How to duplicate or copy item only with the latest language versions?

Question

Our customer had a request for possibility to copy or duplicate an item without a previous language versions. Only the latest versions have to be created.

Check my solution on http://sitecore-masters.com/en/2016/11/28/duplicate-item-without-previous-versions. Do you know any other solution?

Answer 1

Here is an another example. What I am not happy that reflection and message collection are being used. But it can be as workaround for quick solution.

Configuration:

  <sitecore>
  <commands>
      <command name="custom:CopyLatestVersionTo" type="Sitecore.CopyTo.CopyLatestVersionTo, Sitecore.CopyTo" />
  </commands>
  <processors>
      <uiCopyItems>
          <processor mode="on" type="Sitecore.CopyTo.Pipelines.CopyLatestTo, Sitecore.CopyTo" method="OnlyLatestVersion" patch:after="processor[@type='Sitecore.Shell.Framework.Pipelines.CopyItems,Sitecore.Kernel'][@method='Execute']" />
      </uiCopyItems>
  </processors>

Command:

[Serializable]
public class CopyLatestVersionTo : Sitecore.Shell.Framework.Commands.CopyTo
{
    public override void Execute(CommandContext context)
    {
        var args = new CopyItemsArgs();
        var instance = Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(Sitecore.Shell.Framework.Items));
        var methodInfos = new List<MethodInfo>(instance.GetType().GetMethods(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic));
        var method = methodInfos.FirstOrDefault(m => m.Name == "Start" && m.GetParameters().Length == 4);
        args.AddMessage("command:copylatest");
        method.Invoke(instance, new object[] {"uiCopyItems", args, context.Items[0].Database, context.Items});
    }
}

Processor:

 public class CopyLatestTo
  {
    protected virtual void OnlyLatestVersion(CopyItemsArgs args)
    {
      var pipelineMessages = args.GetMessages(PipelineMessageFilter.Informations);
      if (pipelineMessages != null && pipelineMessages.Any(m=>m.Text == "command:copylatest"))
      {
        var copies = args.Copies;
        foreach (var copy in copies)
        {
          var currentVersion = copy.Versions.GetLatestVersion();
          foreach (var itemVersion in copy.Versions.GetVersions(true))
          {
            if (!itemVersion.Version.Number.Equals(currentVersion.Version.Number))
            {
              itemVersion.Versions.RemoveVersion();
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

Menu Item: "/sitecore/content/Applications/Content Editor/Context Menues/Default/Copying/Copy Latest To"

Result:

Answer 2

You can use for your requirement this module:

https://marketplace.sitecore.net/Modules/S/Smart_Tools_Add_Version_and_Copy_Content.aspx?sc_lang=en

a. It adds a new version to the selected destination language version. If you have 3 versions it's adding just the last one.

b. It copies the content from the source language (context item) to all selected destination language.

c. It has the option of including the child items as well.

http://www.nehemiahj.com/2013/10/smart-tools-1-add-version-and-copy.html