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How sloppiness and SPWorkflowTask.AlterTask() could inadvertantly lock your workflow task

frode — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:49:29 +0000

The SPWorkflowTask.AlterTask() method is handy dandy. It allows us to alter task details from outside of the workflow itself. I was using it in a couple of custom task forms I had created to update the task based on some user input. It's pretty simple. You get a reference to the active workflow task item, [...]

Solvera LipDub Project

frode — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:08:12 +0000

Working for a great company has it's benefits and sometimes we get to do really fun stuff. Be it working with people we respect, working on products and technologies we love, or doing crazy random things for no other reason than having fun. As a consultant company it's often hard to meet people that work [...]

Speaking at the Prairie Dev Con, in November

frode — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:48:07 +0000

I will be doing a session on SharePoint 2010 workflows at the Prairie Dev Con in Winnipeg this fall. The event takes place at the Viscount Gort Hotel on November 21 and 22. This session will feature part of the presentation I did earlier this year, but will focus on and delve deeper into workflows. Be sure to [...]

Creating custom content type forms using aspx pages in SharePoint 2007

frode — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:10:20 +0000

I'm working on a project where I need to create some custom task forms for a workflow. I've been looking into a few different ways of doing it and I ended up deciding on using custom aspx pages to do the job. I figured I should share how to do it although it's not all [...]

How to force InfoPath forms to open in the browser when linked in an email

frode — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:05:41 +0000

We recently put a rather complex SharePoint workflow into production. Our workflow is creates a lot of tasks, and each time a task is created a custom email is sent to that user with a link to the task. We create the body of this email ourselves, including the link to the task. The user [...]

Troubleshooting SharePoint 2007: Clicking buttons in Central Administration does nothing

frode — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:43:46 +0000

Yesterday I was helping a colleague of mine setting up her SharePoint 2007 virtual machine, and at one point she needed to make some changes in Central Administration. Problem was, when she clicked the "OK" (or "Cancel") buttons after having put in her new settings nothing happened. No page load, no error, no nothing. The easy [...]

Slide deck and demos from yesterdays presentation

frode — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:01:24 +0000

Thanks to everyone who showed up at yesterdays event. This was my first public presentation and based on the feedback I guess I did good. I hope you enjoyed the content, and that you learned something in the process. I'll be out of the country for the next 2 weeks, but you're welcome to tweet/email [...]

Speaking at the Regina Technology Community, on May 11th

frode — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:57:21 +0000

I will be doing a presentation on SharePoint 2010 development for the Regina Technology Community. This event is free to anyone who wants to attend, and there will be food, so make sure you sign up if you're interested. This is an entry level presentation, so I'm expecting most people haven't worked on SharePoint and [...]

How to set the content type of a new file in a document library, when uploading said file through code (aka longest and most convoluted blog title to date)

frode — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:46:27 +0000

I'm on a project that's very close to being implemented in production. For the final go-live we will be uploading a bunch of files (about 700) into a document library. There are two content types in our document library, SPI Documents and SPI Drawings. Uploading the files directly into the document library will pick the [...]

Content Types with associated Fields for SharePoint 2010

frode — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:42:00 +0000

Here is a (hopefully) complete list of Content Types and associated Fields for SharePoint 2010. This is the equivalent of my previous post, but for SharePoint 2010 instead. You can find the PowerShell script I used to extract the information in another previous post of mine. To better fit the design of my site, I’ve [...]