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K2, Kerberos and Host (A) Records : An explanation of the importance of Host (A) and Kerberos

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:54:38 GMT

An explanation of the importance of Host (A) and Kerberos

Known Issue: SharePoint metadata not configured when starting a K2 SharePoint Workflow Integration process

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:20:56 GMT

SharePoint meta data not configured when starting a K2 SharePoint Workflow Integration porcess.

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1170)

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:44:50 GMT

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1170

How to use a Data Field as a Destination User

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:43:51 GMT

How to use a Data Field as a Destination User

Hotfix: Configurable option added to InfoPathService.asmx (RuntimeServices) to differentiate between Process level and Activity level XML being updated when a User Actions a Worklist Item

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:14:35 GMT

To differentiate between Activity and Process InfoPath XML data

Hotfix: Enhancement - K2 Server failover capabilities.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:13:47 GMT

Enhancement - K2Server failover capabilities.

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:01:55 GMT

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Hotfix: Configuring the remoting thread timeout in the K2Server.setup file

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:01:04 GMT

Configuring the remoting thread timeout in the K2Server.setup file

Hotfix: Configuring the remoting thread timeout in the K2Server.setup file

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:01:04 GMT

Configuring the remoting thread timeout in the K2Server.setup file

File Versions: 4.5 K2 Update (4.10060.1.1170)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:58:53 GMT

File Versions: 4.5 K2 Update (4.10060.1.1170)

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.690)

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:47:29 GMT

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.670)

0807Update690FileVersions

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:46:18 GMT

0807Update690FileVersions

Hotfix: Redirecting a K2 worklist item fails to send the new destination user a notification e-mail.

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:45:45 GMT

Redirected worklist item’s notification not being sent to destination user.

Hotfix: Incorrect report data is returned when a GoTo is performed on an Activity

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:44:55 GMT

An invalid report displays when a GoTo Activity is performed.

Hotfix: Worklist items appear in the K2 Worklist of users that are not in the Active Directory Group specified as the destination user

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:44:11 GMT

Active Directory Groups with similar names returns incorrect Active Directory Users in K2 Workspace

Hotfix: Deadlocks on the K2 Server Database occur when a single server or clustered environment is used.

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:43:33 GMT

Deadlocks occurring on the K2 Server Database when using a single server of cluster environment.

How to use the Deploy Package

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:46:26 GMT

To facilitate transferring the process between environments the K2 Deployment Package is used. A deployment package is created when the project is successfully built with no errors. The package is copied and relocated to the target environment (e.g. Test or Production). When available in the environment, the MSBUILD utility from Microsoft is used to deploy the process in the new environment.

Hotfix 10: Memory optimization and management

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:19:31 GMT

Hotfix 10: Memory optimization and management

Hotfix: A timeout error occurs in K2 Worklist

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:56:46 GMT

A timeout errors occurs in K2 Worklist

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1140)

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40:04 GMT

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1140)

Known Issue: An error occurs when a K2 workflow field part is used in the meta data context part of certain K2 for SharePoint Wizards.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:19:35 GMT

An error stating “Unable to Determine the container for the workflow user context part..” occurs when a K2 workflow field part is dragged and dropped in the Meta Data context part of the SharePoint wizard.

Guidance on setting up a SharePoint environment before installing K2 integration

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:01:14 GMT

Guidance on setting up a SharePoint environment before installing K2 integration

K2 blackpoint Compatibility Matrix

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:58:59 GMT

K2 blackpoint Compatibility Matrix

K2 blackpearl Compatibility Matrix

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:54:29 GMT

The K2 blackpearl Compatibility Matrix.

Hotfix: Issues experienced on a distributed environment when deploying SharePoint Workflow Integration processes

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:09:21 GMT

Issues experienced on a disturbed environment when deploying SharePoint Workflow Integration processes.

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:48:00 GMT

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Hotfix: Calling a Process Instance Object from the SourceCode.Workflow.Client API after starting a process causes an error

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:46:42 GMT

Using Process Instance object in API after starting a process causes error

Hotfix: A javascript error occurs during runtime user assignments in a SharePoint Workflow process

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:45:56 GMT

A managed user path error occurs in K2 Designer for SharePoint

Hotfix: An error occurs when renaming a Document Library after a SharePoint Workflow Integration process has been deployed

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:45:08 GMT

An error occurs when renaming a document after the SharePoint Workflow Integration has deployed

Hotfix: A timeout error occurs during deployment of an InfoPath Integrated process from K2 for Visual Studio

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:44:22 GMT

Deployment issues may occur as a result of timeouts

K245Update1140FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:43:02 GMT

K245Update1140FileVersions.pdf

Hotfix: Validation of E-mail Event or E-mail Escalation Workflow context parts results in an error

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:41:41 GMT

The E-mail Event validation methodology has been enhanced to ensure that the validation methods used no longer contain any limitations.

Hotfix: K2 Worklist items are incorrectly assigned when using usernames containing an underscore

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:40:51 GMT

An error occurs when an item in the K2 Worklist is assigned to a user with an underscore their name.

Hotfix: An Invalid Archive Type error occurs when using the SourceCode.Host.Client API

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:40:05 GMT

An invalid archive type error occurs in the SourceCode.HostClientAPI file

K2 connect: Troubleshooting Auto Compile Errors

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:17:06 GMT

Troubleshooting K2 connect errors

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1110)

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:36:48 GMT

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1110)

Hotfix: Usernames containing an inverted comma breaks the K2 Worklist's action menu

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:15:05 GMT

Usernames containing an inverted comma break Tasklist's action menu

Hotfix: An error occurs when opening an InfoPath Worklist Item.

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:12:48 GMT

SharePoint list errors occurs when changing InfoPath form names

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:58:46 GMT

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Hotfix: An error occurs in the SmartObject Event Wizard when hovering the mouse pointer over a data Fieldpart

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:56:46 GMT

An error occurs when rolling your mouse over the data part in the SmartObject Event Wizard for the Delete Method

Hotfix: SharePoint User Management Event incorrectly creates new versions of List Items when setting permissions.

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:56:11 GMT

SharePoint User Management Event incorrectly creates new versions of List Items when setting permissions.

Hotfix: In K2 Studio the “Create Deployment Package” is broken

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:55:01 GMT

In K2 Studio the “Create Deployment Package” is broken

K2 4.5 Update KB001110 File Versions

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:52:52 GMT

K2 4.5 Update KB001110 File Versions

Receiving SmartObject Server Exception error when trying to deploy a process on a SQLUM installation

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:12:01 GMT

Receiving SmartObject Server Exception error when trying to deploy a process

Installing K2.net 2003 on a machine with Windows Vista RTM or later version.

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:01:35 GMT

K2.net 2003 support on Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7, Server 2008 R2

URM Configuation Settings for SharePoint Integration and Active Directory

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:08:27 GMT

SharePoint integration at runtime settings configuration for AD installations with large numbers of users

How to register a security label in K2

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:23:14 GMT

Describes the method used to register security labels in K2

Hotfix: In K2.net 2003 the process instance stalls after authentication against the K2 Server.

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:31:22 GMT

In K2.net 2003 the process instance stalls after authentication to the K2 Server

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.670)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:29:01 GMT

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.670)

807Update670FileVersions

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:50:30 GMT

807Update670FileVersions

Hotfix: Worklist items disappear after release

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:50:01 GMT

Worklist items dissappears after release

Hotfix: An error occurs when a Worklist item is opened from the link in the notification email or another entry point other than the Worklist.

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:49:35 GMT

An error occurs when a Worklist item is opened from the link in the notification email or another entry point other than the Worklist.

Hotfix: An Archive Buffer Overflow error occurs when redirecting a Worklist item

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:49:14 GMT

An Archive Buffer Overflow error occurs when redirecting a Worklist item through K2ROM API

Hotfix: An Invalid Archive Type error occurs in the K2 Server Console

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:48:30 GMT

Process Instance Stall

Hotfix: An error occurs when a new K2 user (within a role) is set as a Client destination

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:47:35 GMT

Hotfix : The presence of an underscore in names that are almost identical results in users not being able to access their Worklists

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:47:00 GMT

When there are two users with almost identical user names differentiated by the presence of an underscore the K2 Server and K2 Workspace will register both users with the user name without the underscore.

Hotfix: K2 Workflow boolean datafield values cannot be set from SmartObject

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:42:27 GMT

K2 Workflow boolean datafield values cannot be set from SmartObject

Hotfix: Upgrading to K2 4.5 throws an error if there are orphaned entries in the database

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:30:31 GMT

Upgrading to K2 blackpearl 4.5 throws an error if there are orphaned entries in the database

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1090)

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:24:00 GMT

Update K2 4.5 - KB001090 (4.10060.1.1090)

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:23:01 GMT

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Hotfix - SYMMETRIC KEY is not always created on the SmartBroker database when upgrading

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:22:18 GMT

SYMMETRIC KEY is not always created

Hotfix: The Environment Settings database is not updated correctly after an environment configuration

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:21:48 GMT

The Environment Settings database is not updated correctly after an environment configuration

Hotfix: K2 Setup Manager alters Kerberos settings in the useAppPoolCredentials to false

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:21:14 GMT

K2 blackpearl Setup Manager alters Kerberos settings in the useAppPoolCredentials to false

Hotfix: K2 Project compile fails when environment library value is not set explicitly

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:20:44 GMT

Passing a K2 Project for complication using the K2 API cause the build to fail

K2 4.5 Update 1090 File Versions

Wed, 26 May 2010 06:19:13 GMT

K2 4.5 Update 1090 File Versions

How to Customize the K2 Process Guides

Tue, 25 May 2010 10:08:17 GMT

This article describes how to customize the K2 Process Guides to include your own personalized content or guides.

HTTP Error 404 - File or Directory not found

Tue, 25 May 2010 09:38:45 GMT

HTTP Error 404 - File or Directory not found error message when you request dynamic content with IIS 6.0

K2 Product Release Strategy

Sat, 22 May 2010 05:09:53 GMT

This article describes the current release strategy for K2 products for 2009 and beyond.

Knowledge Center Home

Wed, 19 May 2010 15:54:35 GMT

K2 Help, Support, Knowledge, API, Docs

K2 for SharePoint Environment Setupv3.pdf

Tue, 18 May 2010 03:04:55 GMT

K2 for SharePoint Environment Setupv3.pdf

K2 Product Release Strategy

Thu, 13 May 2010 15:21:18 GMT

This article describes the current release strategy for K2 products for 2009 and beyond.

K2 Product Release Strategy

Thu, 13 May 2010 08:12:56 GMT

This article describes the current release strategy for K2 products for 2009 and beyond.

K2 Product Release Strategy

Thu, 13 May 2010 08:10:42 GMT

This article describes the current release strategy for K2 products for 2009 and beyond.

K2 Product Release Strategy

Thu, 13 May 2010 06:20:07 GMT

This article describes the current release strategy for K2 products for 2009 and beyond.

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1070)

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:34:47 GMT

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1070)

K2 4.5 Update 1070 File Versions

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:34:30 GMT

K2 4.5 Update 1070 File Versions

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:34:06 GMT

K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Hotfix: On certain environments the K2 SharePoint solutions may not go into a "Deployed" state during installation or upgrade to K2 4.5.

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:33:46 GMT

Hotfix: On certain environments the K2 Designer for SharePoint solution may not go into a "Deployed" state during installation or upgrade to K2 4.5.

