Additional Ribbon Sample: Custom Ribbon Tab generated by a delegate control that lists all associated list workflows and allow to start a workflow on a selected list item. (Part 3)

In the last weeks I’ve extended the sample project that I’ve created for “Ribbon Customization”. You find the project source code on Codeplex:

The related articles on my blog are:


I’ve created a new feature for my sample project: With a delegate control a Ribbon tab will be created dynamically on list view pages if there are workflows associated with the list. For every associated workflow a button will be created. -  But only for workflows that can be started manually.

To use the demo follow these steps:

1. Create a sharepoint site http://sharepoint.local/sites/ribbon.

2. Download the project from codeplex and deploy it.

3. Create one ore more workflows on the Shared Documents library at http://sharepoint.local/sites/ribbon using SharePoint Designer 2010. (I just added two list workflows on Shared Documents and added a simple “Add Comment” step to both of them.)

4. Open the document library. Upload at least one document. You get:

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You see the “Workflows” tab Smile ??

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OPEN IT!!

The dynamically generated workflow buttons are disabled!

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NOW SELECT THE DOCUMENT!!

Now the workflow buttons are enabled!

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CLICK ONE WORKFLOW BUTTON!!

You get a result window:

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(It can contain an error message if one occurred.)

 

THAT’S ALL.

Next steps:

  • An error occures if the workflow is already associated with the item. It would be possible to create a server request while “enable check” to check on the server whether the workflow is already associated to the item.
  • Tests. Tests. Tests. => It’s not in a stable state!!

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