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Quick Tip: VSTO Retrieve The SharePoint File Location

Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) can be used to develop add-ins (and more) for an Office application. In combination with the SharePoint Client Object Model, it could be used to retrieve additional information from a SharePoint site were the file is located.

You always need to specify a site URL when using the SharePoint Client Object Model. This URL can be retrieved from the document information panel.

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Document Information Panel

This location can easily be retrieved in your VSTO add-in or document template. To retrieve this value use the following code snippet.

Add-in

1

Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument.Path

Document Template

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Globals.ThisDocument.Application.ActiveDocument.Path

Example

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Retrieve File Location
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Retrieved Location

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