Hotfix: An error is displayed working with InfoPath client events that are not initialized from an InfoPath Form

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:33:26 GMT

An error is displayed working with InfoPath client events that are not initialized from an InfoPath Form

Hotfix: K2 Setup Manager may cause an exception error when changing an existing K2 4.5 configuration

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:33:01 GMT

Hotfix: K2 Setup Manager may cause an exception error when changing an existing K2 4.5 configuration

Hotfix: The K2 Installer stops responding when attempting to set folder permissions

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:32:34 GMT

Setting folder permissions results in the K2 Installer not responding

Hotfix: Creating a process in K2 Designer for SharePoint and exporting it to K2 Studio causes an error

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:32:14 GMT

An error is displayed when opening a process in K2 Studio created in K2 Designer for SharePoint

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.650)

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:26:53 GMT

Cumulative Update 650 for K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.650)

File Versions: K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.650) � 32 BIT and 64 BIT

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:26:03 GMT

Hotfix: Object Reference Errors in OOO when the RemoveOrphans() is called

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:25:28 GMT

Object reference errors results when the RemoveOrphans() method is called

Hotfix: Error occurs on K2 Worklist when exporting a process from K2.net 2003 Studio to the K2 blackpearl Server

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:24:58 GMT

Hotfix: SmartObject SharePoint Service Instance Configuration issue

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:24:33 GMT

Running WSS in a non-English environment causes an error

Hotfix: Activity Instance Reporting Errors

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:23:27 GMT

Duplicate entries are found when

Hotfix: Event Notifications not functioning

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:22:51 GMT

Event Notification mail functionality is not functioning and an error is received in the Event Logs

Unable to upgrade Silverlight in K2 Designer for SharePoint

Tue, 11 May 2010 06:09:46 GMT

Silverlight does not want to install or upgrade

K2 blackpearl Technology Requirements Whitepaper

Mon, 10 May 2010 09:39:28 GMT

The main and supporting technologies of the K2 platform. Built upon Windows 2003 Server, NET 3.0 and SQL Server 2005, and integrated with Visual Studio 2005 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.

K2 blackpearl and .NET 3.0 Whitepaper

Fri, 07 May 2010 14:01:16 GMT

Learn how K2 blackpearl leverages .NET 3.0 technologies

The K2 blackpearl Environment Library

Tue, 04 May 2010 14:59:31 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.

Security and Kerberos Authentication with K2 Servers

Tue, 04 May 2010 14:28:19 GMT

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.

K2 blackpearl Roles and Advanced Destination Rules

Tue, 04 May 2010 10:38:14 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.

K2 and Multi-Tier Environments

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:50:30 GMT

K2 and Multi-Tier Environments: Configuring Permissions, Trusts and Service Accounts for a Successful K2 Deployment in Enterprise Environments. K2 integrates with many other systems in an enterprise environment. When multiple domains and multiple forests are involved, carefully planning and tracing the path of authentication is necessary.

K2 blackpearl and SharePoint Whitepaper

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:48:45 GMT

Learn how K2 blackpearl integrates with SharePoint, including the K2 Web Designer for SharePoint and wizards to incorporate content and site management into a business process. Also learn how K2 business data can be delivered in SharePoint through the Business Data Catalog.

K2 blackpearl and Office 2007 Whitepaper

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:47:46 GMT

Learn how K2 blackpearl integrates and extends the 2007 Microsoft Office system applications, particularly Visio and InfoPath and the Ribbon UI applications.

K2 blackpearl Deployment Planning Guide

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:25:52 GMT

This paper describes the various deployment scenarios of the K2 blackpearl software, and discusses when to choose the scenario that best fits an organization’s needs.

Issue: Unresolved Users Cause Permissions Problem During Installation

Mon, 03 May 2010 11:26:19 GMT

Issue: Unresolved users cause permission problems during an install.

Hotfix: The Solution stays in a deployed state when using more than one SharePoint Server Farm.

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:46:25 GMT

Hotfix: Solution stays in deployed state when using more than one SharePoint Server Farm.

K2 4.5 Update 1040 File Versions

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:42:19 GMT

K2 4.5 Update 1040 File Versions PDF

Update K2 4.5 (4.10060.1.1040)

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:41:35 GMT

Cumulative Update 1040 for K2 4.5

Hotifx: K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:01:04 GMT

Rollup of K2 4.5 High Priority Fixes

Hotfix: After upgrading to K2 4.5 and then trying to start a SharePoint Events process, the process won’t start.

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:59:55 GMT

Hotfix: After upgrading to 4.5 and then trying to start a SharePoint Events process, the process won’t start.

Hotfix: The use of "&" in columns of Type Choice throws an error

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:58:19 GMT

The use of the special character & causes an error

Hotfix: Workflow Integration processes are deployed with an incorrect RuntimeServices URL

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:57:41 GMT

Error occurs when upgrading from K2 blackpearl 4.5 RC to K2 blackpearl 4.5 RTM

Hotfix: Error during upgrade from 4.5 RC to 4.5 RTM

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:57:11 GMT

An error is thrown when K2 blackpearl is upgraded

Hotfix: K2 Designer for SharePoint link in SharePoint Central Administration does not reconfigure Application Pool Account as expected

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:56:29 GMT

Reconfiguring the Application Pool using the K2 Designer for SharePoint link results in a error when deploying a process thereafter.

Hotfix: Error occurs when upgrading from K2 blackpearl 4.5 RC to K2 blackpearl 4.5 RTM

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:55:53 GMT

K2 blackpearl 4.5 RC to K2 blackpearl 4.5 RTM upgrade issue

Hotfix: Timeout on Process Portal during initial analyzing stage

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:55:07 GMT

Timeout on Process Portal during initial analyizing stage

K2 connect Update (4.8276.3.653)

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:30:16 GMT

Update Knowledge Base Article

Hotfix: K2 connect for SAP Server stops working owing to unhandled SAP Exception

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:57:57 GMT

K2 connect for SAP stops working owing to an unhanled SAP exception

K2 blackpearl Developer Reference

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:55:53 GMT

Developer Reference Guide for K2 blackpearl

K2 blackpoint Developer Reference

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:54:44 GMT

K2 blackpoint Developer Reference

Using RunAs to Deploy a Process from K2 Studio

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:08:29 GMT

Use RunAs if you want to have processes deployed from a single account.

Error when opening a file using the K2 Designer for Visual Studio

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:30:28 GMT

When using InfoPath Integration and receiving a “unique folder error”, the temp file created could be corrupted. If you have built a single complex solution, or have built multiple projects, you may run into this issue.

Removing the SSRS Server dependency from an existing installation on upgrading to K2 blackpearl 4.5.

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:56:27 GMT

Removing the SSRS Server dependency from an existing installation on upgrading to K2 blackpearl 4.5.

Errors received when running K2 HostServer in console mode

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:29:52 GMT

Additional Requirements to run K2HostServer in console mode without administrator rights or with UAC enabled

WhoAmI Web Service Method returned blank

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:25:58 GMT

The WhoAmI web service method is returned blank on a SQLUM environment

How the K2 Process Guide Videos Work

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:01:25 GMT

This article describes how the K2 Process Guide videos function within K2 Studio and the K2 Designer for SharePoint, including how to install the local videos and tests to ensure you have the appropriate video players.

K2 connect 4.5 Known Issues

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:05:59 GMT

K2 connect Known Issues

K2 blackpoint 4.5 Known Issues

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:05:03 GMT

K2 blackpoint Known Issues

K2 blackpearl 4.5 Known Issues

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:04:58 GMT

K2 blackpearl Known Issues

K2 connect Compatibility Matrix

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:01:36 GMT

The K2 connect Compatibility Matrix.

K2 blackpoint 0902 Installation Options

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:58:06 GMT

This article describes the various installation options for K2 blackpoint 0902.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Installation Options

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:57:46 GMT

This article describes the various installation options for K2 blackpearl 0807.

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.610)

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:36:47 GMT

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.600)

Hotfix: Process Portal - Settings and OOB Reports inaccessible after installing KB000600 - K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.600)

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:33:51 GMT

Settings and OOB Reports inaccessible after installing KB000600

Test Process Guide Media File

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:53:29 GMT

Test Process Guide Media File

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.600)

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:05:46 GMT

KB000600 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Filtering on "Worklist Item Owner Equals: Other" returns all Worklist items

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:36:26 GMT

When a K2 Worklist Filter is created using "Worklist Item Owner Equals Other" in the K2 Worklist, it is expected that only shared or forwarded Out of Office items from other users will display when the filter is applied. However, when applied for a user with no shared or forwarded items, all worklist items would be returned instead of the expected empty worklist.

Hotfix: An XML document creation error occurs when trying to open a list from the K2 Studio Object Browser.

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:34:25 GMT

When trying to open the 'Lists' node from the Object Browser in K2 Studio the following error message is displayed: "There was an error generating the XML document". This error only occurs after upgrading to K2 blackpoint 0902 with Update KB000560.

Hotfix: K2 Process Portal Performance

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:32:31 GMT

Performance enhancements for K2 Process Portal

902Update600FileVersions

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:30:01 GMT

902Update600FileVersions

807Update625FileVersions

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:58:51 GMT

807Update625FileVersions

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.625)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:49:07 GMT

KB000625 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: When a K2Server node is stopped, a "Could not connect to server" error message is displayed for all the nodes in the NLB environment.

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:48:08 GMT

When Node1 is stopped in a three node NLB environment, Node2 displays a “could not connect to server” error message for both Node1 and Node3.

Hotfix: Unrelated worklist items no longer display after an escalation redirects the worklist item

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:47:42 GMT

When an escalation redirects a worklist item from a user’s worklist, the worklist item is removed but other non related worklist items may have been removed from the worklist as well.

Find open connections to the K2.net™ 2003 Server

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:38:35 GMT

Netstat (Netstat.exe) is a command-line tool that displays TCP/IP protocol statistics and active connections to and from your computer. Netstat also provides an option to display the number of bytes sent and received, as well as network packets dropped (if any). You can use this tool to quickly verify the number of connections opened on a certain port.

Hotfix: Timeout when running a SmartObject in K2 connect for SAP

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:46:02 GMT

A timeout is recieved when a SmartObject is executed to retrieve records from a SAP BAPI

Hotfix: Providing the ability to enable or disable the “Delete log entries?” checkbox when deleting a process instance.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:03:18 GMT

This Hotfix provides enhanced functionality to the K2 system administrator. A user previously could select whether or not log entries in the K2ServerLog database should be deleted when a process instance was deleted in the Process Instances from either K2 Workspace > Management > Workflow Server> Processes > Instances

How to register labels against multiple domains

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:24:39 GMT

K2 blackpearl supports the use of multiple domains. However, there can be only one label for an AD Provider with K2 blackpearl SP1.

Impersonation for the List method does not work correctly.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:56:59 GMT

In K2 Workspace > Management Console > SmartObjects > Services > SQL Server Service: Impersonation for List method does not work.

K2 blackpearl web part task list does not allow multiple open browser windows for K2 Worklist items.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:51:58 GMT

The K2 blackpearl web part task list does not allow a user to open multiple tasks. When a user opens a second task, the form opens in the window already opened for the first task. In K2 .net 2003, it would open in a new window.

Moving a K2 solution from its original folder to a new folder or development location

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:26:18 GMT

Moving a K2 solution from its original folder to a new folder or development location with automatic conversion of assembly references

Help documentation (chm) files do not display correctly.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:55:10 GMT

When trying to open a chm file a “Navigation to the webpage was canceled” error might occur when the chm was copied from a network location.

K2 blackpearl Performance Testing Results

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:29:50 GMT

This whitepaper details the test scenarios, hardware, and testing results for K2 blackpearl 0807 with the KB000450 update. Use this information to estimate the performance and scalability of K2 blackpearl in your environment, and to establish testing and monitoring in your environments.

Hotfix: Process definition names and process folios display incorrectly when Non-English characters are used.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:00:27 GMT

Using Non English characters such as Chinese characters in K2 Process Activity, Event and Folio names results in these characters being displayed incorrectly as “?????” in K2 Process Portal > Management Worklist.

Hotfix: Slow performance experienced when using the Workflow Task page in SharePoint

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:59:15 GMT

When a user tries to open the Workflow Task page from their worklist in SharePoint it takes approximately 10-15 seconds to load the page before it finally redirects the user to the actual task page

Hotfix: The K2 SharePoint Worklist item URL data changed to refer to the Workflow Task page

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:55:29 GMT

The K2 SharePoint Worklist item URL data changed to refer to the Workflow Task page

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.590)

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:53:04 GMT

Latest update for K2 blackpoint 0902 (4.9040.x.590)

How To: Moving K2 blackpearl SQL Databases to a new SQL Server or Instance

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:51:01 GMT

How To: Moving K2 blackpearl SQL Databases to a new SQL Server or Instance

Hotfix: Error when executing Workflow Solution Object Reports

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:49:51 GMT

Resolution to resolve the error when executing Workflow Solution Object Reports

K2 blackpearl Performance Testing Results

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:14:45 GMT

This whitepaper details the test scenarios, hardware, and testing results for K2 blackpearl 0807 with the KB000450 update.

