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Enable Content Approval in SharePoint using CSOM

The example in this topic show how to use CSOM to Enable Content Approval in SharePoint
  • Please follow the steps below to execute the code in Visual Studio using Console Application. You can customize the solution according to your requirements.
  • Check the article to Connect to SharePoint context using CSOM. This is very helpful if you are doing any programming in CSOM.
  • Don't forget to use the assemblies as mentioned in the code.

How to run CSOM code in SharePoint?

  • Open your Visual Studio.
  • From the template, select Console Application as shown in the screenshot
  • Select the .Net Framework version from the top drop-down as well. You can also change the .Net Framework after creating the solution.
  • Enter Project Name, Location and Solution Name and click on OK.
  • create console application using Visual Studio
  • Now your program.cs file will open. Copy the code in main function.
  • Once you are done with your code, just hit F5 or Run the application.

  • using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
  •  
  • using (ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext("http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection"))
  • {
  • // clientcontext.Web.Lists.GetById - This option also can be used to get the list using List GUID
  • // This value is NOT List internal name
  • List targetList = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("a b");
  • clientContext.Load(targetList);
  •  
  • // Specify whether new items or changes to existing items should remain in a draft state until they have been approved
  • // NOTE: If you require content approval for a list or library that already contains items, all of the items in the library are marked Approved.
  • // After Enabling this, "Draft Item Security" option will also get enabled, later you can specify the option
  • targetList.EnableModeration = true;
  •  
  • targetList.Update();
  • clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
  • }

Thank you for reading this article. This code was tested in SharePoint 2013

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