From The Bench

If SharePoint is not setup in a particular way, processes deployed from the K2 Web Designer in SharePoint do not deploy as expected. Specifically, in a SharePoint farm, the Web Designer deployment will appear to be successful, but in reality it will only...

Platforms: K2 blackpoint, K2 blackpearl Audience: K2 process designers Requirements: This article assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of how to create a K2 process and is familiar with the concepts of processes and activities. Knowledge...

Create an InfoPath URL to open work list item in Forms Services. Platforms: K2 blackpearl, K2 blackpoint Audience: K2 process designers Requirements: This article assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of how to create a K2 process and is familiar...

Recently I needed to expose the ability to add users to an existing Zone / Working Hour Set. This can of course be done manually via K2 Workspace but these requirements needed to do this from a custom application. This can be done pretty easily via the...

In my last post, I talked about how to create an online wizard using InfoPath and Forms Services. It was a pretty simple process, but I did mention there was a pitfall regarding data validation. The pitfall is when using data validation on multiple views...

When working at a client site, I ran into a situation where my InfoPath form became cross with me and refused to open in Forms Services. This was confusing because everything had been working great up until that point. Isn’t it that way with most relationships? I had been working on my form making changes. One of the changes caused an error in the form which prevented it from opening using just the web browser. Below are a few things to check if you find yourself in a situation where your IP form refuses to open using Form Services. ...

In the Developers Reference there is a great example on how to build a composite filter for SmartObject list results. For the most part following this example will get you far, but the Not class can seem a little confusing at first. You will want to use...

Sometimes it is necessary to retrieve the SmartObject definition file (SODX) for a SmartObject that has already been deployed to the server.   Perhaps you lost the original SODX and didn't have source control in place.  There are a couple...