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.615)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:41:13 GMT

KB000615 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Authentication error occurs in K2 Workspace when opening the worklist

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:30:41 GMT

When attempting to open the worklist in K2 Workspace an error occurs stating "Authentication with Server Failed".

Hotfix: An object reference error occurs when using destination queues.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:53:08 GMT

An object reference error occurs when using K2.net 2003 Destination Queues in a K2 blackpearl process after migration from K2.net 2003 to K2 blackpearl 807 with KB000450.

Hotfix: A 'Could not find stored procedure' error occurs when trying to use Archiving with SQL Authentication

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:50:02 GMT

An error occurs in K2 Workspace > Archiving, after connecting to the Database server and attempting to select the K2Serverlog database.

Hotfix: A ‘List could not be found’ error occurs when trying to action a worklist item

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:49:10 GMT

When an InfoPath Integration process is set to use a web browser (Forms Services) and is deployed to a sub site of a Forms Library, a ‘List could not be found’ error occurs when trying to action the worklist item.

807Update615FileVersions

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:48:16 GMT

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902Update590FileVersions

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:46:28 GMT

902Update590FileVersions

SQL database move document

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:23:48 GMT

SQL database move document

Hotfix: When K2 blackpearl has been configured to run on non-default port numbers, attempting to set Out-of-Office settings in K2 Workspace > Management Console results in an error.

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:50:26 GMT

An “Unable to connect to server on port 5252” error occurs when using any non-default port numbers. Another issue related to this error, is when the port number goes beyond an integer limit it also breaks.

Hotfix: Volume Process Instance deletion results in increased Windows Handle usage and potential Out of Memory exception

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:42:52 GMT

The K2 Server experiences an out of memory exception, when high volumes of process instance are being deleted

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.605)

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:11:32 GMT

KB000605 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Timeout when retrieving Process Instance Data reports

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:10:29 GMT

When viewing some of the out of box reports a timeout exception is thrown

Hotfix: Certain out-of-the-box reports do not display deleted process instance data.

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:09:55 GMT

When deleting process instances without deleting the logging data in K2 Management Console, certain K2 Out-of-the-box reports do not display the deleted process instances. This Hotfix adds a configuration node to the K2 Workspace OOBReports.xml file to allow the deleted process instances to be shown by default.

Hotfix: Filtering on "Worklist Item Owner Equals: Other" returns all Worklist items

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:09:16 GMT

Filtering on "worklist Item Owner equals: Other" returns all Worklist items

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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:07:48 GMT

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Querying BAPIs that expose SAP Internal Tables throws an error

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:32:39 GMT

When attempting to call a BAPI using K2 Connect Test Cockpit but the error message "Unable to cast object of type ’System.String’ to type ’ERPConnect.RFCStructure’." was prompted.

About the ’User Cannot Be Found’ error message when Integrating K2 with SharePoint

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:21:56 GMT

Database corruption can cause the "User Cannot be Found" and related errors. Read this article for more information

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.595)

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:50:44 GMT

KB000595 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

807Update595FileVersions

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:50:08 GMT

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Hotfix: An error occurs after starting a process instance or opening a worklist item with a user that contains a display name with special characters.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:49:50 GMT

When starting a process instance in K2 Workspace or opening a worklist item as a user whose name in Active Directory or a different user manager contains special characters in the display name such as Paul\Finance will result in an ‘Object reference not set to an instance of an object’ error being displayed.

Hotfix: Deadlocks occurring on the SharePoint Content Database.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:49:30 GMT

When using a SharePoint Workflow Integration process wizard (Integrating with SharePoint lists or Document Library Events) certain process instances may cause deadlocks within the SharePoint Content Database.

Hotfix: After redirecting worklist items, the K2 Management Worklist does not display the worklist items of the original user.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:49:12 GMT

When redirecting one of User A’s worklist item to User B the following occurs: User B receives the worklist item correctly, but the K2 Management Worklist, will show none of User A’s worklist items.

Hotfix: An exception is thrown when trying to view K2.net 2003 Escalation Code in the K2 Designer for Visual Studio.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:48:53 GMT

When trying to view the K2.net 2003 Escalation Code in the K2 Designer for Visual Studio, an “Index was outside the bounds of the array” exception is thrown.

Hotfix: In K2 Workspace > Report Designer an error occurs when using InfoPath integrated workflow solution objects as data sources.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:46:52 GMT

When creating a custom report in the K2 Workspace > Report Designer using an InfoPath integrated workflow solution object as the data source, a client script error occurs and you cannot complete the report design.

Hotfix: When starting a process with participants assigned in serial, only the first destination user receives a worklist item.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:46:15 GMT

When starting a SharePoint Workflow Integration process with participants assigned in serial, the first user in the destination set is able to action the worklist item, thereafter no worklist items are created for the other users in the destination set.

Hotfix: An exception is thrown when comparing string values.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:44:21 GMT

When a comparison is performed between string values, an unable to compare values exception is thrown. This Hotfix applies to all instances where a comparison operator (>=, <=, <, >) is used between string values to perform the evaluation, for example in a line rule.

K2 connect Update (4.8276.3.573)

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:10:48 GMT

K2 connect Update (4.8276.3.573)

K2 blackpearl 101 Additional Module: Automating SharePoint Site Provisioning

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:08:35 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Additional Module: Automating SharePoint Site Provisioning

902Update580FileVersions

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:07:06 GMT

902Update580FileVersions

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.580)

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:39:37 GMT

KB000580 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Activity XML fields are not being created in an InfoPath Integration Client Event.

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:39:06 GMT

When using an InfoPath Integration client event in K2 Studio the XML fields are not being created.

Hotfix: Duplicate notification emails are sent when a worklist item is redirected.

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:38:25 GMT

When the destination user redirects a worklist item to another user, using the K2 Worklist Web part, duplicate notification emails will be sent to the original destination user and to the user to whom the worklist item was redirected.

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.560)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:42:56 GMT

KB000560 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Process definition names and process folios display incorrectly when Non-English characters are used.

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:52:24 GMT

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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:41:04 GMT

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Hotfix: When starting a process with participants assigned in serial, only the first destination user receives a worklist item, no worklist items are created for subsequent users in the destination set.

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:40:11 GMT

Hotfix: K2 blackpoint Update KB000550 decimal analysis may take a long time to complete within certain environments.

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:39:15 GMT

K2 blackpoint Update KB000550 decimal analysis may take a long time to complete within certain environments. The volume of Active process instances and the number of DataFields being used in process definitions may have an impact on the performance.

K2 connect Update (4.8276.3.556)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:22:27 GMT

KB000556 updates all K2 connect version 4.8276.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes

Hotfix: K2 connect for SAP cannot impersonate the User

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:21:59 GMT

Describes how K2 connect for SAP users can update their systems to enable Static Credential support.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.525)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:41:47 GMT

KB000525 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

807Update585FileVersions

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:51:41 GMT

807Update585FileVersions

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.585)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:27:01 GMT

KB000585 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Providing the ability to enable or disable the “Delete log entries?” checkbox when deleting a process instance.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:23:05 GMT

Hotfix: Users unable to start a K2 Web Designer workflow process on a system using a non-English operating system.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:15:38 GMT

Starting a K2 process designed in the K2 Web Designer on a foreign language operating system, for example a Japanese environment results in the instance not appearing on the user’s worklist. In SharePoint the library item displays as “In Progress” and then immediately “Completed”.

Hotfix: Worklist items disappear when redirecting items from K2 Management Worklist where parallel activities with the same destination user are used.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:09:38 GMT

When using a SharePoint integrated process with two parallel activities and both have the same destination user one of the worklist items are not found after redirecting one of the parallel activities.

Hotfix: K2 Web Designer issues when running on a non-English operating system

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:08:26 GMT

K2 Designer for SharePoint task not created when starting a workflow instance

Hotfix: Child IPC processes complete successfully while the corresponding Activities in the Parent process remain in an ‘Active’ status.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:33:20 GMT

When several synchronous IPC Event processes are called by a parent workflow, these processes complete successfully without any errors and with a ‘Completed’ status.

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.575)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:39:34 GMT

KB000575 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: SmartObject Server Exception: Method not found: 'Boolean SourceCode.Logging.Logger.get_ToLogFile()' occurs.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:39:19 GMT

When a database error occurs in the SmartObject Management Server, for example when registering or refreshing the SmartObject service instances, a method not found exception is thrown.

Hotfix: Using a SmartObject to add a document to a SharePoint library creates multiple document versions.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:39:01 GMT

The K2 Worklist actions are displayed in a different order to that specified in the wizard.

Hotfix: When using the Event Instance reporting SmartObject based on an InfoPath Workflow Integration process a “The name 'XXX' does not denote a namespace” error occurs.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:38:23 GMT

After installing K2 blackpearl 0807 Update KB000450, an error occurs when using the Event Instance reporting SmartObject based on an Infopath Workflow Integration process.

Hotfix: A "Missing operand after '[someparametervalue]' operator" error occurs when creating a filter and executing the 'GetList' method.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:37:59 GMT

An exeption occurs when creating a filter and executing the Get List Method.

Hotfix: K2 blackpearl update KB000565 decimal analysis may take a long time to complete within certain environments.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:37:42 GMT

K2 blackpearl update KB000565 decimal fix resulted in poor database performance

Hotfix: An ‘Archive Buffer Overflow’ error occurs when viewing the K2 Worklist in K2 Workspace after upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) with Update KB000555.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:37:21 GMT

Hotfix: Archive Buffer Overflow occurs after upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 KB000450 and installing Update KB000555

Hotfix: Child IPC processes complete successfully while the corresponding Activities in the Parent process remain in an ‘Active’ status.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:37:02 GMT

When several synchronous IPC Event processes are called by a parent workflow, these processes complete successfully without any errors and with a ‘Completed’ status.

807Update575FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:36:34 GMT

807Update575FileVersions

Hotfix: Erroneous data is returned from dateTime and decimal fields set for data on demand

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:34:03 GMT

When the contents of data fields (process level or activity level) of type decimal or type dateTime, set for data on demand are retrieved the returned value(s) are not an exact copy of the data field's contents but erroneous data is returned.

Hotfix: IPC Event processes are completing but the activities in the calling process are not.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:33:49 GMT

When several synchronous IPC Event processes are called by a parent workflow, these processes complete successfully without any errors and with a ‘Completed’ status. However, the activities in the parent process (randomly) do not complete with no error and an ‘Active’ status.

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.550)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:52:16 GMT

KB000550 - K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.550)

Hotfix: Using a SmartObject to add a document to a SharePoint library creates multiple document versions.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:51:51 GMT

When using a SmartObject to upload a document to a SharePoint library that has versioning turned on, multiple versions of the same document is created. There should only be one version when uploading a document and one version for each metadata update.

Hotfix: The K2 Worklist actions are displayed in a different order to that specified in the wizard.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:51:04 GMT

After the K2 blackpoint 0902 Update KB000470, the K2 Worklist > ‘List of Actions’ drop-down list displays in alphabetical order instead of the order specified in the InfoPath Client Event wizard. Before the upgrade the order in the ‘List of Actions’ matched the order specified in the wizard.

902Update550FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:49:59 GMT

902Update550FileVersions.pdf

Known Issue: Error message that corresponds with the MsgID cannot be found

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:55:40 GMT

Error message that corresponds with the MsgID cannot be found

How to deploy Service Objects in different environments

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:34:43 GMT

Information about how to deploy Service Objects in different environments

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.565)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:39:55 GMT

KB000565 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

807Update565FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:39:10 GMT

807Update565FileVersions.pdf

Hotfix: The K2 Worklist actions are displayed in a different order to that specified in the wizard.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:22:31 GMT

After the K2 blackpearl 0807 Update KB000450, the K2 Worklist > ‘List of Actions’ drop-down list box displays in alphabetical order, instead of the order specified in the client event wizard. Before the upgrade, the order in the ‘List of Actions’ matched exactly to the order specified in the wizard.

