Custom workflow in sharepoint

[stephaneey]

Hello,

I'd like to develop a custom workflow in sharepoint 2007. The purpose of this workflow is to catch when a document library event occurs (new uploaded doc, deleted doc, updated doc ....) and to populate a list from the parent web site.

I'm quite a newbie in sharepoint and even more in custom sharepoint workflow development. However, I figured out that I need the following technologies:

- Framework 3.0
- WF extension for VSS 2005
- Workflow Developer Starter Kit for Windows SharePoint Services 3. to get the sharepoint workflow template projects in VSS 2005

All of these are installed on my machine but when I try to create a "sequential sharepoint workflow library", the designer crashes and I can't build the project because Microsoft.Sharepoint namespace is missing.

I guess that I need to install WSS (windows sharepoint services) but I noticed that it can only be installed on a Windows 2003 Server which sounds wird for a development environment.

Could anyone advise me on that issue?

Thanks.

 

[Thomas2000]

Hi,

Windows 2003 Server is a requirement for WSS 3.0 (since it is a "server" application).

Cheers,
Thomas

http://www.thompa.se

 

[stephaneey]

Hello,

Thanks for your answer but it was not exactly the purpose of my question. I know that windows server 2003 is a requirement for WSS since it is clearly stated in Microsoft's web site

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B5-48FC-4CA2-B454-8DC2CAF93951&displaylang=en

But I find a bit suspicious that Microsoft would force developers to have such an environment to build their development environment. By definition, a server is usually not a development machine.

So, I managed to install the Sharepoint starter kit on my "client" machine. I've collected two DLLs Microsoft.sharepoint.dll & Microsoft.sharepoint.workflowactions.dll from the sharepoint server and I've linked those DLL to my workflow project.

However, I don't have any clue on how workflows are supposed to work. Moreover, my VSS never stop displaying error messages and I must restart it every 5 minutes.

Thanks for your help anyway.

 

[wolvie3421]

yeah that's sharepoint for you. grab an msdn license and setup a 2k3 server - that'll be your sharepoint dev environment. you don't need to install wss if you have moss.