I have development environment with 64-bit SharePoint 2007. I tried to create SharePoint workflow with Visual Studio 2008 and got error message "A 32-bit version of SharePoint Server is not installed. Please install a 32-bit version of SharePoint Server". Is there any way to solve this problem?
There's a 64-bit version of Visual Studio 2008? Where?
Robert S.
2009-05-08 18:57:20
There is no 64bit version.
x0n
2009-05-08 20:04:07
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A:
I'm shortly going to be in a similar scenario and have been looking into this issue ahead of time since I heard of this issue in blog write-ups. You can apparently still develop under 32bit and then move it to the 64bit server.
It seems that the issue is truly in the Sharepoint Extensions...so if you don't use them (ie. SharePoint 2007 Sequential Workflow or SharePoint 2007 State Machine Workflow projects) and just create a workflow project it appears to have better success for some.(look in the comments to the posting)
Here's the tracked bug at Microsoft Connect, some VS team members provided a "work around" which is basically what I first mentioned.
Bottom line, crummy handling by Microsoft considering this is their "Showpiece" and they are pushing people to 64bit platform. In another two weeks I should be feeling this, if I come up with anything more I'll post back. Good Luck!
curtisk
2009-05-08 18:12:09
I have confirmed with MS that the problem is with the templates, which where never meant to be installed on 64 Bit. They were meant to be part of the VseWSS extensions however someone didn't hit the right switch during the VS builds.
Diago
2009-05-08 18:42:45
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Yep, agree with curtisk. I've spent today developing a generic Windows Workflow for SharePoint because I couldn't use the extensions. You lose a bit in the ease of deployment but there are plenty of resources out there on how to do this manually. This worked for me (at least the deployment part of it anyway): -
http://blah.winsmarts.com/2008-7-Authoring_SharePoint_2007_Workflows_using_VS2008.aspx
Note that in my case I was working on a 32bit Windows 2003 VM but hosted on a 64bit Virtual Server.
Stuart Whiteford
2009-05-08 18:40:01
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We worked around this by designing the workflows in SharePoint designer and then just bundling and then including them in the WSP when deploying through Visual Studio using VseWSS.
PS: SharePoint Designer is now a free product.
Diago
2009-05-08 18:44:22
Yes, Designer is free, and if you paid for it (like we had) you're entitled to expression web license instead
curtisk
2009-05-08 20:35:48