Can't add new language versions to an existing item

Question

I'm trying to add languages versions to an existing sitecore item i've created:

//creation of my item

Item item = Utils.CreatePage(cp.CreationFolder.Split('&')[0] + "/" + year, month, cp.PageTemplate);



 public static Item CreatePage(string creationFolder, int val, string pageTemplate)
    {
        using (new SecurityDisabler())
        {
            Database masterDb = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
            Item parentItem = masterDb.Items[creationFolder];
            TemplateItem template = masterDb.GetTemplate(pageTemplate);
            Item itemCreated = parentItem.Add(val.ToString(), template);
            Item item = masterDb.GetItem(itemCreated.ID);
            return item;
        }
    }

Then, after the call of this function is done, i call this function to add new versions and fill some fields:

Utils.EnableSubItemsSorting(item, "Reverse", cp.SubItemsSortingFolder, lstStrLanguages);

       public static void EnableSubItemsSorting(Item item, string sort, string SubItemsSortingFolder, List<string> lst_lg)
        {
            Database masterDb = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
            foreach (var lg in lst_lg)
            {
                using (new LanguageSwitcher(lg))
                {
                    var sitecoreItem = masterDb.GetItem(item.ID, Sitecore.Data.Managers.LanguageManager.GetLanguage(lg));
                    sitecoreItem.Editing.BeginEdit();
                    try
                    {
                        var sortItem = Factory.GetDatabase("master").GetItem(SubItemsSortingFolder).Children
                                       .FirstOrDefault(w => w.Name.Equals(sort));
                        sitecoreItem.Fields["__Subitems Sorting"].Value = sortItem.ID.ToString();
                    }
                    catch (Exception)
                    {
                        sitecoreItem.Editing.CancelEdit();
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        sitecoreItem.Editing.EndEdit();
                        sitecoreItem = null;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

In sitecore i only see the item created in english and not in french for example, even if i'm absolutely sure that the lstStrLanguages contains both values ("fr" and "en").

Can anyone explain me what's wrong in my code ? Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

It's most likely related to missing permissions that prevent the code from creating item language versions. You could use SecurityDisabler just as you did in your first code sample:

using (new SecurityDisabler())
{
    Utils.EnableSubItemsSorting(item, "Reverse", cp.SubItemsSortingFolder, lstStrLanguages);
}

SecurityDisabler causes a segment of code to run in the context of a user with administrative rights, regardless of the context user. The code within the using statement block has full control of the entire system, and can take any action on any item or field.