If you are looking for a way to capture the login user name in InfoPath try this.
Dim sUserName As String = System.Enviroment.UserName
If you want to capture user name from SharePoint try this:
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/itaysk/archive/2007/04/05/InfoPath-_2D00_-Get-the-current-user-without-writing-code.aspx
After spending way too many hours messing with this, I got it to work. I was trying to update the Assigned To in a Form Library (also works in a Document Library) using a Workflow in Visual Studio 2008. SharePoint being SharePoint, nothing is ever easy.
In the VS I created a Sequential Workflow. Then I added a Code activity (codeActivity1) to the design. After that, double click codeActivity1 in the design window.
Create the Public variable wfP:
Public wfP As SPWorkflowActivationProperties = New Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowActivationProperties
Then add the following code to your codeActivity1 module.
Dim site As SPWeb = New SPSite(wfP.WebUrl).OpenWeb()
Dim list As SPList = site.Lists(wfP.List.Title)
Dim listItem As SPListItem = wfP.Item
listItem(“Assigned To”) = site.Groups(“gLeads”)
listItem.Update()
It should look like this when you are done:
Private Sub codeMoveToLead_ExecuteCode(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim site As SPWeb = New SPSite(wfP.WebUrl).OpenWeb()
Dim list As SPList = site.Lists(wfP.List.Title)
Dim listItem As SPListItem = wfP.Item
listItem(“Assigned To”) = site.Groups(“gLeads”)
listItem.Update()
End Sub
Trying to set the .AssignedTo never worked for me.
Dim siteName As String = workflowProperties.WebUrl
easy…
In Visual Studio 2008 I was trying to get the current sites URL. Doing this will allow for the workflow to be dynamically used in other sites.
I’m a little rusty on writing code and this is something that I spent way too much time messing with.
Dim destURL As String = “http://sitename/OtherLibrary/”
workflowProperties.Item.CopyTo(destURL & workflowProperties.Item.Name)
It’s not as simple as saying copy from/to. The CopyTo wants a URL, file name, and file extension.
If you receive this error:
Cannot create an item at the requested destination. Verify that the folder exists and that you have permission to edit in it.
Start by checking your syntax.
Recently tried a STSADM export / import to move a site to a new collection. After the STSADM import I tried to open a workflow using SharePoint Designer and received the following error.
The server could not complete your request. Contact your internet service provider or Web server administrator to make sure that the server has the Frontpage Server Extensions or SharePoint Services installed.
The fix was to recycle or restart the SharePoint server.
Not sure what trigged this but es no bueno.
Sites I had open when this popped up:
techreport.com, 1and1.com, hostgator.com, and a google search.
I didn’t click Ok, but instead I opened Task Manager and found some random process with a description of wblpkjdfw located here:
C:\Users\e\AppData\Local
To be safe I’m running a full scan using Malwarebytes.
When creating my SharePoint 2010 sandbox farm I wasn’t able to get past connecting to the database server. This is the error I was seeing:
An error has occurred while validating the configuration settings. An exception of type System.ArgumentNullException was thrown. Additional exception information: The errorData argument cannot be null or zero length. Parameter name: errorData
I logged into my SQL Server 2008 R2 VM and updated the Start Mode of SQL Agent and SQL Serve Browser to Automatic.
What / Where / How
Start –> All Programs –>SQL Server XXX –>Configuration Tools –> SQL Server Configuration Manager
After it opens select SQL Server Services, right click on SQL Server Browser, select properties, click on Service, then set Start Mode to Automatic. Repeat these steps on SQL Server Agent service.
After doing this I restarted the server.
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if you are having trouble finding your SQL Server, Server Name try looking here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSSQLSERVER
SNI10.0 — LastConnect
There you will find the name of your SQL Server
Total noob error on my part.
rebooted my test box and started to see this error:
NTLRD is missing
Turned out that my system was trying to boot from an external hard drive I had connected to the box. Unplugged the drive and rebooted and the system is back to normal.
Windows Server 2008 R2
http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/try-it/Pages/Trial.aspx
not exactly sure what day they will release the bata version.
The jump from 2003 to 2007 wasn’t that bad. But I have a feeling that people are going to have fun with the new interface in SharePoint 2010, not to mention the changes to SharePoint 4.0 Central Administration. This should be fun!