Hotfix: Inconsistencies in the display of Decimal Data- (Data On Demand) and/or empty XML fields

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:22:06 GMT

After installing K2 blackpearl 0807 Update KB000450, the following issues were identified.

Hotfix: Erroneous data is returned from dateTime and decimal fields set for data on demand

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:02:21 GMT

K2 blackpearl Best Practices

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:59:38 GMT

Best practices for design, deployment and execution of K2 processes

Patch: "Error Internal Loop" and "Error Receiving Buffer" Deployment Errors

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:30:09 GMT

When the description of a process data field spans more than two lines in the associated .kprx file, the K2 developer will receive an “Error Internal Loop” in the K2 Server console and “Error receiving buffer” in the K2 Designer for Visual Studio when deploying the process.

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.555)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:12:52 GMT

KB000555 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Reporting inconsistencies after upgrade to KB000545.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:12:17 GMT

After installing the K2 blackpearl 0807 Update KB000545, the following issues were identified in K2 Workspace > Reports:

807Update555FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:11:08 GMT

807Update555FileVersions.pdf

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.540)

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:21:42 GMT

KB000540 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Adding a Group to a Role does not function correctly.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:21:12 GMT

When assigning a group to a role in K2 Management Console > Administration > Roles, the group is added as a ‘User’ instead of a ‘Group’. Therefore, the role never gets resolved to users in the group and the users in the group never get the items assigned to the role.

902Update540FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:20:50 GMT

902Update540FileVersions.pdf

Hotfix: A Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeWaitHandle memory leak occurs .

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:30:20 GMT

An unmanaged memory leak in the K2 HostServer will cause the Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeWaitHandle to consume memory while K2 Host Server is running.

Update K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.545)

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:24:01 GMT

KB000545 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes

Hotfix: Performance enhancement on the Process Instances report.

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:23:47 GMT

When using K2 blackpearl Update KB000450, the Process Instances report times out when trying to run the report from the Process Overview report. This only occurs when the process contains high volumes of process instances.

Hotfix: An error occurs in K2 Workspace when the user tries to edit a Notification Event that contains special characters.

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:23:27 GMT

When using K2 blackpearl 0807 Update KB000450, the user will not be able to edit the notification in K2 Workspace when the process name, activity name or event name contains French special characters.

Hotfix: Process definition names and process folios display incorrectly when Double Byte characters are used

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:22:43 GMT

Using Double Byte characters such as Chinese characters in a K2 activity results in these characters being displayed incorrectly in various places throughout the K2 blackpearl product. Areas affected include the management worklist item in K2 Management Console and certain K2 out of the box reports. These characters display incorrectly with characters like '????'.

Hotfix: The K2 Server stops responding whilst attempting to resolve Foreign Security Principals

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:22:21 GMT

The K2 Server stops responding for several minutes whilst attempting to resolve Foreign Security Principals (Cross-Domain membership) causing other K2 components such as the K2 Worklist Web Part to fail.

The Worklist Web Part delays the SharePoint page from loading if it encounters errors

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:21:56 GMT

The K2 Web Part loads as a part of a SharePoint page, however if the web part encounters an error the SharePoint page is unable to load.

807Update545FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:31:23 GMT

807Update545FileVersions.pdf

K2 connect Update (4.8276.3.527)

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:08:28 GMT

KB000527 updates all K2 connect version 4.8276.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes

Hotfix - Errors occur in K2 connect if special characters are used in ServiceObject Method names or in the XML property when trying to pass information to SAP

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:00:07 GMT

When special characters are used in service method naming or passed in XML properties an exception will be thrown.

How to Log a Great Support Ticket

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:35:59 GMT

Get some tips on how to file a complete support ticket to get a faster resolution, as well as what to do before contacting support.

Notification of Change: Developer License Enforcement

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:31:41 GMT

In K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) and (4.8210.3.0) changes have been made to how the developer license functions.

How to get access to the Knowledge Center

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:38:47 GMT

This article describes how to get access to the articles on the Knowledge Center using your K2 Customer Portal account.

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.x.530)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:11:05 GMT

KB000530 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.2.470 and 4.9040.3.470 installations with the latest product hotfixes.

902Update530FileVersions.pdf

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:10:12 GMT

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update 530 File Versions

Hotfix: Out of Office cannot be configured from the K2 Worklist Web Part by the user

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:08:16 GMT

After the K2 blackpoint 0902 upgrade, the out of office functionality can be configured from SharePoint Central Administration by an administrator, but not by the users themselves - the out of office radio-buttons are grayed out and the Add button is disabled.

Hotfix: An error occurs after a Worklist item gets redirected in the K2 Web Designer

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:05:41 GMT

When redirecting a task from a form that was created using the K2 Web Designer, an error occurs when the user opens the redirected task.

Delegating a Worklist item causes the process to fail once the delegated user has actioned the Worklist item from their Worklist

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:02:49 GMT

When a destination user delegates a Worklist item to another user, and that user actions the worklist item the process goes into error.

K2 Deployment in a NLB environment with Out of the Box, Custom or Generated Forms.pdf

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:01:27 GMT

K2 Deployment in a NLB environment with Out of the Box, Custom or Generated Forms.pdf

K2 Deployment in a NLB environment with Out of the Box, Custom or Generated Forms

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:00:31 GMT

K2 Deployment in a NLB environment with Out of the Box, Custom or Generated Forms

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.535) File Versions

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:55:52 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.535) File Versions

Hotfix: After installing Update KB000450, an ‘Unable to compare values that is not of the same type’ error displays when using Line rules

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:38:06 GMT

After the 450 upgrade, the Line Rule gives the error ‘Unable to compare values that are not of the same type’ when using a Count aggregation on a list and the return type of the item being counted is not a number.

Hotfix: An "Object must implement IConvertible" error occurs during process execution after update KB000525

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:28:38 GMT

After installing the K2 blackpearl 0807 Update KB000525, SmartObjects cannot be used to define destination rules for groups or roles when reading them from the database (smartbox). The data gets returned correctly, but during runtime an ‘Object must implement IConvertible’ error is displayed in K2 Workspace.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.535)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:27:46 GMT

KB000535 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes

Hotfix: K2.net 2003 Server enhancements

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:41:29 GMT

This hotfix addresses several issues that may occur when using K2.net 2003 SP4. These include: memory usage, a Remoting object timeout exception, an OpenProcessInstance API call error, a Socket connection TIME_WAIT state, lost Escalations and an Error Repairing problem.

Delegating a Worklist item causes the process to fail once the delegated user has actioned the Worklist item from their Worklist

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:32:19 GMT

When a destination user delegates a Worklist item to another user, and that user actions the worklist item the process goes into error.

Known Issue: Erroneous data is returned from dateTime and decimal fields set for data on demand

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:26:41 GMT

Data returned from dateTimeFields and Type Decimal fields was eroneous and unusable by the process.

Welcome to the K2 Knowledge Center

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:51:28 GMT

Welcome to the K2 Knowledge Center, where you'll find all the information you need about K2 products.

Hotfix: "Unable to cast result" error in InfoPath after upgrade

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:53:45 GMT

The error Unable to cast result is received at run time when an XML process field of type 'Hyperlink' is used in an email event

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.525) File Versions

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:18:12 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.525) File Versions

Hotfix: Upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) fails on database components

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:44:25 GMT

When K2 blackpearl 0807 with Update KB370 is upgraded to 4.8210.2.450, errors were encountered when the database components were being configured.

Hotfix: Time based escalation fails due to overflow at runtime after a KB000495 upgrade

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:41:35 GMT

A time based escalation fails with an overflow error at runtime after upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 with Update KB000495 (4.8210.2.495).

Hotfix: Succeeding Rule fails to execute on an activity with multiple instances until all instances are complete

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:20:59 GMT

When an activity containing a ‘Plan per Destination’ or ‘Plan per Slot’ option is configured with a Succeeding Rule, the rule will not execute until the last instance has executed all of its events. The issue occurs irrespective of the combination of Client and or Server Events in the Activity or how the Succeeding Rule has been configured.

Hotfix: K2 Archiving no longer functions

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:15:18 GMT

K2 Archiving no longer functions when an existing installation of K2 blackpearl 0807 is updated with KB000450

Hotfix: Worklist items will not release or be redirected

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:14:43 GMT

Unable to redirect or release a task in K2 Workspace Management Console Worklist because the folio in the Process Instance has double spaces within the string.

Hotfix: Process Instance Report from Process Overview Report in OOB Reporting causes high memory usage and time outs

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:17 GMT

When using OOB (Out of the Box) Reporting, and in conjunction with large databases (known to occur with databases in excess of 50 GB), the user attempts to retrieve a report the report takes a long time to load, a time out occurs or an out of memory exception is thrown.

Workaround: When InfoPath is not detected in 64-bit environments

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:57:59 GMT

On some 64-bit environments, InfoPath is not detected when clicking on ‘Design’ in the IP process wizard. A registry entry workaround is offered.

Hotfix: Workflow.xml definition file on child SharePoint Web Front End is malformed

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:51:17 GMT

When deploying a workflow to multiple SharePoint Web Front Ends, the workflow.xml definition file that is distributed to the child WFE is malformed. On the parent WFE, the AssociationURL and InstantiationUrls are complete, but these nodes are incomplete within the XML deployed to the child WFE.

Hotfix: Hidden fields appear in View Flow

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:50:01 GMT

Hidden data fields appear in Process Instance Report causing sensitive data to appear.

Hotfix: SharePoint Workflow error when Selecting Worklist item due to delay in task creation

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:49:45 GMT

When a process is instantiated, the K2 Server creates a worklist item within SharePoint on the user's worklist. Once this worklist item is actioned, it must be deleted from the worklist and the next worklist item created within SharePoint. The issue revolved around the K2 process payload that is passed to SharePoint, where the K2 Server has already created the next worklist item, however the corresponding item in SharePoint has not yet been creat

Hotfix: An error occurs in SmartObjects of the InfoPath Reporting functions

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:48:03 GMT

An error occurs after deploying a InfoPathClientEvent Event Instance in the GetList method of a Process Reporting SmartObject.

Special Characters change value unexpectedly

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:47:43 GMT

The unexpected outcome occurs at run time when the value of a data field, which contains special characters changes between when the process instance is active and when the process instance is completed. Before the process instance completes the value in the data or XML field are correct, but once the process instance is completed and a report is viewed the final value changes to ?????.

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.1.470)

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:47:15 GMT

KB000470 updates all K2 blackpoint 0902 version 4.9040.1.0 installations with latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpoint 0902 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: K2 Web Designer Notifications not being sent

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:46:43 GMT

An InfoPath process designed in the K2 Web Designer does not send notifications when selecting the notifications check box.

Hotfix: When deploying a Web Designer process that is using an InfoPath form, the deployment sometimes fails. The Cabinet file is then created in the default folders which results in deployment errors

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:45:33 GMT

When using an InfoPath form in a Web Designer process and trying to deploy, the system will try to locate the MOSS Application Pool's Application Data\Temp folder. It will then uncab and recap the InfoPath form in this folder. Sometimes this call fails and causes the default folders to be used which results in deployment errors.

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.2.470) File Versions

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:44:50 GMT

K2 blackpoint 0902 Update (4.9040.2.470) File Versions.pdf

Hotfix: InfoPath integration causes the Client Event InfoPath form to be reloaded

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:44:38 GMT

In certain environments the InfoPath integration causes the K2 Client Event InfoPath form to be reloaded from its Microsoft SharePoint location when attaching an attachment.

Hotfix: Web Designer in managed path subsite gives error when trying to activate

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:43:16 GMT

When creating a document library in a Subsite of the managed path and then trying to activate the Web Designer an error is generated.

Hotfix: Experiencing time out problems on an ad-hoc basis when opening the Process Portal site

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:42:22 GMT

Experiencing time out problems on an ad-hoc basis when opening the Process Portal site. Multiple calls are being made to the K2 Server to retrieve the same set of results.

