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Is there a way to make version checkin comments required in a document

Asked By: Tameka Clarke Date: Nov 12, 2008 Category: Sharepoint Views: 589

I have hunted around for the content type for "Checkin Comments" because we have
had a request that we make this a required piece of information. I have no idea
if this is even possible, but with the work that we do, requiring this
information would make it a little easier to know what had changed between
versions of documents, and our users don't always enter anything into this
field. I may not be able to make them add something useful, but I would at
least like to require them to add something. Has anyone ever figured this out?

Tagged:is there way to make version checkin comments required in document

2 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Dominic Davis Answered On: Nov 12, 2008

Unfortunately, version checkin comments aren't collected or stored as part of a
content type or site column within a content type. They are stored as a
property of the SPFile object itself when it is checked in. About the only way
that I can think of to make them required would be to implement an
ItemCheckingIn event handler to examine the CheckInComment property of the
SPFile object being checked in. And if its empty canceling the checkin and
issuing an errormessage.

Answer #2 Answered By: Indu Raj Answered On: Nov 12, 2008

I guess our users will just have to live with it the way
it is.

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