We have a SharePoint site that displays a calendar and manages appointments etc. We are trying to automate several aspects of this system via workflows. Indvidually each workflow works ok. The problem is that we want them to run automatically when an item is modified. But sometimes a workflow itself modifies another item - which in tu...
I have been tasked with automating some of the paper forms in HR. This might turn into "automate all forms" eventually, so I want to approach this in a way which will be best for the long term and will be a good framework as this project grows. The first things that come to mind were: -InfoPath/SharePoint (We currently don't use Share...
Hi all, I have a local branch for day-to-day dev work in git. My workflow is: Do stuff on local_branch, commit Fetch origin/master Rebase local_branch to catch up with new stuff from origin/master It all works fine, however most of the recommendations I encountered say that one should not "push" private branches, on which rebase is...
I'm looking at designing some core information systems at a new company I'm working at (described one of my ideas here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/908705/workflow-system) I've thought a bit more, and am strongly considering using sharepoint for a lot of the heavy lifting seeing as it comes with so much out of the box. However, I...
Is it possible to show a windows form when implementing a custom activity? For instance, how do I show a custom form, when a user double-clicks on my activity in the designer? Or perhaps a custom form could be displayed when a user clicks the ... in the properties selection. ...
I would like to create a custom activity that loops through the Rows in a DataTable. ...
What would you suggest as a work flow when there is a inexperienced developer joins the team i have been using git for my projects now a new developer will join but he has not used any version control before. Project resides in github and i have no way of pulling directly with him. We are both behind firewalls. Should i create a branch ...
Has anyone had success with adding an onWorkflowItemChanged Activity inside a replicatorActivity? It seems to only fire when outside the Replicator. Scenario is the following: Several users are assigned a task inside the replicator. If the Workflow Item is modified then we want to cancel all the tasks and assign new ones based on the c...
Hi, I'm using git for my workflow and I have a remote testing server. What would be the best way to do this. Currently I make my changes on my workstation and I commit changes and then push to server. But this would quickly lead to many small commits. I want to avoid setting up testing server on my workstation. And rebasing commits is...
Does anyone know if it is possible to Lookup list data from a different site when creating a workflow with Sharepoint Designer 2007? The Define Workflow Lookup dialog only allows you to pick from lists in the current Sharepoint site you are creating the workflow in. Ideally I'd like to be able to pick from a list in the parent site, or a...
I'm looking for a straightforward Java workflow engine that: can handle both automated and manual (GUI-based) steps within a workflow supports long-running, asynchronous tasks provides support for restarting workflows in the event of a server crash stores a full audit history of previously executed workflows provides easy access to thi...
Hi, I am having to pass a fairly large object/file to a workflow when it starts (in the order of hundreds of MBs). I am using secondary storage to dump the object and have as little of it as possible in the RAM at one time on Workflow side. Is there another way to pass and handle the object which is more efficient. Does WF provide any bu...
I am currently working on a new application (.Net 3.5/Win2008 Server environment) that does a nightly poll of a database table to find records that need processing. Very simple process overall. Previously, I have used a Windows Service "Shell" app to do the timer/sleep/poll process. My question is more of: Since I have the opportunity t...
I'm currently learning the WF framework, so bear with me; mostly I'm looking for where to start looking, not necessarily a direct answer. I just can't seem to figure out how to begin researching what I'd like in The Google. Let's say I have a simple one-step workflow (much more complicated than that, but for simplicity's sake). This wor...
This seems to be more complicated than I first guessed. I have a workflow that needs to kick off another workflow in the code. How is this done? Do I have to get a reference to the current workflow instance's WorkflowRuntime first? ...
I have a workflow that will watch certain databases and kick off other workflows when it notices a trigger. I only want one instance of this "observer" workflow to be going at any point in time; otherwise, if two or more were running, they'd both notice the change and both fire off the same workflow, which wouldn't work well. This "obse...
Do I need Infopath installed locally to edit forms in a workflow for sharepoint? ...
I'm helping get the SCM set up for a new program, and we're currently in the process of deciding on a VCS. The main contenders at this point are SVN, ClearCase, SVN+DVCS, and just a DVCS. At the moment, the team is leaning towards either SVN or SVN+DVCS. We want to avoid the expense and administration costs of ClearCase, but want the ...
My company is in need of a task management system to handle scenarios as simple as "Purchase a computer for X" to "Relocate a person to another country". The simple scenarios are a single tasks handled by a single person, whereas bigger tasks can be broken down into multiple sub tasks delegated to multiple people during the workflow. Add...
We have a WSS 3.0 installation with Search Server, which is used to search for documents and Save the search definition to repeat the search later. The users want the option to be able to download all the files in their search results as a one-off Zip file. I have a very basic solution where the Zipping of the files is done in the web p...