Category: SharePoint
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How sloppiness and SPWorkflowTask.AlterTask() could inadvertantly lock your workflow task
The SPWorkflowTask.AlterTask() method is handy dandy. It allows us to alter task details from outside of the workflow itself. I was using it in a couple of custom task forms I had created to update the task based on some user input. It’s pretty simple. You get a reference to the active workflow task item, […]
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Speaking at the Prairie Dev Con, in November
I will be doing a session on SharePoint 2010 workflows at the Prairie Dev Con in Winnipeg this fall. The event takes place at the Viscount Gort Hotel on November 21 and 22. This session will feature part of the presentation I did earlier this year, but will focus on and delve deeper into workflows. Be sure to […]
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Creating custom content type forms using aspx pages in SharePoint 2007
I’m working on a project where I need to create some custom task forms for a workflow. I’ve been looking into a few different ways of doing it and I ended up deciding on using custom aspx pages to do the job. I figured I should share how to do it although it’s not all […]
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How to force InfoPath forms to open in the browser when linked in an email
We recently put a rather complex SharePoint workflow into production. Our workflow is creates a lot of tasks, and each time a task is created a custom email is sent to that user with a link to the task. We create the body of this email ourselves, including the link to the task. The user […]
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Troubleshooting SharePoint 2007: Clicking buttons in Central Administration does nothing
Yesterday I was helping a colleague of mine setting up her SharePoint 2007 virtual machine, and at one point she needed to make some changes in Central Administration. Problem was, when she clicked the “OK” (or “Cancel”) buttons after having put in her new settings nothing happened. No page load, no error, no nothing.