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Workflows not being associated with lists/libraries
Mon, Nov 24 2008 1:59
I don't often do "a funny thing happened to me on the way to configuring a SharePoint farm recently"-type posts, but I'm making an exception here - this issue not only took a bit of figuring out, it's also kind of interesting! This is partly because SharePoint doesn't do what you'd expect it to do under the circumstances, and you... Read More...
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More workflow issues and resolutions
Wed, Feb 20 2008 17:16
What I wanted to do today is run through is wrap up my series of workflow posts, by running through some of the issues I hit during development. If you're into workflow, you may have seen Rob Bogue's excellent 10 issues (and resolutions) for SharePoint+Workflow - this post is something of an extension to Rob's. It probably makes for rather dry reading... Read More...
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InvokeWorkflow - child workflows not supported in SharePoint?
Sun, Feb 3 2008 10:35
Our client through an interesting curve ball at us midway through my workflow project. We were probably 70% code complete, when it was realised the design had no provision for a certain scenario. The workflow is triggered by a user completing an InfoPath form - this has many input controls to collect data, and several of them are dropdowns which dictate the particular... Read More...
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Workflow: tasks which can only be actioned by task owner
Sun, Jan 20 2008 17:09
When coming to Visual Studio workflows, something which surprises many SharePoint developers is that tasks assigned in the workflow can actually be actioned by any SharePoint user with basic permissions. In the worst scenario, 'basic permissions' means any user with contribute permissions to the SharePoint web which contains the workflow tasks list, and... Read More...
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Resources from my workflow deep-dive presentation
Thu, Jan 10 2008 10:21
Had a lot of fun presenting VS workflows at the UK SharePoint user group last night. We seemed to have weather issues (again) which might have put some people off travelling, but we still had a great crowd of around 100-120 people. As promised, here are my resources (my 'workflow bonanza pack' in fact ;-)). In the zip behind the link below, you will find... Read More...
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