April 2008 - Chris Geier's Blog

  • .NET 3.0 is not installed “installation cannot continue”

    Don't you just love these error messages? If you are trying to install the Visual Studio extensions after you installed .net 3 SP1 you may get this message. Fortunately there is a solution. Even if it is a workaround and not a "solution". The workaround...
  • Getting at Roles via the API

    So you want to get at the roles inside of blackpearl via the API. Well it is quite simple really and here is an example. Let's say you want to list out all the users that are members of a role. /Get all the user names for the specified role UserRoleManagerServer...
  • Working hours via the API

    So you say you want to get at the "Working hours" functionality but want to do it via the API. Well here is a quick sample of how to get to working hours through SourceCode.Workflow.Management This sample will list out the zone names. You can also create...
  • MSMQ and Multiple forests

    Someone internally had an interesting challenge come up while with a partner they sent out a note for some assistance looking for resolution and or workarounds to their issue. I thought I would share it with y'all The problem was the following: The K2...
  • Multiple SharePoint List items in one event

    In a few internal discussions as well as with questions from you the community we have run into situations where someone might want to add multiple list items to a SharePoint list in one SharePoint event. So some of our super fantastic K2 APAC team members...
  • Tips for good service

    No this article is not about how to provide customers with good service, sorry but maybe I will cover my thoughts on that area in a later blog posts. This post is about how service in many forms affects your view and interaction with not only the provider...
  • Troubleshooting MOSS

    With all the advanced integration we have with MOSS you can imagine that some of the most common support issues we deal with somehow involves MOSS. One of the biggest issues out there is figuring out how to debug SharePoint (WSS, MOSS, Forms Server) related...