflict Error while uploading the file into Sharepoint library

Getting the below error while uploading the file into Sharepoint library.
(409) Conflict. at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SPWebRequestExecutor.Execute() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinary(ClientContext context, String serverRelativeUrl,
Stream stream, String etag, Boolean overwriteIfExists
I have used the below code:
ClientOM.File.SaveBinaryDirect(clientContext, "/Shared%20Documents/NewDocument.pptx", memoryStream, true);
Thanks in advance.

May be issue is with path.
https://server/ should be there instead of
subsite path(https://server/path/path)
in the client context
Check the below link
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/fbb38b10-1127-48a6-a65f-0301edd766c4/the-remote-server-returned-an-error-409-conflict-error-while-uploading-files-to-sharepoint?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy

Upload multiple documents to SharePoint library in parallel using c#

Hi Team,
We are trying to upload thousands of documents to SharePoint library programatically.I am able to achieve this sequentially . Please help me in achieving this parallely and improve the performance.
Thanks in Advance.

You can try new .net framework async/await feature as described at
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cdndevs/archive/2013/12/18/c-async-and-await-why-do-we-need-them-part-1.aspx. However, you need to limit your concurrent requests, you don't want to span 100 files upload in parallel.
Thanks,
Sohel Rana
http://ranaictiu-technicalblog.blogspot.com

"The server is unavailable this is offline copy of the server workbook" error while opening the sharepoint library file

Hi Techys,
can you give me the suugestions for below error in sharepoint 2010.
Error: "The server is unavailable this is offline copy of the server workbook" error while opening the sharepoint library file.
User having the contribute permission.
as a admin i can open the document without any error.
user wants to open the document via online and VPN connection.
while the user seeing the document info the below error is indicationg .
Offline Copy, Work book is readonly Mode.
The server is unavailable this is offline copy of the server workbook" error while opening the sharepoint library file which was upto date.
Many Thanks,
Madhu

Make sure that the user is able to access workstream from the site collection through VPN. If the user is able to access already, try to download the file locally and see if the data is getting loaded and upload again.
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How to open hyperlink of PDF file uploaded at SharePoint(hosted at Office365) in 'Adobe Acrobat' for annotation and comments.

Hi,
I've a hyperlink of PDF file which is uploaded under SharePoint Document library(hosted at Office365 E1) on my custom '../SitePages/Approver.aspx'. Once user click on that hyperlink it should ask me to "Check-Out & Open' pdf file directly from sharePoint document library then it should automatically gets opened into 'Adobe Acrobat' where user will do some annotation/ comments in that pdf file & again 'Check-In' back his changes to SharePoint Document library.
Following article will explain how I want to Check-In & Check-Out pdf files from SharePoint document library once i click hyperlink on my '../SitePages/Approver.aspx' page.
acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-work-with-sharepoint-and-office-365
Please let me know how to achieve this functionality using office 365.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated as this is top-priority requirement for us.
Yours sincerely,
Mahesh Sherkar
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For instance, the forms.conf file:
# Virtual path mapping for Forms Java jar and class files (codebase)
AliasMatch ^/forms/java/(..*) "D:\Oradev/forms/java/$1"
# Virtual path for JInitiator downloadable executable and download page
AliasMatch ^/forms/jinitiator/(..*) "D:\Oradev/jinit/$1"
# Virtual path for runform.htm (used to run a form for testing purposes)
AliasMatch ^/forms/html/(..*) "d:\oradev/tools/web/html/$1"
# Virtual Path for icons
AliasMatch ^/forms/icons/(..*) "d:\icons/$1"
...you can move your files in one of the existing physical directories - e.g: d:/icons - and call them with the following:
Web.show_Document('/forms/icons/document.pdf','_blank');But you can also add your own virtual/physical directory:
# Virtual Path for documents
AliasMatch ^/forms/documents/(..*) "d:\documents/$1"
...with the following code:
Web.show_Document('/forms/documents/document.pdf','_blank');Francois

Drag and drop an email attachment into SharePoint Library

Is it true that it is not possible to drag and drop a file attached to an email directly into a SharePoint Library?
When I try I get the transparent effect and then an error message. Windows 7, Office 2013, SharePoint 2013.
I would like to make sure it's not some configuration that can be changed.

