Tag Archive: workflow

Jun 07 2011

Display All Related Tasks for a SharePoint Workflow Using jQuery, SPServices, and jQueryUI

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This was a fun one to build. A client wanted to be able to see all of the related tasks for a workflow without having to do the two or more clicks it can take to get there using a standard SharePoint list view. By layering jQuery, SPServices, and jQueryUI, we were able to display the information in a …

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Nov 29 2010

Kicking Off A Sharepoint Workflow from a Button, and [Much] More!

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<UPDATE date=”2011-02-14″>: As of jQuery 1.5, single quotes are *required* around z:row or any other similar node selector. This was actually “required” in previous versions of jQuery, but not enforced. </UPDATE> Cross-posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… A little while ago, I noticed that a fellow named Rob Doyle was asking some interesting questions about working with workflows …

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Sep 21 2009

Error When Programmatically Starting a SharePoint Workflow

In testing the MOSS Workflow Web Service operations I’m adding to our jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services, I was getting an error sometimes when I called the StartWorkflow operation: Exception from HRESULT: 0x8102009B Turns out this occurs if there is a prior instance of the same workflow which has terminated in an error, showing …

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Feb 05 2009

“Failed to load the workflow” Message in SharePoint Designer with Vista

Here’s an update to an earlier post of mine about the “Failed to load the workflow” error in SharePoint Designer.  This time when the error popped up, I was working on my Vista laptop.  In Vista, the user settings are in a different place, and I had a little trouble finding them. Go to C:\users\[your_username]\appdata\roaming\microsoft\sharepoint …

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Oct 09 2008

SharePoint Workflows: Failed on Start (retrying)

At one of my clients, I’m using a pretty simple SharePoint Designer workflow to manage their Purchase Order approval process.  About half the time, the workflow runs fine.  The other half, the workflow instance gets stuck with the status ‘Failed on Start (retrying)’.  If I terminate the “stuck” instance and fire it off again manually, …

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