Hotfix: A "No connection" error occurs when trying to access the K2 View Flow

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:41:37 GMT

When trying to open the K2 View Flow using K2 blackpoint 0902 from either a worklist or process portal an error is displayed.

Hotfix: Multiple Reference Event Wizard issues experienced in K2 Studio

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:31:05 GMT

In K2 blackpoint, multiple issues were experienced in the Reference Event Wizard in K2 Studio. This hotfix addresses those issues.

Hotfix: After installing MOSS SP2, SharePoint Integration tasks are not created for the second and subsequent client events

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:30:27 GMT

When using SharePoint Integration and more than one client event is used, only the task for the first client event is created after installing MOSS SP2. No tasks are created for the subsequent client events

Hotfix: An object reference error occurs in K2 Management Console and SmartObject Service

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:28:49 GMT

An object reference error occurs in both the K2 Management Console and SmartObject Service when a user tries to open a sub site from the site collection area.

Hotfix: Out of Office error occurs when searching for users

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:27:33 GMT

The Out Of Office interface returns a “Subquery returned more than 1 value” Database Error when searching for a user.

Hotfix: K2 Process Portal and SharePoint Site Usage Reports

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:26:39 GMT

When attempting to view SharePoint Site Usage Reports on K2 Process Portal Site Collection an error is encountered. This error occurs as SharePoint is using Report Viewer 2005 and K2 blackpoint is using Report Viewer 2008.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.515) File Versions

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:28:57 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.515) File Versions

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.515)

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:28:43 GMT

KB000515 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed in the article. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: Worklist item cannot be redirected to an account on a domain with similar naming

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:28:28 GMT

When a user attempts to redirect a work list item to a user whose identity belongs to a domain with a name that is very similar to the current domain, the worklist item is not redirected but remains on the current user’s worklist.

Hotfix: "K2 Events Integration" page needs Farm Admin rights to change settings on site level

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:28:15 GMT

The K2 Events Integration site requires that the logged on user have Farm Admin rights to make changes. When the user does not have these rights, an "Object Reference not set to an instance of an object" error is received.

KB000505 File Names and Versions

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:26:31 GMT

List of files and their versions contained in the KB000505 updtae

Module 09: BizTalk 2004 Integration

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:27:17 GMT

Module 09 : BizTalk 2004 Integration

Module 08: InfoPath and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Integration

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:31 GMT

Module 08: InfoPath and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Integration

Module 07: Developing against the K2.net 2003 Object Model

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:24 GMT

Module 07 : Developing against the K2.net 2003 Object Model

Module 06: Managing servers and processes with the K2.net 2003 Service Manager

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:16 GMT

Module 06: The K2.net Service Manager

Module 05: Intermediate Workflow design using K2.net 2003

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:10 GMT

Module 05: Intermediate Workflow design using K2.net 2003

Module 04: The K2.net Workspace

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:02 GMT

Module 04 : The K2.net Workspace

Module 03: Basic Workflow design using K2.net 2003

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:25:55 GMT

Module 03 : Basic Workflow design using K2.net 2003

Module 02: Introduction to K2.net 2003

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:25:35 GMT

Module 02: Introduction to K2.net 2003

Module 00: Course Introduction

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:25:13 GMT

Module 00: Course Introduction

Module 01: Electronic Workflow Fundamentals

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:24:36 GMT

Module 01: Electronic Workflow Fundamentals

Developing Enterprise Workflow Solutions using K2.net 2003

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:59:11 GMT

The "Developing Enterprise Workflow Solutions using K2.net 2003" training course is comprised of eight modules, with a mix of live demonstrations and hands-on labs.

How to Search for K2 Content

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:26:07 GMT

Learn how to effectively search for K2 content, including how to use RSS feeds and Search Connectors.

K2 General Help

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:04:30 GMT

K2 General Help

Hotfix: Unable to compare values that are not of the same type

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:32:51 GMT

When a comparison is performed between two data fields that may be of the same type, an exception is thrown.

Hotfix: Group name containing an apostrophe causes SQL memory error

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:26:29 GMT

Group name containing an apostrophe (') causes SQL Queries to break and runs up the memory usage on the server.

Hotfix: K2 Configuration Manager terminates with a FileNotFoundException on the page where you select the Web site for K2 Workspace

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:05:34 GMT

When installing the K2 Configuration Manager it terminates with a FileNotFoundException:Microsoft.Web.Administration exception on the page where you select the website for K2 Workspace

Hotfix: Incorrect Database Permissions results in excessive memory usage

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:05:05 GMT

When a SQL Script is run, in this instance K2ServerAlter.sql and the user does not have the correct permissons, this results in excess memory usage by the K2 Server

Hotfix: Worklist Item Release error when the item is assigned to a Group which is set not to resolve to users

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:35:45 GMT

An error occurs when attempting to release a worklist item from K2 Management Console if the worklist item is sent using a group as the destination user

Hotfix: When redirecting from a group to a user in K2 Workspace Management Console an error occurs

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:35:12 GMT

When upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) or installing K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.3.0) the redirect option from groups not resolving in the K2 Management Console > Worklists will cause an error when trying to redirect the group item to a user.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.505)

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update KB000505

K2 blackpearl User Guide

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:43:43 GMT

K2 blackpearl User Guide

K2 blackpoint User Guide

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:42:07 GMT

K2 blackpoint User Guide

K2 connect for SAP User Guide

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:42:02 GMT

K2 connect for SAP User Guide

K2 connect 101

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:05:37 GMT

K2 connect 101 Training Course

K2 blackpoint Fundamentals

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:05:11 GMT

K2 blackpoint Fundamentals Training Course

K2 blackpearl 101

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:04:34 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Training Course

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 15: SharePoint Administration

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:09:29 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 15: SharePoint Administration

K2.net 2003 KB articles

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:04:36 GMT

K2.net 2003 KB Article list

K2 connect KB articles

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:59:44 GMT

K2 connect KB Article list

K2 blackpoint KB articles

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:58:58 GMT

K2 blackpoint KB Article list

K2 blackpearl KB articles

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:31:02 GMT

K2 blackpearl KB Article list

Search Connectors

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:05:47 GMT

Download for search connectors for Bing, K2.com, K2 Underground, MSDN and Wikipedia

KB000174: Combined Tasklist (MOSS 2007

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:28:01 GMT

KB000174: Combined Tasklist (MOSS 2007 & K2.net 2003) v1.0

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.450) File Versions

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:53:23 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.450) File Versions

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.495) File Versions

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:44:30 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.495) File Versions

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.3.483) File Versions

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:07:06 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.3.483) File Versions

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.495)

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

KB000495 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: When running database scripts a Timeout error occurs

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When upgrading an existing K2 environment and running the database scripts a timeout error occurs after 10 minutes and the retry will be attempted 3 times before terminating.

Hotfix: ‘Could not locate entry in sysdatabases’ - Database Script Errors when upgrading

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When an upgrade is performed, and the initial installation is K2 blackpearl 0807 + KB000370 and K2 blackpearl + KB000450 is used for the upgrade, database script errors may be encountered.

K2 connect 101 Module 5: Putting it all Together

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:35:44 GMT

K2 connect 101 Module 5: Putting it all Together

K2 connect 101 Module 4: Building with K2 connect

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:33:01 GMT

K2 connect 101 Module 4: Building with K2 connect

K2 connect 101 Module 3: Digging into K2 connect

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:30:27 GMT

K2 connect 101 Module 3: Digging into K2 connect

K2 connect 101 Module 2: Introduction to SmartObjects and Service Objects

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:27:41 GMT

K2 connect 101 Module 2: Introduction to SmartObjects and Service Objects

K2 connect 101 Module 1: Introduction to K2 connect

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:25:28 GMT

K2 connect 101 Module 1: Introduction to K2 connect

Hotfix: Type Flat Data Fields are not updated when the direction parameter is set to IN/OUT

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When in SAP a data parameter is marked as optional, this does not neccesarily mean that the data field is not required and can be ignored. The data field may be a required parameter for another field when passed into SAP.

Known Issue: Issue experienced when modifying K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.3.0) with Updates

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An issue has been identified when the Update KB000483 is installed on K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.3.0). The update functionality is correct, however, if a new component needs to be added or modified and the original K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.3.0) setup.exe is run the installer will prevent you from adding the new component. This issue is only experienced on a machine installed with both the full version and the update.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.x.483)

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

KB000483 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.2.450 and 4.8210.3.0 installations with the latest product hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: After applying KB000450, the Uninstall from Add/Remove Programs shows the incorrect version message

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After installing K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) KB000450 into an existing K2 blackpearl 0807 environment and then trying to uninstall K2 blackpearl, the application will show an incompatible version message. This message prevents the completion of the uninstall process.

Module 4: Maintain

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:26:28 GMT

Module 4: Maintain

Module 5: Extend

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:24:48 GMT

Module 5: Extend

Module 6: You Try It

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:23:02 GMT

Module 6: You Try It

Module 3: Build

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:10:47 GMT

Module 3: Build

Module 2: Model

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:06:30 GMT

Module 2: Model

Module 1: Understand

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:01:56 GMT

Module 1: Understand

Module 0: Course Introduction

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:59:17 GMT

Module 0: Course Introduction

Hotfix: An unexpected result occurs when deleting a Process Instance from Management Console

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When deleting an Process Instance from the Management Console, it does not completely remove the log entries. After deleting the Process Instance, it still displays when you open a Report.

Hotfix: K2 Server ceases to function correctly when LIM API is used to change process version number

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An error occurs when attempting to action a worklist item if the worklist item is sent using a group as the destination user. If sent directly to an individual user it can be released successfully from Management Console.

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 00: Course Roadmap

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:14:41 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 0: Course Roadmap

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 26: Delivering K2 Information in SharePoint (BDC)

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:11:32 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 26: Delivering K2 Information in SharePoint (BDC)

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 25: SharePoint Content Management - Publishing

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:08:51 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 25: SharePoint Content Management - Publishing

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 24: SharePoint Content Management - Event Integration

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:06:22 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 24: SharePoint Content Management - Event Integration

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 23: SharePoint Content Management - Records Management

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:03:06 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 23: SharePoint Content Management - Records Management

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 22: SharePoint Content Management - Search Results in Processes

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:36:11 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 22: SharePoint Content Management - Search Results in Processes

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 21: SharePoint Content Management - Documents and List Items

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:13:12 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 21: SharePoint Content Management - Documents and List Items

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 20: SharePoint Content Management - Workflow Integration

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:10:11 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 20: SharePoint Content Management - Workflow Integration

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 19: SharePoint Content Management

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:08:02 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 19: SharePoint Content Management

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 18: SharePoint Administration - User Management

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:42:27 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 18: SharePoint Administration - User Management

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 17: SharePoint Administration - Lists and Libraries

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:38:32 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 17: SharePoint Administration - Lists and Libraries

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 16: SharePoint Administration - Sites and Workspaces

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:31:44 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 16: SharePoint Administration - Sites and Workspaces

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 09: K2 Workspace Reporting

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:24:43 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 9: K2 Workspace Reporting

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 08: K2 Worklist

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:24:10 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 8: K2 Worklist

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 07: K2 Workspace Management Console

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:23:39 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 7: K2 Workspace Management Console

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 06: K2 Workspace

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:23:10 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 6: K2 Workspace

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 05: Using the K2 Designer for Visual Studio

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:22:13 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 5: Using the K2 Designer for Visual Studio

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 04: About the K2 Designer for Visual Studio

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:21:31 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 4: About the K2 Designer for Visual Studio

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 03: SmartObjects

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:20:59 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 3: SmartObjects

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 02: K2 Building Blocks

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:20:28 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 2: K2 Building Blocks

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 01: K2 Fundamentals

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:19:57 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 1: K2 Fundamentals

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 14: InfoPath

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:19:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 14: InfoPath

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 13: Collaborative Process Design

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:16:30 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 13: Collaborative Process Design

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 12: K2 Designer for Visio

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:14:18 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 12: K2 Designer for Visio

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 11: K2 Web Designer

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:11:14 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 11: K2 Web Designer

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 10: K2 Workspace Notifications

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:07:14 GMT

K2 blackpearl 101 Module 10: K2 Workspace Notifications

Hotfix: A Database Timeout error occurs when upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) or (4.8210.3.0)

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Database Timeout error occurs when upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) or (4.8210.3.0). This error is dependant on a combination of factors such as the Database size and certain indexes and will not necessarily be experienced on every upgrade.

