Item.Versions.AddVersion() - fields not being saved

Question

I am adding a new version of an item in a different language. This works fine. Them I am setting the field values on the new version, but those values are not saved. The code is basically (simplified):

Item englishItemVersion = _newDatabase.GetItem(swedishItem.ID, englishLanguage).Versions.AddVersion();
englishItemVersion.Editing.BeginEdit();
englishItemVersion.Fields[{guid}].Value = “my English title”;
englishItemVersion.Editing.EndEdit(false, true);

When i debug the code, all the fields on the new itemversion is set, but as soon as the code hits EndEdit(false, true);, all the values in the fields disappear. Why is that?

Answer 1

So the problem was in the .EndEdit() call.

By calling .EndEdit(false, true) you are essentially telling Sitecore two things:

1. Do not update revision, revision date and so on. In other words, try and "hide" that the update took place
2. Disable events for this update

So basically you did pretty much everything you could, to try and hide the fact that you were adding versions and adding fields, to your surroundings. Including Content Editor, which would then not get notified that item changes took place. Caches would not get invalidated. And so on.