Stumbling Through

Join me as I stumble, bumble and fumble my way through some new developer technologies. We'll laugh, we'll cry, there may be a mouse tossed through a monitor, but in the end we will all hopefully learn something.
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Stumbling Through: K2 [blackpearl] For-Each Loop Simulation
Technorati Tags: k2 , blackpearl , InfoPath , workflow I know I know, I am way behind on my InfoPath Integration series that I started several weeks back, but still, I'd like to go off on a tangent here on a somewhat tricky methodology for accomplishing...
Posted: Apr 17 2008, 09:30 AM by tbyrne | with no comments
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Stumbling Through: K2 [blackpearl] - Infopath Integration (Part II)
Previously, I identified a couple of specific technical problems that I'd like to stumble through solutions for. One of the technical problems I described like this: 'Submitting one order form may spawn multiple processes that can be acted on...
Posted: Feb 29 2008, 10:12 AM by tbyrne | with 2 comment(s)
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Stumbling Through: K2 [blackpearl] - InfoPath Integration (Part I)
The K2 [blackpearl] product integrates very well with InfoPath, as any sales-pitch and pre-made tutorial will inform you. I was very impressed with how easily I was able to use InfoPath as the user interface to my simple workflow processes, but I feel...
Posted: Feb 18 2008, 12:48 PM by tbyrne | with 1 comment(s)
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Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl Programmability
Technorati Tags: ASP.NET , K2 , Blackpearl While doing a little requirements gathering for a workflow project that will be leveraging the K2 Blackpearl product, I came across a few requirements that were not features we'd get 'out of the box'...
Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl (More Smart Objects Part I)
Technorati Tags: k2 , blackpearl , visual studio , c# , smartobject , workflow Since 'Smart Objects' are one of the key new features of K2 blackpearl over K2 2003, I've decided that I need to spend more time stumbling through them and their capabilities...
Posted: Dec 05 2007, 02:33 PM by tbyrne | with no comments
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Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl (Escalations Part I)
A key feature of workflows that needs to be implemented in any technical workflow solution is escalations, that is, redirecting a task to a different user or sending notifications to various system users if the task goes un-addressed for too long. Today...
Posted: Dec 04 2007, 12:51 PM by tbyrne | with no comments
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Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl (Automatic Workflows Part II)
We left off previously with a workflow that can automatically assign itself to an appropriate user after a set amount of time passes, effectively simulating a reoccurring workflow. There was one major weakness, however, and that is that the time used...
Posted: Nov 30 2007, 03:39 PM by tbyrne | with no comments
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Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl (Automatic Workflows Part I)
One of the workflow tasks presented to me that required a proof of concept was to enable a workflow process that automatically assigns itself to the appropriate person annually, monthly, weekly or daily. As usual, I stumbled through a solution without...
Posted: Nov 30 2007, 10:03 AM by tbyrne | with no comments
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Stumbling Through - K2 Blackpearl (Smart Objects - Part IV)
Technorati Tags: k2 , SharePoint , Moss , smartObjects , blackpearl So where are we?  We have a fully defined SmartObject deployed on our SmartObject server, we have an InfoPath form and we have a workflow process that will tie it all together.....
Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl (Smart Objects - Part III)
Technorati Tags: "K2 , Blackpearl , SharePoint , Moss , SmartObjects" We left off previously with a well-defined smart object containing all of our asset properties and methods to create each type of asset.  Now, we need to make a place...
Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl (Smart Objects - Part II)
Technorati Tags: "K2 , Blackpearl , SharePoint , Moss , SmartObjects" We left off last time hitting a wall in our attempt to create our custom 'Create' methods for each of our asset types.  For some reason, we weren't getting the columns...
Stumbling Through: K2 Blackpearl (Smart Objects - Part I)
Technorati Tags: "K2 , Blackpearl , SharePoint , Moss , SmartObjects" K2 is a company that specializes in Workflow software, the current version of which, 'Blackpearl', has become the target of my stumblings. I was charged in using K2 Blackpearl in my...