Workflow
If you have ever encountered the "Error updating a list item: Document checked out" issue in a SharePoint workflow, it appears that there is a resolution...
posted @ Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:34 PM | Feedback (6)
This is the final installment in a four-part series about the time-off request solution, an end-to-end Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 solution that uses Microsoft Office Word 2007 as a form application. In the previous post I added a custom document information panel to the Time-Off Request site content type. This post focuses on the development of Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 workflows that will route task assignments and update time-off balances accordingly...
posted @ Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1:46 PM | Feedback (7)
A few people have asked if it is possible to create a SharePoint Designer workflow variable that includes references to other variables. Indeed, it is possible. The Build Dynamic String action in the Workflow Designer allows you to define any combination of static text, list field data, and workflow data in a single variable...
posted @ Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:03 AM | Feedback (16)
A number of good questions have been raised about the building permit application solution that we built. One question in particular that I see frequently relates to the SharePoint columns that were promoted from the InfoPath form template. How did we enable some of those columns to be editable so that they could be modified by a SharePoint Designer workflow? The answer to the question is actually quite simple...
posted @ Friday, October 27, 2006 10:32 AM | Feedback (3)
A few months ago I wrote about how a Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 workflow can be used to update SharePoint list items. In that post the workflow logic that was described was attached to a specific document library, and the Update List Item action was used to set field values for files in that library. I have since found out that Office SharePoint Designer 2007 workflow functionality can extend to other SharePoint lists...
posted @ Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:39 AM | Feedback (27)
This is the fifth installment in a series about the building permit application, an end-to-end solution built entirely with the 2007 Microsoft Office release. The previous post described how routing logic was developed with SharePoint Designer. This post focuses on the creation of an archival policy...
posted @ Friday, June 30, 2006 9:17 AM | Feedback (1)
This is the fourth installment in a series about the building permit application, an end-to-end solution built entirely with the 2007 Microsoft Office release. The previous post identified the new InfoPath e-mail attachment options. This post focuses on workflow logic…
posted @ Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:44 PM | Feedback (10)
This is the third installment in a series about the building permit application, an end-to-end solution built entirely with the 2007 Microsoft Office release. The previous post described the implementation of user role functionality. This post focuses on InfoPath e-mail attachments…
posted @ Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:46 PM | Feedback (0)
This is the second installment in a series about the building permit application, an end-to-end solution built entirely with the 2007 Microsoft Office release. The last post provided an overview of the solution and explained the "design once" concept of Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007. This post focuses on how user roles are implemented in the solution…
posted @ Friday, June 16, 2006 10:38 AM | Feedback (3)
Recently, I have touted how the 2007 Microsoft Office release simplifies the overall development effort for end-to-end solutions. Currently, I have been developing different variations of a building permit application solution, for which I promised in my last post to share some details. In this post, I will provide an overview of that solution and highlight one key feature: the "design once" concept of Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007…
posted @ Monday, June 12, 2006 12:01 PM | Feedback (10)