Lists.DeleteAttachment Method
Removes the attachment from the specified list item.
Web Service: ListsWeb Reference: http://<Site>/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx
Syntax
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/DeleteAttachment", RequestNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use:=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle:=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Sub DeleteAttachment ( _
listName As String, _
listItemID As String, _
url As String _
)
Dim instance As Lists
Dim listName As String
Dim listItemID As String
Dim url As String
instance.DeleteAttachment(listName, listItemID, url)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/DeleteAttachment", RequestNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public void DeleteAttachment (
string listName,
string listItemID,
string url
)
Parameters
- listName
A string that contains either the title or GUID for the list.
- listItemID
A string that contains the ID of the item to delete. This value does not correspond to the index of the item within the collection of list items.
- url
A string that contains the absolute URL for the attachment, as follows:http://Server_Name/Site_Name/Lists/List_Name/Attachments/Item_ID/FileName.
Remarks
The URL to the attachment can be returned by using the GetAttachmentCollection method.
To access the Lists service and its methods, set a Web reference to http://Server_Name/[sites/][Site_Name/]_vti_bin/Lists.asmx.
Example
The following code example deletes all the attachments for a specified item in a list on the current site.
This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.
Dim listService As New Web_Reference_Folder.Lists()
listService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Dim ndAttach As XmlNode =
listService.GetAttachmentCollection("List_Name", "1")
Dim ndsAttach As XmlNodeList = ndAttach.ChildNodes
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To ndsAttach.Count - 1
Dim delUrl As String = ndsAttach(i).InnerText
listService.DeleteAttachment("List_Name", "1", delUrl)
Next i
Web_Reference_Folder.Lists listService = new Web_Reference_Folder.Lists();
listService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
XmlNode ndAttach =
listService.GetAttachmentCollection("List_Name", "1");
XmlNodeList ndsAttach = ndAttach.ChildNodes;
for (int i=0; i<ndsAttach.Count; i++)
{
string delUrl = ndsAttach[i].InnerText;
listService.DeleteAttachment("List_Name", "1", delUrl);
}