workflow

What is the best approach to kicking off an SSIS package from asp.net?

I need to fire off an SSIS package when a specific action occurs - what is the best approach in webforms. ...

Is it possible to change the Sql Workflow Persistence Service table and stored procedure names?

I'm using the default Sql Workflow Persistence Service to manage workflow persistence in an application I'm developing. I used the scripts provided by Microsoft to generate the schema and logic in a SQL database. Up until now, it's worked great; however, I'd like to change the names of both the tables and stored procedures to comply with...

How to access the uiserID of the user who initiated a workflow

DUPE: See link below I have a SharePoint Designer workflow and I need to send an email to the user who initiated the workflow. It is set for manual start only so it should always be running in the context fo a particular user. I cannot see a SharePoint Designer action to let me do this, only to get the user who created the list item...

Sharepoint Workflow Vs. WFF

The title is not very accurate. I am currently developing an addition to a site that allows multiple people to enter data. I need/want to use WFF, because the people will enter the data in a certain sequence. It is a customer complaint form. A salesman will fill out the initial form and submit the complaint. The complaint will be r...

JBPM: Multiple transitions going out from a Task Node

in JBPM, can I have (technically) multiple transitions going out from a Task Node? If Yes, is it a good practice? Any help would be useful. ...

Migrating a SharePoint Designer Workflow into Visual Studio Workflow

Under normal circumstances you cannot move a workflow designed in SharePoint Designer to another site, or into Visual Studio for further customisation/development. I believe it is possible but was looking for some pointers on approach/technique and maybe some links to more information. I know some MVPs (Todd Bleeker and others) have ...

Django workflow when modifying models frequently?

Hi gents, as I usually don't do the up front design of my models in Django projects I end up modifying the models a lot and thus deleting my test database every time (because "syncdb" won't ever alter the tables automatically for you). Below lies my workflow and I'd like to hear about yours. Any thoughts welcome.. Modify the model. De...

How do you learn proper Emacs?

I am about to learn Emacs, have been through the tutorial and borrowed the O'Reilly book on Emacs. But the question still is - how do you learn good Emacs workflow? I guess, you don't use Emacs as you'd use, for example, Vim. This question seems revelant to mine: - Where can I find a video of a professional using Emacs? ...

WF validation error at runtime

I have two workflow foundation (.NET 3.5 SP 1) application which compiles fine. It has two declarative rule conditions in it. Both are very simple, examples: - !this.Shutdown - this.Runtime == null The project builds correctly without error or warning, however when I run the application it fails with the exception: error 1342: Activity ...

Why use Windows Workflow?

What is the benefit of using Windows Workflow foundation (WF) versus rolling your own workflow framework? From what I can tell, WF only provides a pretty bare-bones runtime engine, a bunch of classes, and a schema (XAML-based) for defining workflows. All the hard stuff such as persistence, providing a host process for the runtime, and ...

DependancyProperty attach to a property of a property

I have a workflow with a property in it, declared like this: public Person userAccount {get;set;} Person is a class with it's own properties (like Person.Name) and with WF I can bind to the userAccount property fine yet I can't seem to bind to the userAccount.Name. Is it possible to do this? If so what do I need to change? ...

The Difference between Sharepoint Document Title and Document Name

I am sorry to ask you guys such a low-level question, but I really can not find out the answer. Hope some mad dogs will not bark for my question. A colleague of mine developed a workflow which auto set title to document. With this workflow,as he put it, he can optimize the research and lookup things like that. However I think it can be...

Workflow In Production Code

Hi I would like to know how many of you have used Workflow in your production environment and Was it good idea? I mean we can create the same thing using DB and scheduler service ...

workflow warnings

I'm trying to clean up the warnings being generated by some existing code. I'm stuck on these 3... I really have no experience with workflows, so I have no idea what it's complaining about... any ideas? warning WF1820: Activity 'StartWorkflowActivity' validation warning: Validation failed for parameter 'workflowName'. All parameters fo...

Is it possible to programmatically construct a Python stack frame and start execution at an arbitrary point in the code?

Is it possible to programmatically construct a stack (one or more stack frames) in CPython and start execution at an arbitrary code point? Imagine the following scenario: You have a workflow engine where workflows can be scripted in Python with some constructs (e.g. branching, waiting/joining) that are calls to the workflow engine. A ...

Adding Multi-User Approval Process in trac Workflow

I have selected trac for my organization's project management tool; and I'd like to modify the default workflow as follows: A new "enchancement" ticket can be created by all members All new "enchancement" tickets need to be approved by the same 4 people before it can be assigned to a developer for work. "defect" & "task" tickets need n...

Windows Workflow Foundation NullReferenceException

Hi, I got a NullReference problem using WWF and externaly raised events. The WWF state machine works together with a service instance raising events in the state machine to provide data and - of course - to change the state. While the "normal" operation works fine using events I got a strange problem. To handle timeout scenarios I let...

Any recommendation for rails workflow implementations?

Anybody have experience with Rails workflow plugins? Route/OpenWFEru. I am looking for CMS type workflow with states like edit, submit, approve, rollback, based on roles. Is this plugin overkill? Would I be better off just doing the same thing with a state machine (AASM) and acts as auditable/acts as versioned? ...

Windows Workflow Foundation example - moderation

Hi, As part of my Personal Improvement Program (PIP™), I'm trying to learn the basics of Windows Workflow Foundation. I decided to write a fairly simple blogging engine. I know there are tonnes out there, but this is just a playground project I can use for learning some cool stuff. One of the main features I wanted to implement is the ...

develop own WORKFLOW

Hello, I m in an internship in an enterprise that wants to develop its own WORKFLOW, but they are only interested to "Time management" ..I am now understanding jBoss jbpm so what do you think about that? From where can I start in this project? thanks ...