Versions.GetVersions Method

Returns information about the versions of the specified file.

Web Service: VersionsWeb Reference: http://<Site>/_vti_bin/Versions.asmx

<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetVersions", RequestNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use:=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle:=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetVersions ( _
    fileName As String _
) As XmlNode

Dim instance As Versions
Dim fileName As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetVersions(fileName)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetVersions", RequestNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)] 
public XmlNode GetVersions (
    string fileName
)

• fileName
  A string that contains the site-relative URL of the file in the form Folder_Name/File_Name.

An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object:

<results xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
   <list id="{26E516B0-8241-4B97-984D-000000000000}" />
      <versioning enabled="1" />
   <settings url="http://Server_Name/Site_Name/_layouts/
         1033/LstSetng.aspx?
      List={26E516B0-8241-4B97-984D-000000000000}" />
   <result version="@4" url="http://Server_Name/Site_Name/
         Shared Documents/File_Name.doc" 
      created="6/7/2003 5:55 PM" createdBy="DOMAIN\User" size="19968" 
         comments="" />
   <result version="1" url="http://Server_Name/Site_Name/
         _vti_history/1/Shared Documents/File_Name.doc" 
      created="6/7/2003 5:49 PM" createdBy="DOMAIN\User" size="19968" 
         comments="" />
      .
      .
      .
</results>

The filenName parameter provides both file name and relative folder location, in the form folder_name/file_name. Following are examples of this parameter:

• document_library/file_name.ext

• Shared Documents/File_Name.doc

The following code example displays information about the versions of a specified file.

This example requires that a using (C#) or Imports (Microsoft Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Dim versionService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.Versions()
versionService.Credentials = 
    System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim ndVersions As XmlNode = 
    versionService.GetVersions("Shared Documents/File_Name")

MessageBox.Show(ndVersions.OuterXml)

Web_Reference_Folder_Name.Versions versionService = 
    new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.Versions();
versionService.Credentials= 
    System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

XmlNode ndVersions = 
    versionService.GetVersions("Shared Documents/File_Name");

MessageBox.Show(ndVersions.OuterXml);

Versions Class
Versions Members
Versions Web Service