Exporting SharePoint 2013 Reusable Workflows as Template Bug

If you follow MS instructions to save workflow as template. The template file will also include all associations.  Although, it is reusable workflow and it should be movable to any other environment. Here is the quick workaround I found.

• Select the Reusable Workflow you want to export
• Click on Copy&Modify
• This will create the copy of your workflow
• Give it a name
• Publish it
• Save as a template
• You should have a Valid clean workflow in your site assets library. 
• Enjoy! 

Internet Information Services is not installed

I found this solution from the web. Run the following statements in command prompt

REF:  http://sharepointlearnings.blogspot.com/2009/12/iis-not-installed-error-when-trying-to.html

start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;WCF-HTTP-Activation;
start /w pkgmgr /iu:WCF-NonHTTP-Activation

Workflow status columns not showing up in ListView.

This is what I found so far on the web. 

"This happens because the list can only show a certain number of each type of column and those status columns get cut off when you start adding lookup columns or reference columns and others."

How to replace underlying DLL for a custom field

Stay Tuned!

There are three component for a deployment of a field

1. Put your .ascx @ rootdir:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES
2. Replace your xml file with the newly created dll @ rootdir:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\XML
3. Put your dll in the GAC @ rootdir:\WINDOWS\assembly  

SharePoint Large Lists and lookup column filters

The solution is to created a number field and create a workflow to copy over.

sharepoint 2010 lockManager: Error during locking Web. The Web is locked.

If you try to delete parent item of a child item, from child item's ItemDeleting Event receiver  you start hitting the performance and get the following error:

sharepoint 2010 lockManager: Error during locking Web. The Web is locked.

This scenario occurs if you have Enforce relationship behavior enabled in lookup column of the item getting deleted.

Solution

• Either turn off the Enforce relationship behavior
• Or remove your code from ItemDeleting  to ItemDeleted.

SharePoint 2010 Linked Data Source item link field

For Direct Page:

<a href="{@FileDirRef}/DispForm.aspx?ID={@ID}" ONCLICK="GoToLink(this);return false;"><xsl:value-of select="@Title" /></a>

For Popup:

<a href="javascript:OpenPopUpPage('{@FileDirRef}/DispForm.aspx?ID={@ID}');"><xsl:value-of select="@Title"/></a>