HI,not possible to directly drag and drop email from out look.You can save the mail as outlook template in drive and do drag and drop.please find the below links that explains functionality.
http://expertsharepoint.blogspot.de/2013/12/how-to-upload-multiple-documents-in.html
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Upload to SharePoint fails due to upload limit in webservice

Hello everyone,
I just used an example from the web to use the copy.asmx webservice to upload files to a document library:
http://www.ktskumar.com/blog/2009/03/upload-document-from-local-machine-to-sharepoint-library/
It works fine but only if the file is very small (<1MB). If it is larger I get the error "underlying connection was closed". A first search shows that it seems to be a problem with the messagesize which has to be changed. However, everywhere
in the web they speak about a setting in the web.config
Well in my project there is no web.config because I used the example in the link above. No is there another way to change the message size (e.g. by code)?
Thanks!!
Best,
Chris

from browser, it will upload file using server object model. you can change the upload size for same in CA.
as far as uploading file programatically using service, you can run the below script on server and it will resolve the issue
$ws = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService
$ws.ClientRequestServiceSettings.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 262144000
$ws.ClientRequestServiceSettings.MaxParseMessageSize = 262144000
$ws.Update()
Note: 262144000 = 250 MB
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How to convert .doc files to .docx in a sharepoint library programmatically.

Is there any possibility to Convert .doc files to .docx in a sharepoint document library.
I have thousands and lakhs of .doc files and I need to automate to convert those .doc files to .docx with an automation script or powershell script or doing it programmatically.
Can someone help me get through this.
Thanks
Gayatri

Hello Gayatri,
You can convert files from doc to docx using following options
Option 1
in bulk using Office File Converter (OFC) and Version Extraction Tool. Please refer below url for reference - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179019.aspx
Option 2 - PowerShell
please refer url -http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericwhite/archive/2008/09/19/bulk-convert-doc-to-docx.aspx
Convert DOC to DOCX using PowerShell
I was tasked with taking a large number of .DOC and .RTF files and converting them to .DOCX. The files were then going to be imported into a SharePoint site. So I went out on the web looking for PowerShell scripts to accomplish this. There are plenty to
choose from.
All the examples on the web were the same with some minor modifications. Most of them followed this pattern:
$word = new-object -comobject word.application
$word.Visible = $False
$saveFormat = [Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat],”wdFormatDocumentDefault”);
#Get the files
$folderpath = “c:\doclocation\*”
$fileType = “*doc”
Get-ChildItem -path $folderpath -include $fileType | foreach-object
$opendoc = $word.documents.open($_.FullName)
$savename = ($_.fullname).substring(0,($_.FullName).lastindexOf(“.”))
$opendoc.saveas([ref]“$savename”, [ref]$saveFormat);
$opendoc.close();
#Clean up
$word.quit()
After trying out several I started to convert some test documents. All went well until the files were uploaded to SharePoint. The .RTF files were fine but even though the .DOC fiels were now .DOCX files they did not allow for all the functionality of .DOCX
to be used.
After investigating a little further it turns out that when doing a conversion from .DOC to .DOCX the files are left in compatibility mode. The files are smaller, but they don’t allow for things like coauthors.
So back to the drawing board and the web and I found a way to set compatibility mode off. The problem was that it required more steps including saving and reopening the files. In order to use this method I had to add a compatibility mode object:
$CompatMode = [Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCompatibilityMode], “wdWord2010″)
And then change the code inside the {} from above to:
$opendoc = $word.documents.open($_.FullName)
$savename = ($_.fullname).substring(0,($_.FullName).lastindexOf(“.”))
$opendoc.saveas([ref]“$savename”, [ref]$saveFormat);
$opendoc.close();
$converteddoc = get-childitem $savename
$opendoc = $word.documents.open($converteddoc.FullName)$opendoc.SetCompatibilityMode($compatMode);
$opendoc.save()
$opendoc.close()
It worked, but I didn’t like it. So back to the web again and this time I stumbled across the real way to do it. Use the Convert method. No one else seems to have used this in any of the examples but it is a much cleaner way to do it then the compatibility
mode setting. So this is how I changed my code and now all the files come in to SharePoint as true .DOCX files.
$word = new-object -comobject word.application
$word.Visible = $False
$saveFormat = [Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat],”wdFormatDocumentDefault”);
#Get the files
$folderpath = “c:\doclocation\*”
$fileType = “*doc”
Get-ChildItem -path $folderpath -include $fileType | foreach-object
$opendoc = $word.documents.open($_.FullName)
$savename = ($_.fullname).substring(0,($_.FullName).lastindexOf(“.”))
$word.Convert()
$opendoc.saveas([ref]“$savename”, [ref]$saveFormat);
$opendoc.close();
#Clean up
$word.quit()

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