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AsishP/UserNotFoundIssueFix

Created November 6, 2017 22:36
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User not found in SharePoint CSOM code
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UserNotFoundIssueFix
FieldUserValue authorUser = (FieldUserValue) listItem["Author"];
User author = web.EnsureUser(authorUser.LookupValue);
bool byPassAuthorCreation = false;
try
{
context.Load(author);
context.ExecuteQuery();
}catch(Exception ex)
{byPassAuthorCreation=true;}
//Code to break permissions …
if(!byPassAuthorCreation)
{
listitem.RoleAssignments.Add(author, new RoleDefinitionBindingCollection(context){web.RoleDefinitions.GetByType(RoleType.Contributor)});
}
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