Hotfix: An error occurs in K2 Rules that evaluates Boolean fields to 0 and 1

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After upgrading to KB000450 an error occurs in all K2 Rules (Line Rule, Succeeding Rules, Preceding Rules, Start and Finish Rules) which evaluates Boolean fields to 0 and 1.

Hotfix: Errors received when delegating a workitem

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) with running instances two issues are encountered with Delegation. All new instances started after the upgrade can be succesfully delegated.

Hotfix: After upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) or (4.8210.3.0) some OOB reports might be empty or the View Flow may not display correctly

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.450) or (4.8210.3.0) some of the OOB (Out of the Box) Reports might be empty. The problem is a result of logging of instances, as new instances are started new versions need to be logged. After upgrading the existing process versions did not get logged resulting in OOB Reports data being empty for process instances prior to the upgrade.

Hotfix: A K2 Mail Event error occurs when the Active Directory account contains Unicode (non-English) characters

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This error occurs during run-time in the K2 Mail Event, when the Active Directory account contains non-English characters.

Hotfix: Assembly appears to have lost its strong name and signature

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Assemblies appear to have lost their signature and the .NET Framework stong-named utility appears to be delay-signed. However, the public key token for the assembly is correct. This occurs between the assembly being loaded and exported out to the file system.

Hotfix: Consolidated fixes around workflow server execution specific to error repairing, retry, goto and workflow server cluster communication

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This hotfix includes specific issues involving the workflow server execution regarding error repairing, retry, goto, workflow server cluster communication and deadlocks.

Hotfix: The Client Email Event and Escalation returns errors when using a group as a email address

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using a Client Email Event or an Escalation with a group email address, errors are returned. This happens because the values returned are not delimited.

Hotfix: Error occurs when sending an email to an Active Directory group

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After upgrading the K2 Server from 0803 to 0807, a process error occurs when the process instance is routed to an Active Directory group for approval. Specifically, no one in the Active Directory group gets assigned as an approver.

Hotfix: Error occurs in a K2 process using an InfoPath form with a DataConnection based on a WCF Service

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Adding a DataConnection based on a Windows Communication Foundation service to an InfoPath form results in an error when configuring the InfoPath Process Wizard in K2 Designer for Visual Studio.

Hotfix: K2 Web Designer cannot open when using sub sites in SharePoint

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This error occurs during design time when a new site is created within a sub site containing a Document Library. The Web Designer for this Document Library cannot open.

Hotfix: SharePoint home page does not load when K2 database is down

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

On the SharePoint home page the K2 Worklist web part does not load when the K2 database server is offline. This occurs when the K2 Worklist web part does not “timeout” when it can’t reach the K2 database. This makes the SharePoint sites unusable when there is an issue with the K2 databases, making the K2 databases critical for usability of SharePoint as a whole.

Hotfix: WorklistCriteriaFilter does not return the first Worklist item of a collection

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using a SourceCode.Workflow.Management.Criteria.WorklistCriteriaFilter in WorkflowManagementServer.GetWorklistItems(), the first Worklist item of the collection is not returned.

Hotfix: A SharePoint Service Instance registration error occurs when only WSS is installed

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A SmartObjectServer Exception error may occur during runtime in any of of the following locations: K2 Workspace, K2 Servicebroker and or K2 Management, when only WSS (Windows SharePoint Services) is installed on a machine.

Hotfix: Resolving Users for Active Directory Security Groups

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Users may experience extended delays when attempting to access their worklists when AD (Active Directory) structures are complex, and within systems that include multi domain environments.

Hotfix: An Escalation error occurs when migrating from K2.net 2003 to K2 blackpearl

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When a project is migrated/exported from K2.net 2003 and certain K2 contexts like the EscalationRuleContext and/or the EscalationActionContext are used to refer back to the containing ActivityInstance object, an "’ActivityInstance’ is not a member of ’SourceCode.KO.EscalationRuleContext’" exception may occur.

Hotfix: Timeout Expired Message when Searching a Large List of Process Instances

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When searching a large list of process instances in K2 Workspace Management Console - Manage Process Instances page (approximately 100 or more), an error may occur giving a 'timeout expired' message indicating that there are no pool connections available

Hotfix: K2 Workflow Server Changes

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

KB000428 resolves a number of K2 Server issues and includes previous hotfixes, the details are listed below:

Hotfix: IPC "Invalid Archive Type" error

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When executing asynchronous / synchronous IPC processes using K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.2.370) the parent processes starts, and completes the client event but does not continue on to the IPC event. An “Invalid archive type” error occurs when trying to access the IPC events.

Hotfix: ’NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS’ logon failure (SQL) from the Dependency Server on deployment

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

K2 passes the "NT Authority / Anonymous" logon credentials when it accesses the database server when you deploy and a dependency should be removed. When removing the dependency the error occurs.

Hotfix: Error occurs on Process instances and Manage All Process Instances screens in K2 Management Console

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Process instances and the Manage All Process Instances screens in K2 Management Console> Workflow Server> Processes are inaccessible and an error stating "Error: Could not load the grid: Failed to return Process Instance Data Table: Column 'ProdID' does not belong to table."

Hotfix: Consolidated run-time memory enhancements

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This hotfix addresses numerous memory and state issues experienced in K2 blackpearl 0807 4.8210.1.x, K2 blackpearl 0807 4.8210.2.0, K2 blackpearl 0807 with KB000370. Most of the fixes for the memory usage improvements are on the K2 Host Server (K2 Server) as all of the hosted servers run inside Host Server. The only exception are fixes made on the SmartObject Server which will effectively improve the memory usage on the SQL Server.

Hotfix: Workflow.xml definition file on child SharePoint Web Front End is malformed

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Hotfix: Referenced Assemblies not being included

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When a K2 Designer for Visual Studio project is deployed using the deployment package, assemblies referenced in the project are not referenced correctly or are not copied and included in with the deployed package.

Hotfix: InfoPath attachment causes the K2 Host Server to use large amounts of memory

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An InfoPath attachment causes the K2 Host Server to use large amounts of memory. In addition to this, after the process has finished executing, the server memory does not return to the same levels than before the InfoPath process was started.

Hotfix: An error occurs when deploying a K2 Web Designer process

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When deploying a K2 Web Workflow process a "Forms source has not been set correctly" error occurs.

Hotfix: Receiving Archive buffer overflow error when trying to add additional Out of Office users

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When trying to add additional Out of Office users through the UI or API, an Archive buffer overflow error is received

Hotfix: The XOML file for a Succeeding Rule is disconnected from the CS file

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When trying to reach the XOML or CS for a succeeding rule a red exclamation mark is presented, indicating that the XOML has been diconnected from the CS file.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.450)

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

KB000450 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.1.x and 4.8210.2.0 installations with latest product patches and hotfixes, as detailed in the article. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32-bit and 64-bit installations.

Hotfix: K2 connect Issues with SAP Direction property

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Custom functions mapped to a BAPI where the direction parameter has been set to In/Out results in the return structure, which indicates the result of method execution to be blank

Hotfix: The SmartObject “Load” method is not releasing/re-using SQL Connections

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Timeout Expired error occurs in K2 Workspace when more than 200 instances is started simultaneously.The SmartBroker database connection pool is not re-used and starts running into timeouts.

Hotfix: SmartObjectException error caused by a SmartObject List Method accompanied by increased SQL Server Memory Usage

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Excessive SQL Server memory usage may occur when executing high volumes of list methods on K2 blackpearl SmartObjects. A ’SourceCode.SmartObjects.Client.SmartObjectException’ error may also occur, requiring a re-boot of the server.

Hotfix: When using SharePoint Workflow Integration, duplicate values appear in the Worklist item notification email link

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using SharePoint Workflow Integration in a K2 process the site name is duplicated in the URL in the notification email link and when opening the worklist item from K2 Workspace.

Hotfix: User Role Manager causes Database connection/connectivity errors

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When a process contains a role with many users (in excess of 500 users) this results in a K2 Server memory leak within Role Caching. The error surfaces in the K2 Server console stating "Error 1 Login failed for user ’NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON’.

Hotfix: InfoPath integration causes the Client Event InfoPath form to be reloaded

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In certain environments the InfoPath integration causes the Client Event InfoPath form to be reloaded from its SharePoint location when attaching an attachment.

Hotfix: After installing MOSS SP2, SharePoint Integration tasks are not created for the second and subsequent client events

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Hotfix: Single Label Domain reports error when searching for individual users

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When individual users are searched for, an error is returned for a single label domain.

Hotfix: The Before URL and After URL are missing in the SharePoint Event Integration process causing the XML building process to fail

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In certain circumstances when designing a SharePoint Events process within a list the before and after URL are missing this in turn causes the XML building process to fail.

Hotfix: Event Instances Report in the Process Overview Report shows events that belong to another activity

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using the Activity Instance Report or the Process Overview Report in the Out of Box Reports in K2 Workspace the activities reported on are incorrect and reflect the data of a different activity or event.

Hotfix: Searching for users in K2 Workspace returns users with the wrong domain prefix

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using Multidomains in the same forest, occasionally the incorrect domain prefix is returned when searching for users in K2 Workspace.

Hotfix: Browser Enabled forms render as XML when "InfoPath, Web browser if InfoPath not available" is selected

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using InfoPath Forms Services and selecting the option "InfoPath, Web browser when InfoPath is not available", the form is rendered as XML when opening the action in K2 Workspace and neither K2 for Visual Studio nor InfoPath is available.

Hotfix: Activity Instances Destinations Report in the Process Overview Report shows incorrect activity name

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using the Activity Instances Destinations Report in the Process Overview Report of the Out of Box Reports in K2 Workspace, the data summary may incorrectly reflect the activity name for a different activity in the process.

Hotfix: The value of the “AllocatedUser” property (on an OpenWorkListItem method call), is not returned correctly

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

There is a known issue related to the K2 blackpearl 0807 update KB000350 and KB000370 that when the OpenWorklistItem method is invoked, the WorklistItem’s AllocatedUser property has a null value

Hotfix: Duplicated destination user in Activity Instance Destination Report

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

There is a known issue related to the K2 blackpearl 0807 update KB000370 that when there are two parallel activities (Activity B and Activity C), both with a single destination user and both with Client Events where only Activity B is instantiated (because the line rule to Activity C is invalid (1=0)) then and error occurs in the Activity Instance Destinations report from Activity B which incorrectly shows two lines with the same user.

Hotfix: An exception occurs when completing an asynchronous server event by calling the Update or Finish method from an external application

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An exception occurs when completing an asynchronous server event by calling the Update or Finish method from an external application.

Hotfix: Loading a record with a SmartObject date property that is empty causes a "Specified cast is not valid" error

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using the SmartObject Event Wizard to replicate datafields and one of the SmartObject properties is of Date/Time type, a "cast" error will occur if this source SmartObject property is left empty.

Hotfix: Unable to retrieve column data from a system library in SharePoint using Process Event Integration

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The error message detailed below occurs in conjunction with the SharePoint Process Integration Wizard at run time. The individual checks a page back in from a SharePoint document library either an Item Checkin or an Item Update action (This error may persist for other event actions). As soon as the action is attempted, the process goes into error.

Hotfix: Shared Activity Level Datafields will revert to default values when the client event is instantiated

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Activtiy Level Datafields that are shared, will revert to their default / initial values when a Client Event is instantiated.

Hotfix: Object Reference error when an Escalation on an Activity is moved to a new process version by Error Repair

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An Object Reference error may occur after using the Error Repair tool on a process that has escalations configured for activities within the process. Once the Error Repair tool has moved the the process instance in error onto a new version of the process, the activity escalations in the process instance and the new process definition do not match.

Hotfix: The returned XML for a SharePoint user(s) is not fully formed if they have minimal permissions available when working within SharePoint

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The returned XML for a SharePoint user(s) is not fully formed if they have minimal permissions available when working within SharePoint.

