Delete Files

This AgileShape can be used to automatically delete files from a SharePoint document library.

Properties for This AgilePart

Field Name	Definition
DocumentLibraryURL	The SharePoint document library URL where you would like to delete files.
Filter	This property specifies the filename (or a filename filter containing wildcards) that will be acted upon -- for example, downloaded by the Download Files AgilePart, uploaded by the Upload Files AgilePart, or converted to PDF by the Convert to PDF AgilePart. The action is taken in the location specified by the associated URL -- either Local Path or AbsoluteURL, depending upon the AgileShape. If the location is a folder, only the specified file types will be acted upon. Some examples of possible values for this property are listed below: *.* - This value indicates that all files (located at the source location) will be affected. .XML - This value indicates that all files (located at the source location) that have the ".XML" file extension will be affected. .doc - This value indicates that all files (located at the source location) that have the ".DOC" file extension will be affected. MyFile.xml - This value indicates that only the specific file (located at the source location) named MyFile.xml will be affected.
Recursive	Default value: False This property specifies whether the AgileShape should affect files contained in any subfolders located under the library (or folder) in the specified location. This property can be set to the following specific values: False - This value indicates that the AgileShape will only affect files located in the specified folder only. True - This value indicates that the AgileShape will affect files located directly under the specified folder, and also files in any subfolders.

Field Name

Definition

DocumentLibraryURL

The SharePoint document library URL where you would like to delete files.

Filter

This property specifies the filename (or a filename filter containing wildcards) that will be acted upon -- for example, downloaded by the Download Files AgilePart, uploaded by the Upload Files AgilePart, or converted to PDF by the Convert to PDF AgilePart.

The action is taken in the location specified by the associated URL -- either Local Path or AbsoluteURL, depending upon the AgileShape. If the location is a folder, only the specified file types will be acted upon.

Some examples of possible values for this property are listed below:

*.* - This value indicates that all files (located at the source location) will be affected.
*.XML - This value indicates that all files (located at the source location) that have the ".XML" file extension will be affected.
*.doc - This value indicates that all files (located at the source location) that have the ".DOC" file extension will be affected.
MyFile.xml - This value indicates that only the specific file (located at the source location) named MyFile.xml will be affected.

Recursive

Default value: False

This property specifies whether the AgileShape should affect files contained in any subfolders located under the library (or folder) in the specified location.

This property can be set to the following specific values:

False - This value indicates that the AgileShape will only affect files located in the specified folder only.
True - This value indicates that the AgileShape will affect files located directly under the specified folder, and also files in any subfolders.

Common AgilePart Properties

The properties of the basic AgilePart AgileShape are also included in this AgileShape. For more information, see AgilePart.

Parent topic: SharePoint / Microsoft SPS