Setting Multivalued Properties (WebDAV)

PROPPATCH /public/docs/ HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml;   charset="UTF-8"

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<a:propertyupdate xmlns:a="DAV:" xmlns:d="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:exch-data:"
  xmlns:b="urn:uuid:c2f41010-65b3-11d1-a29f-00aa00c14882/" xmlns:c="xml:">
  <a:set>
    <a:prop>
      <d:expected-content-class b:dt="mv.string">
             <c:v>urn:content-classes:message</c:v>
             <c:v>urn:content-classes:myclass1</c:v>
             <c:v>urn:content-classes:item</c:v>
      </d:expected-content-class>
    </a:prop>
  </a:set>
</a:propertyupdate>

VBScript

The following WebDAV PROPPATCH Method request sets the expected-content-class Field of a folder to urn:content-classes:message and urn:content-classes:item content classes and the custom content class urn:contentclasses:myclass1.

Option Explicit

' Variables.
Dim strSrcURI       ' As String
Dim strUserName     ' As String
Dim strPassword     ' As String
Dim strBody     ' As String
Dim req         ' As Msxml2.XMLHTTP

' Initialize variables.
strSrcURI = "https://server/TestStore/TestFolder1/"
strUserName = "Domain\UserName"
strPassword = "!Password"

' Build the request body.
strBody = "<?xml version=""1.0""?>"
strBody = strBody & "<a:propertyupdate xmlns:a=""DAV:"" xmlns:d=""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:exch-data:"" "
strBody = strBody & "xmlns:b=""urn:uuid:c2f41010-65b3-11d1-a29f-00aa00c14882/"" xmlns:c=""xml:"">"
strBody = strBody & "<a:set><a:prop><d:expected-content-class b:dt=""mv.string"">"
strBody = strBody & "<c:v>urn:content-classes:message</c:v>"
strBody = strBody & "<c:v>urn:content-classes:item</c:v>"
strBody = strBody & "<c:v>urn:content-classes:myclass1</c:v>"
strBody = strBody & "</d:expected-content-class></a:prop>"
strBody = strBody & "</a:set></a:propertyupdate>"


' Initialize the XMLHTTP request object.
Set req = CreateObject("Microsoft.xmlhttp")

' Open the request object with the PROPPATCH method and
' specify that it will be sent asynchronously.
req.open "PROPPATCH", strSrcURI, False, strUserName, strPassword

' Set the Content-Type header to the destination URL.
req.setRequestHeader "Content-type", "text/xml"

'Send the PROPPATCH method request.
req.send strBody

' An error occurred on the server.
If req.status >= 500 Then
    wscript.echo "Status: " & req.status
    wscript.echo "Status text: An error occurred on the server."

' Success.
ElseIf req.status = 207 Then
    wscript.echo "Multi-valued property set successfully."

Else
    wscript.echo "Status: " & req.status
    wscript.echo "Status text: " & req.statustext

End If

Set req = nothing

The following WebDAV PROPPATCH Method request sets the expected-content-class Field of a folder to urn:content-classes:message and urn:content-classes:item content classes and the custom content class urn:contentclasses:myclass1.

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;

namespace ExchangeSDK.Snippets.CSharp
{
   class SettingMultiValuedPropertiesWebDAV
   {
      [STAThread]
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         // Variables.
         System.Net.HttpWebRequest Request;
         System.Net.WebResponse Response;
         System.Net.CredentialCache MyCredentialCache;
         string strSrcURI = "https://server/TestStore/TestFolder/";
         string strUserName = "UserName";
         string strPassword = "!Password";
         string strDomain = "Domain";
         string strBody ="";
         byte[] bytes = null;
         System.IO.Stream RequestStream;

         try
         {
            // Build the PROPPATCH request body.
            strBody = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>"
                    + "<a:propertyupdate xmlns:a=\"DAV:\" xmlns:d=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:exch-data:\" "
                    + "xmlns:b=\"urn:uuid:c2f41010-65b3-11d1-a29f-00aa00c14882/\" xmlns:c=\"xml:\">"
                    + "<a:set><a:prop><d:expected-content-class b:dt=\"mv.string\">"
                    + "<c:v>urn:content-classes:message</c:v>"
                    + "<c:v>urn:content-classes:item</c:v>"
                    + "<c:v>urn:content-classes:myclass1</c:v>"
                    + "</d:expected-content-class></a:prop>"
                    + "</a:set></a:propertyupdate>";

