workflow

Open alternatives to Windows Workflow

Pre-warning: There are some other questions similar to this but don't quite answer the question (these include: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19314/alternatives-to-windows-workflow-foundation, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/932924/can-anyone-recommend-a-net-open-source-alternative-to-windows-workflow) We are developing a system...

workflow xoml file cannot deserialized after mapping XML namespace to a CLR namespace

I added the following attribute to the assemblyinfo.cs file in the activities project: using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Serialization; [assembly:XmlnsDefinition("http://Myproject/MyActivitiesLib", "MyActivitiesLib")] also in my workflow runtime initilize methold, I loaded assemblyreference as following: using (WorkflowRuntime run...

How to get a sequence into a windows workflow statemachine?

I have a Windows Workflow Foundation (3.0) state machine in which I need certain states to change state based on the age of the state. For example, when the work flow enters state X the user needs to action it within 5 days. If this has not been done, the work flow needs to transition into state Y. So what I think I want is a state wi...

Approve/Reject in email generated by SharePoint

Hi guys, When I make a meeting in Outlook, the recipient gets a approve/reject button in the top of the email. I'd like to do a similar thing with SharePoint: when a task is created, an email is sent to the person the task is assigned to, and the email asks the recipient to either accept or reject the task. I've seen demos of people doin...

How multiple SPListItem's can share 1 workflow history?

Hello. I`v come across a need where I want to create multiple list items from within a workflow and be able to view workflow history from any of that item. The problem context: In a recurring meeting, Agenda items are added. Some items have "open" status and some "closed". Those who have open, have the ability (and probably will) conti...

Infinite loop in SharePoint Workflow

Hi guys, I'm making a demo workflow that is a while loop with a sequence of a single delay, that delays for 5 seconds. I've made the while loop use a Declarative Rule Condition where I set it to 1 == 1. All fine, but the loop only ever loops once, and then my workflow sais "Error Occurred". Any idea what's going on? For the record, th...

why my sharepoint workflow always stop when i use this code ?

I need to find an user in a list to set the assignedto task property, these informations are in a list. So i use this method : public static SPUser GetSPUser(SPListItem item, string key){ SPFieldUser field = item.Fields[key] as SPFieldUser; if (field != null) { SPFieldUserValue fieldValue = field.GetFieldValue(ite...

liferay workflow to preview / review blog comments

Hi There, is there a some out of the box workflow, which helps you to review blog comments in liferay. Eg. Post blog entry -> User comments blog entry -> Mail goes to moderator about/with new entry -> User write s****S ;-) -> moderator denies to publish entry or / and is there a way to check it against stopwords at submit. E.G. check f...

Continuous integration workflow idea

Hi, In the software development environment where I work we have a group of developers all working in the same (Java) codebase (currently using SVN). I notice that people want to commit often what they have constructed without 'breaking the build'. So just for that reason I'm looking at tools like Git and Mercurial that make branching a...

SharePoint VS workflow emailing to a SharePoint group

I have a code activity that sends an email in a VS workflow. It simply sets the 'To' property to the name of a SharePoint group in the site collection. However, only the 1st person in the group gets emailed. Any ideas why this is happening? thanks ...

Affiliate System

Hello, I am trying to get an affiliate system in place using PayPal and 2checkout. I am wondering exactly how the process should be. Here is an outline but I am not sure: User enters via third-party-site and a cookie is set of that site (for lifetime) User then pays PayPal/2checkout redirect after payment to my site and then I update...

How can I enforce a reviewers name being entered into SVN commit comments

I currently block any commit to SVN that does not contain a comment using pre-commit hooks. Now I wish to extend this so that the Commit comment must have the line "Reviewed by: name" Currently the pre commit hook file looks like :: SET REPOS=%1 :: Transform forward-slashes to back-slashes for Windows :: SET REPOS=%REPOS:/=^\% "...

SharePoint COMException

When adding or editing a page in a SharePoint Pages library we get the following exception: [COMException (0x81020016): Item does not exist The page you selected contains an item that does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user. Click "Home" at the top of the page to return to your Web site.] at Microsoft.Share...

SharePoint 2007 workflow email out of the box notice customization

Is there a file that we can change (xml or otherwise) to change the default format for email notificaitons for workflow notices? Daniel ...

How do I avoid rebuilding my database everytime I make a change to my Windows Workflow

Hi, I am building a Windows Workflow into a .Net webapp. The problem I have is that every time I add or remove or change an activity in the state machine and then re-compile and run it, it no longer matches up to what is in the database for tracking and persistence. Instead of updating the changes, or creating a new version of the wor...

StateMachineWorkflowInstance.PossibleStateTransistions returns incorrect result

Hi, I have a windows workflow state machine that was working okay. To inform the user of their possible options when working with the workflow I call StateMachineWorkflowInstance.PossibleStateTransistions which would return all the possible transitions. I then added a StateInitializationActivity to each of the states. Now when I call...

When using mylyn trac connector how to attach screenshot?

I am using trac 0.10.3 but I am about to upgrade to the 0.11 version soon. I have started using the mylyn connector in eclipse and I am finding it great, after watching the introduction here http://tasktop.com/videos/mylyn/webcast-mylyn-3.0.html (well worth the watch if you have a spare half an hour) From viewing this I see it is poss...

Sharepoint Designer - Creating a simple Workflow, check status of another Workflow

I'm trying to create a simple workflow using the Sharepoint Designer. We already have one user-defined workflow, called Internal Approval. This creates a column with the same name. Basically, my workflow should perform: Conditions: if Internal Approval equals Approved and Status equals Draft //custom field I want to set, this works...

Do all of the assigned workflow tasks need to be complete in order for the workflow to continue working?

I have built a workflow in SharePoint Designer and put two "collect data from user" actions as parallel actions in the same step. Do both of the users need to complete their tasks in order for the workflow to continue to its next step? If both of them are needed, how can I build the workflow so that both users have tasks but only one o...

How can i change workflow persistence values?

Hi, I am developing an application using state machine workflow in .Net. My workflow persisted some values based on the table contents. The persisted values should be changed when the table contents are changed. But it is not happening How can I do that? Regards Dhanraj.S ...