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  • K2 smartform Tips: Using the Transfer Data Rule

    Author: Nuqman Baktiar In this series of tips and tricks, we will showcase how transferring data using the Transfer Data rule to pass a value from one view to the other. Question: How do I transfer a value from one view to the other with K2 smartforms...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Sun, May 19 2013

  • K2 smartforms 1.0.2 is out!

    K2 smartforms 1.0.2 has just been released. Don't let the minor number revision fool you. There is a slew of fixes and new features that has been packed into this exciting release. Some highlights: New Content control (works like an iFrame) PDF control...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Fri, May 10 2013

  • Setting up a secondary K2 smartform runtime site for anonymous access

    The default K2 smartforms runtime site uses windows authentication and authenticates to Active Directory. However, it is usually a common scenario where you need to create a form that is targeted for external users that do not use Active Directory credentials...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Tue, Oct 9 2012

  • Working with Onboarding and K2

    I have been working a bit on onboarding processes and utilizing the Active Directory and Exchange Event Wizards makes this really easy to generate user accounts and mailboxes as part of the K2 process. However, there are two issues I noticed: The AD user...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Tue, Oct 2 2012

  • Deploying the Silverlight package to users using a GPO

    There are a number of K2 components which leverages off Microsoft Silverlight. The K2 View Flow, K2 designer for SharePoint and the K2 smartform designer utilize Silverlight. So if you decide to expose one or more of these components to end users, they...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Wed, Sep 12 2012

  • VMWare Workstation Long Shutdowns or odd pauses

    Though this isn't exactly K2 related but we tend to run a lot of test VMs running off VMware workstation. I thought this tip might be useful to pass along as somebody mentioned that they also faced this issue with VMware. However, I tried the following...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Wed, Aug 29 2012

  • K2 Tip of the Day : When to use IPCs?

    IPCs are a great feature as it allows you to call sub-processes from a main process. However, a customer recently asked me when they should be using IPCs and when not to. This is a tricky question to answer. It should be noted that IPCs are in general...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Thu, Jul 26 2012

  • K2 XML Fields and XML Schemas

    K2 BlackPearl allows you to define XML fields within a process that can be used to store XML data / documents that are used by the process and / or its user interface. Please note that the K2 process may store multiple copies of the XML field for auditing...
    Posted to K2blog by chrisg on Mon, Jul 9 2012

  • Access SQL Server Information for a K2 process Part 2

    In the previous post , I showed you how to expose SQL Server objects such as tables and stored procedures as SmartObjects in K2. In this post, we’ll take it one step further and actually work with SQL information by using a SmartObject inside a...
    Posted to K2blog by chrisg on Mon, Jul 2 2012

  • Consolidating Views

    K2 houses its repositories in Microsoft SQL Server. In a K2 version where there is a single database or older versions where there are multiple databases there is always one data server for each K2 Logical Server/K2 Farm (Network Load Balanced Servers...
    Posted to K2blog by chrisg on Mon, Jun 25 2012

  • K2 4.6.1 Tip of the Day : ADUM Logging

    Saw this useful tip on the grapevine (Thanks to Vernon for this) when troubleshooting issues with the Active Directory User Manager (ADUM) provider. In 4.6.1, more advanced debugging can be enabled by setting additional flags in the RoleInit field in...
    Posted to Johnny's K2 Blog by johnny on Thu, Jun 21 2012

  • Access SQL Server Information for a K2 process Part 1

    A common question I receive is how to access SQL Server information from within a K2 process. So, I thought I’d dedicate a couple posts around how to do just that, this is actually Part 1 of a 2 Part series. In part 1, I’ll show you how to...
    Posted to K2blog by chrisg on Mon, Jun 18 2012

  • How to Automate Document Assembly from within a K2 Process

    In this article, I will show you how to create new documents from within a K2 process. Automating content is an essential component to those committed to a paperless office. Especially in terms of time, savings, and convenience, document assembly is shown...
    Posted to K2blog by chrisg on Mon, Jun 4 2012

  • Using Linq for XML in K2

    1) Overview With the addition of the Data Event to K2 blackpearl, the requirement to drop into code to work with XML data has been significantly reduced. But it still happens. Fortunately, gone are the days of guesstimating X-paths and troubleshooting...
    Posted to K2blog by chrisg on Tue, May 29 2012

  • How to Write a Generic K2 Helper Class

    1. External Assemblies When there is a need to use custom code it can be placed in an external assembly that is deployed to the GAC. This is especially advisable when the code can be reused in multiple events and / or processes. 1.1. GAC Deployment To...
    Posted to K2blog by chrisg on Mon, May 21 2012
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