Hotfix: Intermittent error in SharePoint when moving documents to a Records Center

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Intermittent errors may occur on the SharePoint Web Frontend when a K2 process attempts to move a document to the SharePoint Records Center. These errors can, however, be successfully repaired by re-trying them from the Management Console.

Hotfix: K2 Migration Utility becomes unresponsive on "List InfoPath Documents" page

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

While running the K2 Environment Migration Utlility the application encounters a problem and stops responding while attempting to retrieve the List of InfoPath Documents. No error message is displayed to the user.

Hotfix: Release Worklist Item Using the K2 blackpearl API does not work as expected

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When the Administrator, or user with the appropriate rights attempts to release a worklist item when the destination was a user group using the SourceCode.Workflow.Management.WorkflowManagementServer.ReleaseWorklistItem, an exception occurs stating that the worklist item is not found

Hotfix: K2 Designer for Visual Studio is unable to compile a project that contains a K2.net 2003 Artifact(s)

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When K2.net 2003 artifacts are imported or used in a K2 designer for Visual Studio project and later the user attempts to deploy the process, K2 designer for Visual Studio is unable to compile the K2.net 2003 Artifacts.

Hotfix: Error occurs when opening an InfoPath Client Event

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using InfoPath Workflow integration and Forms Services it will not open the InfoPath client events if the user opening them does not have at least contributor rights.

Hotfix: Multiple users opening connections that call the Impersonate method increase execution times with every new concurrent connection

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When multiple users open connections that use the Impersonate method on a K2 Connection, the execution times increase with every new concurrent connection.

Hotfix: Issue with Notification Event Designer

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

If a notification is edited that contains Worklist Item URL data fields. The notification e-mail will be sent when the notification event is fired but the Worklist Item URL will not populate correctly with the runtime data. Re-opening the edited notification in the Notification Event Designer shows a blank e-mail body.

Hotfix: When using IPC processes and data from the child process should be returned to the parent process, the data is not retrieved

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When using IPC processes and sending and/or receiving information between processes, errors may occur intermittently due to data not being send through from the child process back to the parent process. Various memory, performance and threading enhancements have been made to the K2 Server, IPC's and Escalations.

Hotfix: K2.net 2003 ServerItem Not Found post migration

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After migrating from K2.net 2003, processes which included a Asynchronous Server events throw an error

Hotfix: Error occurs when the "Active Directory Service 2" is invoked with 1500 or more process instances

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

There is a known issue related to the K2 blackpearl 0807 update KB000370 that when the "Active Directory Service 2" is invoked with 1500 or more process instances it will throw an “Out Of Memory” error.

Hotfix: InOut Parameters not returned correctly for a K2 connect custom method

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A K2 connect ServiceObject which includes a custom method, does not handle InOut Mappings correctly

Only use security groups when assigning user rights

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When the setting OnlyUseSecurityGroups is set to TRUE existing processes that have non security groups with process rights will encounter errors resolving users at run time.

Hotfix: After installing MOSS SP2, SharePoint Integration tasks are not created for the second and subsequent client events

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Understanding how to add Process Portal Site Templates to non-english SharePoint servers

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This document describes the necessary steps in K2 blackpoint on how to add the Process Portal site template to a non-english installation of SharePoint (both MOSS and Windows SharePoint Server).

K2 software Hardware Virtualization Software Support Policy

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The use of hardware virtualization software allows you to run multiple operating system instances at the same time on the same hardware (single computer).

K2 software Hardware Load Balancer Support Policy

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The use of hardware load balancers allows you to run multiple K2 Servers and/or Web Front Ends as if they were one point of entry. This KB describes the SourceCode support policy for K2 software running on hardware load balancers.

Troubleshooting Errors with DTC Caused by Duplicate CIDs in K2 blackpearl and K2 blackpoint

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is a component of Microsoft Windows that is responsible for coordinating transactions that span multiple resource managers in a clustered environment. Errors may occur when duplicate CIDs exist in the same environment, or where virtual machines have been used to add capacity to an environment.

All K2 components must be the same release version

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

K2 products are released as full installation packages and when necessary hotfixes or updates are released. Each release has a specific version number for each component which corresponds with the specific K2 products version. It is important to ensure that when installing or updating a distributed install that all the K2 components are installed and have the same version number.

Hotfix: Error received when trying to activate the K2 Workflow Integration Content Type feature

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When installing K2 blackpoint 0902 (4.9040.1.0) using WSS an error occurs when trying to activate the K2 Features.

Understanding Integrating Client Events with SharePoint Workflow

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When working with SharePoint Workflow Client Events there are three types of forms: Basic Forms : Includes the comments and actions for the approver, no data fields. Advanced Forms : Allows you to include XML and Process Data fields on the user task form. Custom Forms : Allows you to customize the form in Visual Studio, no access to the API but allows for look and feel and ADO.NET provider access to SmartObjects.

K2 blackpearl Performance Testing White Paper

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In order to evaluate the performance of a K2 environment, guidance in this document can be used for customers to set up their own performance testing. Actual K2 performance can vary greatly across environments and scenarios due to variable hardware and network configurations, as well as the types of business solutions developed and technologies with which K2 blackpearl is integrated.

K2 connect for SAP - NLB Configuration Workaround

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

K2 connect for SAP - NLB Configuration Workaround

Workaround: K2 Connect for SAP - NLB Cluster Workaround Configuration

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Existing users of K2 connect for SAP may want to extend the capabilities of their envionment by clustering the K2 connect servers. Since this functionality is not fully supported in the current release, a workaround has been devised to facilitate this.

Known Issue: Custom Reporting Services component not visible

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After installing K2 blackpoint 0902 (4.9040.1.0) the SOURCECODE data source in Visual Studio required for designing custom reports is missing.

Unsupported K2 product upgrades

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.1.x and 4.8210.2.0) and K2 blackpoint 0902 (4.9040.1.0) are standalone products that currently cannot be upgraded or installed side by side. There are plans to provide the capability of a full upgrade from K2 blackpoint 0902 to K2 blackpeal in the next version release of K2 blackpearl. However, K2 blackpoint and K2 blackpearl cannot run side by side on the same machines.

Known Issue: K2 Designer for Visual Studio is unable to compile a project that contains a K2.net 2003 Artifact(s)

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An error occurs where two server entries are present in the _ServerTable and the one server is no longer valid

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Where two server entries are present in the _ServerTable; The Host Server that is running, will try to connect to the other server entry. If this server is no longer valid, the entry should be manually removed. The Running flag in the _ServerTable will be updated by the server corresponding to the name in the ServerName column. This flag is only an indication if the server is running. It therefore cannot be used to disable a server.

SSO Error after K2 blackpearl Configuration Manager is run

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Error occurs after re running the K2 blackpearl Configuration Manager and user authenticates using SSO

How to cache credentials for K2 connect for SAP Security Labels

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

K2 connect for SAP requires that a second set of user credentials be cached in association with the user's primary identity. This article provides high level technical information on the options available to the developer and how they can be implemented along with a technical discussion of how the authentication procedure works for K2 connect for SAP.

Known Issue: Loading a record with a SmartObject date property that is empty causes a "Specified cast is not valid" error

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Known Issue: An exception occurs when completing an asynchronous server event by calling the Update or Finish method from an external application

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An exception occurs when completing an asynchronous server event by calling the Finish method from an external application.

Known Issue: The value of the “AllocatedUser” property (on an OpenWorkListItem method call), is not returned correctly

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When the OpenWorklistItem method is invoked, the WorklistItem’s AllocatedUser property has a null value.

Known Issue: Role Cache performance

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After installing K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.370) and utilizing the Role Caching capabilities, a performance related issue may occur when multiple threads attempt to resolve a role that has been marked as cacheable simultaneously.

Hotfix: Status not changing from available to open

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The status of the worklist item does not change once opened.

Hotfix: Environment Context Menu

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The drop-down menus are inconsistent between K2 Designer for Visual Studio and K2 Designer for Visio

Hotfix: K2 Designer for Visio Drag and Drop functionality from the K2 Object Browser not working

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Drag and drop functionality in K2 Designer for Visio does not function when a user attempts to drag a selected item from the K2 Object Browser.

Hotfix: K2 Role Cache

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This feature enhancement enables the system to cache K2 Roles and the role properties local to the K2 Host Server Database. This article will describe how to add the roles to the database and then configure the refresh rate of the Role Cache.

Hotfix: A DELETE query using SQL-like syntax with the K2 ADO.NET provider returns an error

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An error occurs when performing a SQL-like DELETE query when using the K2 ADO.NET Provider. Using synax like: "DELETE from SmartObject WHERE SO_Column=’xyz’" or "DELETE from SmartObject WHERE SO_KEY_Column=5" will currently fail.

Hotfix: Event Integration deployment package only deploys using the original environment settings

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The deployment package incorrectly deploys Event Integrations only to the original environment used in K2 Designer for Visual Studio when the workflow was created instead of to the environment selected by the Evironment parameter of msbuild. Therefore, any Enviroment Library settings (variables selected from the context browser) are not correctly deployed to another environments.

Hotfix: Issues with the Activity's Expected Duration setting

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When using minute values in the expected duration setting of an activity, the expected duration value is not persisted into the project krpx file. This intermitantly affects the hour and day values as well. If the project does build succesfully with a 1 minute value, the 1 minute value is incorrectly deployed as 60 minutes instead of 60 seconds.

Hotfix: Report error occurs when using an empty DateTime data field

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In K2 Workspace, a ‘SqlDateTime overflow’ error occurs when trying to run a report on a ‘Workflow Reporting SmartObject’ process list method containing an empty DateTime data field. This occurs when the Initial value 'Is Empty Date' checkbox was checked when the process data field was created in K2 Designer for Visual Studio.

Hotfix: K2 Server stops responding and needs to be restarted regularly

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The K2 Server is running at 50% utilization, causing workflow and SmartObject performance issues. The service also takes a long time to stop after it has been running for a while – causing the LSASS.exe service to spike just after the K2HosterServer.exe completes.

Hotfix: K2 Worklist item can be opened via the Outlook mail notification even though all slots have been allocated

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When enabling the Send Mail Notification option in a K2 Designer for Visual Studio Client Event, the user can still open a K2 Worklist item even though all the slots have been allocated for the specific process instance.

Hotfix: Error when adding a new K2 Worklist filter within the K2 Worklist webpart on a SharePoint collaboration site

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If the K2 Worklist webpart is used on a SharePoint collaboration site and the current page view is Shared View and the SharePoint page is not checked out, adding or modifying K2 Worklist filters results in a SharePoint error.

Hotfix: When using the K2 ADO.NET provider and inserting a NULL/Empty string, the NULL value does not persist in the SmartBox table

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When using the K2 ADO.NET provider to update a SmartBox SmartObject record with a blank string, null, or string.empty, the empty value does not persist in the SmartBox table.

Hotfix: Spelling mistakes within the Authoring API: SchedAuth.Schedule property

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When using the Authoring API, specifically the SchedAuth.Schedule property, the following words were misspelled. 'saterday' should read 'saturday', 'Recurence' should read 'Recurrence', and 'Occurences' should read 'Occurrences'.

Hotfix: Actioning a K2 Worklist item after a Release method call does not set the SlotID correctly in the K2 Server Log SQL database

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When using code to Release a K2 Worklist item and then Action that same item, the wrong user is displayed as the actioner of the K2 Worklist item. This is due to the SlotID table in the K2 Server Log SQL database not being set correctly when using the code to perform these specific actions.

Hotfix: Preceding rule does not resolve as expected

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When a number of IPC (Inter Process Communication) child processes are instantiated and then the results are later consolidated in the same parent process, the Preceding rule does not evaluate as expected.

Hotfix: When there are eight or more Events within an Activity the Events do not start sequentially

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After installing K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.350) an error may occur when using more than eight events within an activity. The events will not execute / instantiate sequentially, ignoring the order defined within the K2 Process.

Hotfix: Out of Memory

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

K2 Designer for Visual Studio may encounter an out of memory exception error.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.370)

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

KB000370 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.1.x and 4.8210.2.0 installations with latest product patches and hotfixes, as detailed below. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32bit and 64bit installations.

