Technical Product Documents

The K2 blackpearl Environment Library

MikeT — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:03:01 GMT

Learn about managing and utilizing the Environment Library concept in K2 process development and deployment, including best practices, key terms, data structures, and step-by-step guides.

Published November 5th, 2008

Written by: Gail McDowell, K2 Support Consultant

K2 blackpearl Developer Reference

MikeT — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:33:37 GMT

This is the developer reference available with 0807 and available as a separate download from the customer portal. For those evaluating K2 blackpearl it is made available here.

The developer reference contains topics on the architecture of K2, how to programatically work with Processes and SmartObjects, and how to extend the Event Bus. It also includes the API and Database schema references as well as Architectural diagrams of the K2 platform. High-level overviews are given for all assemblies and databases and some assemblies are documented as noted in the Class Library Overview page.

Last Updated: October 2008

K2 and SharePoint tech brief

anders98 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:16:06 GMT

Source Code for Tech Article - Developing a Custom Service

codik — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:46:43 GMT

Source code, including solution files, for the "You try it" section of the Tech Article - Developing a Custom Service (http://www.k2underground.com/files/folders/technical_product_documents/entry21898.aspx)

Updated August 14th, 2008.

NOTE: If you based your service object implementation on the previous version of this article, read the updated paper at (http://www.k2underground.com/files/folders/technical_product_documents/entry21898.aspx)) and use the updated code sample here.

Tech Article - Developing a Custom Service

codik — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:45:51 GMT

Learn how to connect K2 blackpearl with backend systems using Service Objects.

Updated August 14th, 2008

NOTE: If you based your service object implementation on the previous version of this article, read this updated paper and use the updated code sample at http://www.k2underground.com/files/folders/technical_product_documents/entry21899.aspx

Source Code for Tech Article - Developing a Custom Wizard

codik — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:43:30 GMT

Source code, including solution files, for the "You try it" section of the Tech Article - Developing a Custom Wizard using the K2 Wizard Template.

Tech Article - Developing a Custom Wizard using the K2 Wizard Template

codik — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:42:11 GMT

Learn how to use the wizard template in the K2 Designer for Visual Studio to develop a custom wizard, incorporating K2 controls and logic that look and behave like the built-in wizards.

K2 and BPM

MikeT — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:27:45 GMT

Learn how K2 provides simple, graphical tools and familiar environments to design, assemble, execute, monitor and optimize business processes.

Originally published September 26th, 2007

Updated August 29th, 2008

Security and Kerberos Authentication with K2 Servers

MikeT — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:42:07 GMT

Security Rights and Step-by-Step Instructions for Configuring Kerberos for K2 blackpearl (39 pages)

Learn about the security rights required by K2 blackpearl installation and runtime, and how to configure Kerberos for K2 Servers in a distributed environment. Includes specific examples and a series of checklists for troubleshooting authentication issues.

Published January 10th, 2008

Updated January 30th, 2008 to include "Kerberos" in title and filename for easier searching.

Updated August 8th, 2008 with information about when Protocol Transition and Constrained Delegation may be necessary. Also added two new figures (#1 & #2) depicting the runtime and design time communication flow among various components and integration points for a typical K2 distributed environment. Made slight modifications to the two figures August 14th, 2008.

Updated November 19th, 2008. Added notes for changes in the Constrained Delegation section for SP1 and higher installations (BlackPearlServer > K2HostServer).

K2 [blackpearl] and .NET 3.0

MikeT — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:11:09 GMT

How K2 [blackpearl] Leverages .NET 3.0 Technologies

Learn about .NET 3.0 technologies, the way K2 blackpearl uses them, and how the synergy between K2 blackpearl and .NET 3.0 can be used to create customized solutions.

Published January 8th, 2008

K2 blackpearl Roles and Advanced Destination Rules

MikeT — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:36:27 GMT

Using K2 blackpearl to plan Activities and Dynamically Resolve Users

Learn about dynamic roles and advanced destination planning with K2 blackpearl, including specific examples of activity planning based on common business scenarios.

Published January 7th, 2008

Minor updates made, republished April 4th, 2008

Republished October 22nd, 2008: Added information about calling IPC processes using XML data and mapping data to those child processes.

K2 Desginer for Visual Studio Tech Brief - English

anders98 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:17:41 GMT

K2 Designer for Visual Studio Tech Brief - English

K2 and Visio 2007 Tech Brief - English

anders98 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:14:48 GMT

K2 and Visio 2007 Tech Brief - English

K2 Report Designer Tech Brief - English

anders98 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:12:52 GMT

K2 Report Designer Tech Brief - English

K2 and BDC Tech Brief - English

anders98 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:10:42 GMT

K2 and BDC Tech Brief - English