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NCDevGuys' ramblings on connected bits.... : InfoPath : Retrieve and Send Data from/to a SharePoint 2007 Workflow
Yes, I know this title sounds a bit odd, and the real title should be ‘When you are using an InfoPath task edit form, how do you use InfoPath data connection bindings to both retrieve and send data to a SharePoint 2007 workflow?’
So one day I was building an InfoPath 2007 task edit form and I wanted to send data to this form from inside of my workflow by using something like:
taskProperties.ExtendedProperties[“txtProductDescription”] = “Product ABC”;
I implemented an ItemMetadata.xml file with an ‘ows_txtProductDescription’ field, added a secondary data connection for it in my InfoPath form and followed all the normal steps and when I opened the form when my task was created, the data was there as expected.
However, what I didn’t realize was that when I closed the form and completed the task and then re-opened the form just to look at my previous settings, the data was gone! The form appeared as if it were a new form with default settings. To make matters worse, inside of the workflow I discovered that I could not use the task After properties to get the data out of the txtProductDescription field, it was always null. And this is where my multi-day odyssey of searching for the answer began.
To make things simple here, I’m just going to start with a simple form that has no binding and show you how to set things up. I hate to admit it took me several days and talking to several people to figure this out, so I hope it helps you shorten your path to a solution also.
Technologies Used:
* Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Edition, SP1
* InfoPath 2007 – Browser enabled forms
* Visual Studio 2008 SP1 / C#
SharePoint themes from SharePointShop
You know how your SharePoint site looks dull and boring out of the box? We have the cure! Our SharePoint themes enable you to spruce up the look and feel of your site quickly and easily, regardless of what you use your site for.
A range of colour schemes with accompanying imagery and textures are available. Some help you make a bold statement, others have subtle style. Either way, our passion is to help you add flair to your site :-)
We release new themes on a regular basis, so sign up to the newsletter to be notified as soon as updates are available!
Create and Configure a Scope to Only Return Documents in a Search Result - Sanjaya on SharePoint Search
In this article, we will go through all those configurations required to create a search scope that will be dedicated to return only documents. Before we start with the configurations required, let's take a look at the basics of SharePoint search scope.
Chaks' Corner | Using KeywordQuery to search in your SharePoint site
There are various ways that you can query the Search Service in your SharePoint site:
1) Using the Search Web Service
2) Using the SharePoint Object Model
There are yet again two ways you can use the Search, using the Object Model:
i) KeywordQuery
ii) FullTextSqlQuery
I think it is a good option to use Object Model when you want to customize the Search (mostly in your WCM websites), and KeywordQuery comes in very handy!
Using KeywordQuery to search is pretty simple! (provided you have set up your Search properly)
Sharepoint Themes : SharePoint Themes, Web Parts, SharePointPackages.Com :: MasterThemes.Net
SharePoint und Enterprise 2.0 – Part 1 - Wikis - Michael Greth [SharePoint MVP] - SharePointCommunity
SharePoint und Wiki – ein immer wieder heiß diskutiertes Thema, wenn es um Enterprise 2.0 und die richtige Unternehmens-Plattform dafür geht. Hier gebe ich einen Überblick über verschiede Artikel und Veröffentlichungen und die vielen zusätzliche Erweiterungen und Anwendungen des SharePoint Wikis.
Wer mehr über das Thema erfahren möchte und sich mit Anwendern und Partnern, die SharePoint Wikis im Einsatz bzw. erweitert haben, austauschen möchte, findet dazu auf der SharePoint Convention SharePoint und Enterprise 2.0 / Compliance am 20. und 21.4.2009 in Düsseldorf ausreichend Gelegenheit.
How Do I... in Office SharePoint Server 2007
Use the links in this topic to find solutions to common programming tasks in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. To find out which Office SharePoint Server 2007 feature to use for a task, see Guide to SharePoint Server Features.
Microsoft SQL Server Community Samples: Integration Services - Home
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS) makes it possible to build high performance data integration solutions, including the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data for data warehousing and as well as Data Transformation Services (DTS) backward compatible support. This latest release of Microsoft Integration Services introduces new features as lookup cache, pipeline parallelism, data profile, ADO. NET and C# support. These new features and enhancements increase the power and productivity of developers, administrators, and knowledge workers who develop data transformation solutions.
This project contains Integration Services samples created by the product team. If you have questions or suggestions about any of these samples or Integration Services, please let us know by posting in the SSIS forum.
Templates
Templates for SharePoint products and technologies offer a variety ready-to-use, pre-built solutions for business applications, role-based portals, site look and feel, and more. These templates also provide a starting point for custom development and are intended to help jumpstart the deployment of SharePoint-based applications and solutions.
- Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites
- Sample Master Pages
- GroupBoard Workspace 2007
- Community Kit for SharePoint
Case Study of High Availability for SharePoint Server by Using Virtualized Environments and Database Mirroring
This paper highlights the lessons learned from a proof of concept configuration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 across two data centers that included database mirroring. The environment runs on Hyper-V, hosted on the 64-bit edition of the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise operating system with Service Pack 1. The mirroring solution that this paper describes is based on the architecture that is described in the following white paper: Using Database Mirroring with Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83725).
You can download this paper to read and print in the following formats:
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Microsoft Office Word 2007 (.docx) Case Study: Creating a Highly Available Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Environment by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring in a Windows Server 2008 Virtualized Environment (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158922)
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PDF Case Study: Creating a Highly Available Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Environment by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring in a Windows Server 2008 Virtualized Environment (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159841)
Kirk Evans Blog : SharePoint and Workflow Resources
This post provides a list of resources for SharePoint, Windows Workflow Foundation, and using WF with SharePoint.
Re-using SharePoint controls - Robin | zevenseas | SharePoint Blog
This post is going to be a summary of some of some the SharePoint controls I regularly use in my solutions. Cool thing about re-using the controls that are already out there is, that saves time in re-inventing the wheel and you don’t have to worry about keeping the look&feel consistent ;)
Use Windows Azure as your SharePoint Records Center
Microsoft SharePoint contains functionality for Records Management, which essentially is a storage for documents that you would like to store and manage in a separate records center to meet certain legal or other requirements or just to make backups of certain document revisions. To be able to create a Records Center you need to have Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). On the other hand you only need Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) to send documents to the Records Center.
You configure the Records Center connection in the Central Administration. When connecting to the Records Center all you do is specify a Url to a web service and a name. The Url points to a special MOSS web service called OfficialFile.asmx (http://server/_vti_bin/OfficialFile.asmx). Your receiving Records Center server does not have to be in the same farm as from where you send the document (and it should probably not be either). Another thing is that the receiving Records Center does not even have to be a SharePoint server. It's just a web service and we can implement it anywhere we like.
I thought why not implement it using the Windows Azure technologies? This would be a great solution when you do not want to invest in either MOSS or a new MOSS farm, when you really want your important documents to be stored on a completely different physical location etc.
Downloadable book: Administering Enterprise Search for Office SharePoint Server
This book provides prescriptive guidance for maintaining and managing the Office SharePoint Server Search service in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This includes step-by-step instructions about search operations for crawling content. The audience for this book includes IT operations, search service administrators, and consultants.
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