            // Create a new CredentialCache object and fill it with the network
            // credentials required to access the server.
            MyCredentialCache = new System.Net.CredentialCache();
            MyCredentialCache.Add( new System.Uri(strSrcURI),
               "NTLM",
               new System.Net.NetworkCredential(strUserName, strPassword, strDomain)
               );

            // Create the HttpWebRequest object.
            Request = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(strSrcURI);

            // Add the network credentials to the request.
            Request.Credentials = MyCredentialCache;

            // Specify the method.
            Request.Method = "PROPPATCH";

            // Encode the body using UTF-8.
            bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes((string)strBody);

            // Set the content header length.  This must be
            // done before writing data to the request stream.
            Request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;

            // Get a reference to the request stream.
            RequestStream = Request.GetRequestStream();

            // Write the XML body to the request stream.
            RequestStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);

            // Close the Stream object to release the connection
            // for further use.
            RequestStream.Close();

            // Set the content type header.
            Request.ContentType = "text/xml";

            // Send the PROPPATCH method request and get the
            // response from the server.
            Response = (HttpWebResponse)Request.GetResponse();

            Console.WriteLine("Multi-valued property set successfully.");

            // Clean up.
            Response.Close();

         }
         catch(Exception ex)
         {
            // Catch any exceptions. Any error codes from the PROPPATCH
            // method request on the server will be caught here, also.
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
         }
      }
   }
}

The following WebDAV PROPPATCH Method request sets the expected-content-class Field of a folder to urn:content-classes:message and urn:content-classes:item content classes and the custom content class urn:contentclasses:myclass1.

Option Explicit On
Option Strict On

Module Module1

Sub Main()

   ' Variables.
   Dim Request As System.Net.HttpWebRequest
   Dim Response As System.Net.HttpWebResponse
   Dim MyCredentialCache As System.Net.CredentialCache
   Dim strPassword As String
   Dim strDomain As String
   Dim strUserName As String
   Dim strSrcURI As String
   Dim strBody As String
   Dim bytes() As Byte
   Dim RequestStream As System.IO.Stream

   Try
      ' Initialize variables.
      strUserName = "UserName"
      strPassword = "!Password"
      strDomain = "Domain"
      strSrcURI = "https://server/TestStore/TestFolder/"

      ' Build the PROPPATCH request body.
      strBody = "<?xml version=""1.0""?>" & _
                "<a:propertyupdate xmlns:a=""DAV:"" xmlns:d=""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:exch-data:"" " & _
                "xmlns:b=""urn:uuid:c2f41010-65b3-11d1-a29f-00aa00c14882/"" xmlns:c=""xml:"">" & _
                "<a:set><a:prop><d:expected-content-class b:dt=""mv.string"">" & _
                "<c:v>urn:content-classes:message</c:v>" & _
                "<c:v>urn:content-classes:item</c:v>" & _
                "<c:v>urn:content-classes:myclass1</c:v>" & _
                "</d:expected-content-class></a:prop>" & _
                "</a:set></a:propertyupdate>"

      ' Create a new CredentialCache object and fill it with the network
      ' credentials required to access the server.
      MyCredentialCache = New System.Net.CredentialCache
      MyCredentialCache.Add(New System.Uri(strSrcURI), _
         "NTLM", _
         New System.Net.NetworkCredential(strUserName, strPassword, strDomain) _
         )

      ' Create the HttpWebRequest object.
      Request = CType(System.Net.WebRequest.Create(strSrcURI), _
      System.Net.HttpWebRequest)

      ' Add the network credentials to the request.
      Request.Credentials = MyCredentialCache

      ' Specify the PROPPATCH method.
      Request.Method = "PROPPATCH"

      ' Encode the body using UTF-8.
      bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strBody)

      ' Set the content header length.  This must be
      ' done before writing data to the request stream.
      Request.ContentLength = bytes.Length

      ' Get a reference to the request stream.
      RequestStream = Request.GetRequestStream()

      ' Write the message body to the request stream.
      RequestStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)

      ' Close the Stream object to release the connection
      ' for further use.
      RequestStream.Close()

      ' Set the Content Type header.
      Request.ContentType = "text/xml"

      ' Send the PROPPATCH method request and get the
      ' response from the server.
      Response = CType(Request.GetResponse(), System.Net.HttpWebResponse)

      Console.WriteLine("Multi-valued property set successfully.")

      ' Close the HttpWebResponse object.
      Response.Close()

   Catch ex As Exception

      ' Catch any exceptions. Any error codes from the
      ' PROPPATCH method requests on the server will be caught
      ' here, also.
      Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)

   End Try

End Sub

End Module