Sharepoint 2007: List Events Practical Example: Creating a rigged survey!!
Posted by: Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com,
on 30 Jul 2006 |
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Sharepoint 2007 supports various events on Lists. These events can be broadly classified into two categories - Synchronous and Asynchronous.
Synchronous events such as "ItemAdding" or "ItemUpdating" occur before the action has taken place. They occur synchronously, in other words, these are in the singular pipeline of events that must finish in order for the action to take place. This means, you can effectively cancel the occurring event, should you choose to do so.
Asynchronous events on the other hand, such as ItemAdded or ItemUpdated occur after the action has taken place. For instance, you may want to scrub the data after it has been entered, or you may want to email the administrator if a field has been added - as an FYI. These do not affect...