Access the current SharePoint Users information

This piece of code shows you how to access the current SharePoint Users information.

Problem Description

How to access the current SharePoint Users information.

Solution Description

Code Snippet for the MS-Sharepoint 2007


Code Snippet

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* * * General Code Snippet for the MS-Sharepoint 2007 * * *
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1. Access SharePoint User Information
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Description :
This piece of code shows you how to access the current SharePoint Users information.
Code:

SPWeb thisWeb = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
SPUser currentUser = thisWeb.CurrentUser;  

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2.  Determine if there are files and folders
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Description :
This example shows you how to determine whether there are files or folders
in a SharePoint asset. This is an asset existence method and can be used
to prevent the overriding of other content.

Code:

public static bool FolderContainsAssets(SPFolder folder, string fileName)
{
        foreach (SPFile file in folder.Files)
        {
                if (string.Compare(fileName, file1.Name, true) == 0)
                {
                        return true;
                }
        }
        return false;
}

public static bool FolderContainsOtherFolders(SPFolder folder, string folderName)
{
        foreach (SPFolder folder in folder.SubFolders)
        {
                if (string.Compare(folderName, folder1.Name, true) == 0)
                {
                        return true;
                }
        }
        return false;
}

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3.  Display A Users Role Collection
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Description :
This snippet shows you how to display a particular users set of roles based on the
user name parameter.
Code:

int Roles = Site.Roles.Count;
for (int iRole = 0; iRole < nRoles; iRole++)
{
        SPRole Role = Site.Roles[iRole];
        UInt32 hexPermMask = (UInt32)Role.PermissionMask;
        lstSiteRoles.Items.Add(
        "Role" + iRole.ToString() + ": "
        + Role.Name
        + " [Type:" + Role.Type.ToString()
        + " PermMask:"
        + hexPermMask.ToString("X4") + " " + Role.PermissionMask.ToString() + " "
        + "]" );
}

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4. Get a SharePoint Field By Its Name
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Description :
This piece of code demonstrates how you could return a SharePoint field
by passing in the name parameter.
Code:

private SPField GetSharePointFieldByName(string name)
{
        SPField field = null;
        try
        {
                return this._list.Fields[name];
        }
        catch
        {
        }
        foreach (SPField field in this._list.Fields)
        {
                if (field.InternalName.Trim().ToLower() == name.Trim().ToLower())
                {
                        return field;
                }
        }
        return field;
}

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5. Get List View Items
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Description :
This code sample provides method that will get the list items that are
present in a SharePoint view.
Code:

protected SPListItemCollection GetListViewItems()
{
        return this.GetListViewItems(string.Empty);
}

protected SPListItemCollection GetListViewItems(string viewFields)
{
        try
        {
                SPQuery query = new SPQuery(this.TheListView);
                if ((viewFields != null) && (viewFields.Trim() != string.Empty))
                {
                        query.ViewFields = viewFields;
                }
                return this.TheList.GetItems(query);
        }
        catch (Exception exception)
        {
                this.AddError(exception);
        }
        return null;
}

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6. Getting A SharePoint Site Name
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Description :
This piece of code shows you how to retrieve a SharePoint Site name after
using the OpenWeb() method.
Code:

public SiteData(string WebLocation)
{
        this._theWeb = null;
        SPWeb web = null;
        try
        {
                web = new SPSite(theWebPath).OpenWeb();
                string myString = web.Name;
        }
        catch (Exception exception)
        {
                Console.WriteLine("Error opening the site " + WebLocation + " : " + exception1.Message);
        }
        this._theWeb = web;
}

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