Copy an Item to a Folder

This procedure is part of the SharePoint Book (BDK). To use this book, you must first learn it in your agent.

Overview

This procedure copies an item to a folder in Microsoft SharePoint.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
item	The item (folder or file) that will be copied.	sharepoint file reference or sharepoint folder reference	Yes
folder	The destination folder where the file will be copied.	sharepoint folder reference	Yes
item name	The new name for the copy. If this isn't provided, the same name will be used as the original.	text	No
conflict behavior	The behavior when a conflict occurs. Possible values are 'fail', 'replace', 'rename'.	text	No	rename

Examples

Copy an item to a folder

get a folder at "/My Site/My Documents/My Folder"
use the above as the source folder
get a folder at "/My Site/My Documents/My Other Folder"
use the above as the destination folder
copy the source folder to the destination folder