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SharePoint Designer workflow does not send email to Groups

This is the kind of repeating/common issue asked in MSDN Forum : http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/7d0166b7-6226-46bb-86cf-105647c79c47

 

The workflow which is created by SharePoint designer doesn’t send email to the members of SharePoint Group.

This is known issue and Designer Team gave the workaround to solve this problem.

On SharePoint site, click Site [...]



Approval Workflow goes to Infinite Loop while Editing

In SharePoint Out of the Box Approval workflow for content approval has issue while triggering workflow when the item is changed, the status will remain on “InProgress” or “Pending” even though the item is approved.

Microsoft has released the hotfix for this issue. It can be downloaded from here



How to Create Simple Approval Workflow in SharePoint Designer

In this article i am explaining the step by step creation of simple workflow in sharepoint designer .

Open the Site in SharePoint Designer Click File -> New ->WorkFlow

Provide the name of the workflow and choose the list from the drop down to bind the workflow to the list.

Define the [...]



Content Approval Workflow in MOSS 2007

In MOSS 2007 Approval workflow is available in out of the box itself. Just we need to configure only few steps then we are ready with the approval process.

If the approval workflow is configured the document will be visible only to the contributor and to the approver.

Steps to Configure Content approval workflow

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SharePoint WorkFlow Templates is not appearing in VisualStudio Project Templates

If the SharePoint WorkFlow templates is not appearing in the VisualStudio Project Template. There is an workaround to Solve this issue.

Execute the below command in the Visual Studio Command Prompt

devenv /setup

Thanks & Regards, Udayakumar Ethirajulu

http://groups.msn.com/DevGeeks



Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for SharePoint Workflow

Wokflow is integrated with MOSS(Microsoft Office SharePint Server 2007), The workflow integration with MOSS 2007 can be created in the following two ways.

Out Of the BOX functionality WorkFlow in SharePoint Designer 2007 Creating Custom Workflow in Visual Studio 2005 using SharePoint workflow Extensions

Download and install Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for SharePoint Workflow

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Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation

Hi, To Develop Windows Workflow application using Visual Studio 2005. You have to download the Workflow extensions for Visual Studio, after installing the visual studio extension.

The New project template for workflow will be available in Visual Studio.

Download Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation

Start Creating WorkFlow Projects using [...]



Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007

The below Msdn article gives the high-level overview of how Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 implements the workflow capabilities of the Windows Workflow Foundation, and how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 extends those capabilities with symmetrical Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms.

Read Msdn Article