Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:07 PM
Jan Tielens
Workflow Lite For SharePoint Beta Available
Generic configurable document library event handler that can be used to create simple workflow and approval scenarios in Windows SharePoint Services or SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
Finally I've completed a version that is stable enough to be released. Be aware it's still a beta version! :-) To download it, visit the GotDotNet Workspace. Also check out the demo video that shows what you accomplish with it. To install the Event Handler take following steps:
Enable SharePoint Event Handlers:
- Open "SharePoint Central Administration" from the Administrative Tools
- Click "Configure virtual server settings"
- Select a Virtual Server from the list
- Choose "Virtual server general settings"
- Select "Event handlers are: On" (bottom of the page)
Deploy the Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow assembly to the GAC:
- Extract Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow.dll to a temporary location
- Browse to X:\Windows\Assembly (or X:\WINNT\Assembly)
- Drag and drop Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow.dll into this folder
- The assembly should now be in the list
Extract the config file
- Extract Sample.xml to a folder
- Make sure the account you'll configure below has access to this folder
- Create your own config file based on the sample
Configure settings
- Make a backup of the machine.config file
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\CONFIG\machine.config
or C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\CONFIG\machine.config
- Edit the machine.config file with NotePad
- Find the <appSettings> tag (by default it's commented out)
- Add following text between </configSections> and <system.diagnostics>
<appSettings>
<add key="Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow.Username" value="xxx"/>
<add key="Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow.Password" value="yyy"/>
<add key="Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow.Domain" value="zzz"/>
<add key="Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow.Configfile" value="c:\folder\config.xml"/>
</appSettings>
- xxx, yyy and zzz should be the credentials of a SharePoint account that has enough rights on your SharePoint site (for example administrator account)
- The ConfigFile tag should point the config file from the previous step
- Use the IISRESET command to force a refresh of the config settings
Enable the Event Handler for a Document Library
- Open a document library in SharePoint
- Click "Modify settings and columns"
- Choose "Change advanced settings"
- In the Event Handler section fill out following values:
Assembly Name:
Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow, Version=0.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=dd064a5b12b5277a
Class Name:
Leadit.SharePoint.Workflow.EventHandler
I'll post more detailed installation and configuration instructions as soon as I'll find some more time. Until then I recommend to check the event log to find out what could be going wrong.
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