Recently I had a requirement of approving multiple items in the Document library. Since this had to be done in SharePoint 2010, I thought of using client side object model and here is how I did it.
Create an empty SharePoint project and name it MultipleApproval as shown:
Click on the solution and Add New Item. Select Empty Element in SharePoint templates.
Open Elements.xml file and add following code.
Now go to your document library and enable versioning in that. Add few documents to the library.
In the Ribbon select Library Tools--> Documents. Select the documents that need to be approved and click on Approve All button in the Ribbon.
Create an empty SharePoint project and name it MultipleApproval as shown:
Click on the solution and Add New Item. Select Empty Element in SharePoint templates.
Open Elements.xml file and add following code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<CustomAction Id="Ribbon.Documents.Workflows.BulkApproveButton"
RegistrationId="101"
Location="CommandUI.Ribbon"
RegistrationType="List">
<CommandUIExtension>
<CommandUIDefinitions>
<CommandUIDefinition Location="Ribbon.Documents.Workflow.Controls._children">
<Button Id="Ribbon.Documents.Workflow.Approve"
Alt="Approve multiple items"
Command="ApproveMultipleItems"
LabelText="Approve All"
Image16by16="/_layouts/images/placeholder32x32.png"
Image32by32="/_layouts/images/placeholder32x32.png"
TemplateAlias="o1"/>
</CommandUIDefinition>
</CommandUIDefinitions>
<CommandUIHandlers>
<CommandUIHandler Command="ApproveMultipleItems" CommandAction="javascript:
var context;
var web;
var itemCount;
var count = 0 ;
SP.UI.Notify.addNotification('Approving item(s)...');
approveItems();
function approveItems ()
{
context = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
web = context.get_web();
context.load(web);
var currentLibId = SP.ListOperation.Selection.getSelectedList();
var currentLib = web.get_lists().getById(currentLibId);
var selectedItems = SP.ListOperation.Selection.getSelectedItems(context);
itemCount = CountDictionary(selectedItems);
for (var i in selectedItems)
{
var currentItem = currentLib.getItemById(selectedItems[i].id);
context.load(currentItem);
currentItem.set_item('_ModerationStatus', 0);
currentItem.update();
context.executeQueryAsync(onQuerySuccess, onQueryFailed);
}
}
function onQuerySuccess(sender, args)
{
count++;
if (count == itemCount)
{
//Refresh the page so that changes can be seen.
window.location.href = window.location.href;
}
}
function onQueryFailed(sender, args)
{
alert(args.get_message());
}
" EnabledScript="javascript:
function enableBulkApproveButton() {
var context = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
return SP.ListOperation.Selection.getSelectedItems(context).length >= 1;
}
enableBulkApproveButton();">
</CommandUIHandler>
</CommandUIHandlers>
</CommandUIExtension>
</CustomAction>
</Elements>In the Ribbon select Library Tools--> Documents. Select the documents that need to be approved and click on Approve All button in the Ribbon.
