Document Management and Workflow Info

How to delete a SharePoint document library template or list template

DevPro — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:28:14 +0000

A SharePoint document library template, not to be confused with a document template in a SharePoint document library, is a .stp file that contains the structure, views, and optionally the contents of a SharePoint document library. Likewise, a SharePoint list template is a file that defines the structure of a SharePoint list. Templates for both SharePoint [...]

How to move a SharePoint Document Library using a List Template

DevPro — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:01:32 +0000

There are several ways to move documents that are stored in a SharePoint document library, some of which include manual copying or moving of documents, programmatically moving a SharePoint document library, or as the video above demonstrates, using a SharePoint list template to copy a SharePoint document library and its documents from one site to [...]

Format a date in a SharePoint workflow using a SharePoint formula

DevPro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:48:13 +0000

You can use a custom SharePoint Designer action to format a date in a workflow, but if you do not want to or cannot write code, you can also use a SharePoint Calculated column to format a date in the same SharePoint list a workflow is running on or in another SharePoint list. But whichever method [...]

Use a calculated field and two dependent workflows in SharePoint to format a date

DevPro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:37:21 +0000

Before you begin, you must know how to create a SharePoint Designer 2007 workflow. In this SharePoint Designer 2007 workflow demo you saw… How to define a formula on a SharePoint list column to format a date using workflows. How to create a SharePoint list item from within a SharePoint Designer workflow. How to set the value of fields [...]

Format a date in a SharePoint Designer workflow using a custom action

DevPro — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:11:13 +0000

As you may already know, SharePoint Designer 2007 does not offer an out-of-the-box workflow action to be able to format dates. However, you can follow the instructions given in Building Custom Activities for Use in SharePoint Designer 2007 to create a custom workflow action that can be used in SharePoint Designer 2007 to format dates. Create [...]