I'm working on revising some existing SPD WF's and strugling with some of the concepts including why 2 appearingly alike WF's doesn't produce the same output. Are there anyone of you that has worked with SharePoint Designer / Workflows and knows any good resources (more detailed than the MSDN introductions) or tips on the matter. E.g. o...
Hi, I need to change the name of a Sharepoint designer workflow. There is a simple direct way I can edit it via SPD right clicking the workflow name. However often the simple, apparently straight forward things that cause unforeseen issues. Will this affect the functionality of the workflow or application? Thanks! ...
I need to manually edit some of the files inside of the .cmp file created by stsadm export command (or SharePoint Designer backup). I can extract the files and make the edits, but don't know how to properly re-compress the files so that the resulting .cmp file is valid for use with stsadm import. ...
I have a SharePoint list of Issues and have set a column (called Alert) to a “Person or Group” (allowing multiple names). I would like the system to send an email to all the users listed in the Alert field, if the respective Issue is modified. How do I set the Workflow to send an email the users as specified by the data in the Alert...
I am trying to create external list forms using InfoPath. I have aready been able to do following in this process: 1. Create External Content Type using sharepoint designer 2. Create External List using sharepoint designer Now I am trying to modify forms (submit and retrieve forms) using InfoPath. I am following the following link http...
Surely there must be a simple way of putting a simple code block into a master page :( I've tried using the obvious <%= "Hello, World!" %> syntax but code blocks aren't allowed. Then tried a site column, but don't know how to use them. Then tried web zones but master pages can't use them. Tried putting a web part (which are super diffi...
How to get distinct values in asp:DropDownList control which is bound to sharePoint:SPDataSource control. But the remember the only tool i can use is sharepoint designer. ...