Known Issue: When there are more than eight Events within an Activity the Events do not start sequentially

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After installing K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.350) an error may occur when using more than eight events within an activity. The events will not execute/instantiate sequentially, ignoring the order defined within the K2 Process.

Known Issue: Goto Activity issue with an IPC process in error

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In K2 Workspace, when using the Goto Activity function in the K2 Management Console -> Workflow Server -> Processes -> Instances options with an IPC event that is in Error status, the process finishes but the process instance remains active.

Hotfix: Class Not Registered error displays when activating the K2 Web Designer

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A “Class not registered” error may occur on a K2 System when a Non Windows OS system is connected to an NLB cluster (i.e. a Linux Mail server). This is caused by the K2 Web Designer activation trying to create a virtual directory on the Non Windows OS system.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.350)

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

KB000350 updates all K2 blackpearl 0807 version 4.8210.1.x and 4.8210.2.0 installations with latest product patches and hotfixes - find more details in the article. The installer will update K2 blackpearl 0807 32bit and 64bit installations.

Hotfix: An AD User name that is longer than 25 characters cannot be found using the K2 Workspace Search feature

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

searching for AD User names that are longer than 25 characters in K2 Workspace returned no results.

Hotfix: The Licensing page within License Management displays incorrect License types

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Licensing page within the License Management nodes of Management Console in K2 Workspace may display an incorrect SKU license type.

Hotfix: The K2 Server is unable to resolve users from groups when multiple group names contain the "\@" character

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The K2 Server is unable to retrieve users from groups when multiple group names contain the "\@" character. Therefore, for a process that can be started by users from a group that has a name containing the "\@" character, on a system that has other groups that contain the "\@" character, the K2 Server is unable to resolve users and returns a "[User] does not have rights to Start [Process]" error.

Hotfix: Changes to SmartBox Properties of a SmartObject are not saved

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When editing SmartBox properties in the Advanced Mode settings of a K2 SmartObject, the changes are not saved. The 'flagged as changed' indicator asterix also does not show in the K2 Designer for Visual Studio file name tab.

Hotfix: Using a Yes/No filter on the GetList method in MOSS does not return a True value

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When running a Yes/No filter on a GetList method in MOSS, the SharePoint Document Service Broker does not return a True value. Using true/false or 1/0 properties were also affected.

Hotfix: Placing Workspace Landing page Under high loads causes InvalidOperationException and then ObjectDisposedException

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When 100 or more users simultatiously access the K2 Workspace landing page an 'HTTP Error 500 - Internal server error' starts to be thrown for a few random users. The frequency of the error will depend on the load of the server and the length of time the server has been under a high load.

Hotfix: The Out of Office page in Management Console does not display in IE6

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When using MS Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and SP2 an issue occurs in K2 Workspace when opening the Out of Office user management page in the Management Console - a blank page is displayed. The Out of Office code is present, however, as it may be seen by selecting View Source in the browser.

Hotfix: Unable to rename outcomes due to an error caused by mathematical expressions in Line Rules

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An error may occur when using mathematical statements within process line rules. When the error occurs, the developer is unable to edit outcomes on activities whose line rules contain the mathematical statement.

Hotfix: The Outcome rule configuration screen does not have the mathematical drop-down box for repeating elements

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the Outcome Rule configuration screen of a Client Event the mathematical functions (sum/average/count) drop-down is missing in the First and Second Variables.

Hotfix: The Process Management tool did not call the RepairIPCError method for a process instance IPC error

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If an error occurs when an IPC event starts, the parent process will go into an error state. Examining the error in the ErrorLog shows that the error occurred with IPCSend. When the process instance is opened with the process management tool in K2 for Visual Studio the process management tool does not call the RepairIPCError method for repairing the error but will instead open the process KPRX.

Hotfix: Out of Office rule was ignored

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If K2 blackpearl had Out of Office users set and KB000330 was then installed, the Out of Office rule was ignored and the Out of Office users' workitems were returned to their K2 worklist.

Hotfix: Users can’t open OOF shared tasks from the K2 Worklist Web part

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If UserA enables Out Of Office so that their worklist items are shared with UserB, when UserB opens one of the shared worklist items from Workspace the URL includes the "SharedUser" querystring parameter. However, when the worklist item is opened from the Worklist Webpart in K2 for SharePoint, the "SharedUser" querystring parameter is NOT included in the url. A Worklist Item not Found error will occur.

How to associate and disassociate a K2 Process with a SharePoint Library

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Describes how to associate and disassociate K2 blackpearl processes with SharePoint libraries

K2 blackpearl Best Practices

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A whitepaper containing advice and instructions for choosing, designing, deploying and maintaining process-driven applications with K2 blackpearl.

Known Issue: Update Installer Errors

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Upgrading K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.1.0) to KB000320, and then applying KB000330 will cause the Configuration Manager to fail - Workaround provided. Upgrading a K2 for SharePoint ( MOSS or WSS ) on a 64-Bit environment to KB000330 will cause an error during setup.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Feature and Functionality Changes

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A description of feature and functionality changes introduced with K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.x.x), including an overview of Out of Office (OOF) features, InfoPath temporary file changes, project system changes, debugging and memory enhancements. Future updates to this document may be made to this document so be sure to check back or watch the blackpearl RSS feed. Last updated November 12th, 2008.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Feature and Functionality Changes

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

White Paper: K2 blackpearl 0807 Feature and Functionality Changes

Known Issue: Out of Office rule ignored

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Known Issue: If K2 blackpearl has Out of Office users set and KB000330 is installed, the Out of Office rule is ignored and the Out of Office users' workitems are returned to their K2 worklist.

Special Characters not allowed in K2 Artifact Names

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A list of characters that cannot be used in naming various K2 artifacts, including processes, SmartObjects, reports and notifications.

Hotfix: Setting breakpoints for debugging in K2 blackpearl 0807

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Hotfix for an issue which causes breakpoints set in K2 Designer for Visual Studio to be incorrectly set and therefore and ignored.

Hotfix: IPC Failed to Start, no child process called

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

IPC calls fail to load the Child process for IPC process redeployed in a new environment

Hotfix: Selecting data from XML Fields

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When selecting data from XML fields at run time, unexpected behaviour was encountered where the node was part of a repeating group. Null vales were encountered if the attribute had a name space.

Hotfix: Error on K2 SharePoint Tab

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If you have more than one SharePoint Central Admin site the AdminResource.resx does not get installed on each of these sites and you then receive the "Unknown error" when clicking on the K2 for SharePoint tab.

Hotfix: K2 Worklist performance enhancements for K2 blackpearl 0807

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The K2 Worklist may experience a long delay before worklist items are displayed.

Hotfix: Process start error when referencing an assembly stored in a path relative to the K2 Project

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After updating a process in Visual Studio with a web reference and deploying it, the following error occurs because the dll referenced for the web service is missing: "Could not load file or assembly ’[assembly name], Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."

Hotfix: Executing An Update Action On A K2 Worklist Item Will Not Update The Process Instance

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When executing an action without opening the worklist item using the K2 API, the process data fields do not get updated.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.330)

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.330) updates K2 blackpearl 0807 4.8210.1.x and 4.8210.2.0 with all the 0807 patches and hotfixes. See article for more details.

K2 blackpearl and .NET Framework 3.5

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

About working with a client or server computer on which the .NET framework 3.5 is installed.

Updating Values within a K2 Process Instance

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When updating values (i.e. a data field) of a process instance without completing the process in pre-0807 releases of K2 blackpearl it was possible to use the [WorkListItem].[ProcessInstance].Update() method for all users. In K2 blackpearl 0807 this method now requires a user with process Admin rights. The recommended way to update values of a process instance without completing it is to use the Actions["UpdateWorkItem"].Execute() method.

How to modify the Notification Mail Template

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How to describing the steps to configure the Notification Mail Template

Getting Simultaneous Approvals from Both Named Users and Roles

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In certain approval scenarios, you wish to have the client event approved by all specified named users and also approved by at least one user in a role.

K2 blackpearl 0807 and custom security providers

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Custom assemblies need to be signed and registered in the K2 Database for the K2 Server to load them at startup.

K2 Archiving

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl utilizes a number of databases for its operational requirements. Over time and with operational use, these databases will increase in size. Since K2 blackpearl retains data that is both current and historical, eventually it is the data of historical value that ends up occupying space in the active K2 databases and the SQL Server.

Hotfix: Error occurs on SmartObject properties of DateTime type when set as return property

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If the SmartObject property is of DateTime type and set as a return and not an input property an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." may occur.

Hotfix: Valid SharePoint Site URL not accepted in the SharePoint Events Process Wizard

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When building a K2 process in K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.1.x) the SharePoint Events Process wizard will not accepted a valid SharePoint URL and the user is prompted to specify the SharePoint site URL even though it was already correctly filled in with the value stored in the Environment Library for the SharePoint service. The result is an error and the wizard configuration cannot be completed.

Hotfix: Special Characters Error in a User Search in K2 Designer for Visual Studio

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This patch fixes an error that may occur when searching for a User using the search option in K2 Designer for Visual Studio.

Hotfix: Using InfoPath with Form Services causes an error

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If there were any running instances when upgrading to K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.2810.1.x or 4.2810.2.0) or if existing K2 processes that were integrated with InfoPath using form services were not updated by selecting Update Design Template in K2 Designer for Visual Studio an error may occur when the worklist item is opened.

K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.320)

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

KB000320 updates K2 blackpearl 0807 4.8210.1.x and 4.8210.2.0 with the all the released 0807 related patches

Hotfix: K2 Worklist disturbs the page layout for the K2 Web Part

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The error occurs from within SharePoint while the developer is creating the layout for a user page. The K2 Worklist disturbs the page layout for the K2 Webpart.

Process Debugging Workaround for K2 blackpearl 0807

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This article provides a workaround for developers who need to debug custom code from K2 Server events in K2 blackpearl 0807.

K2 Host Server Logging

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl has a unified logging framework. This allows any subcomponent of K2 to log information to the same location, leveraging a single mechanism and eliminating the need for extra code and overhead. This article discusses the available Host Server logging options, how to configure them, and performance considerations for their use.

K2 Auditing and Logging

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

K2 Auditing and Logging Technical brief

Hotfix: Error in OOF when adding a User to Forward List

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Implementations of K2 blackpearl 0807 4.2810.1.0 and K2 blackpearl 0807 4.2810.1.1 may experience a known issue when attempting to locate or search for users using the Select users to add to the forward all list

Hotfix: Error when using a K2 Process with a Document View Enabled

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This patch deals with an error that occurs when opening a K2 Process in K2 Designer for Visual Studio that has document view enabled and was created in a pre 0807 K2 blackpearl release.

Hotfix: The Event Instance Report Causes an OutOfMemory Exception

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Running the Event Instance Report in K2 Workspace will cause an OutOfMemory exception on a system that has a high volume of process instances

Hotfix: Exception when an InfoPath form calls a SmartObject's load method

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An exception is thrown when an InfoPath form calls a SmartObject's load method.

Hotfix: Active Directory Query Locks Server and Returns No Results

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This patch deals with an issue related to the search functionality of Active Directory in K2 Workspace.

Hotfix: InfoPath Form opens in InfoPath Client instead of Forms Services

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This patch deals with two InfoPath issues: Worklist items that use SharePoint InfoPath Forms Services will not open in the browser and prompt for the InfoPath client to open the item when opened from K2 Workspace. If an existing InfoPath Integration process in K2 blackpearl 0803 is configured to deploy to network location and you upgrade to K2 blackpearl 0807, an error occurs when attempting to open the worklist item in K2 Workspace.

AD Service Objects available in K2 blackpearl 0807

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In K2 blackpearl RTM, SP1 and 0803 an AD Service was installed as a standard service object accessible through the user tab in K2 Object Browser or in the Management Console. In K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.0.0) the AD Service has been rewritten to accommodate new requirements regarding Active Directory and a new AD Service2 added to blackpearl.

Monitoring the K2 blackpearl Environment

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This document contains an overview of the recommended performance monitoring options for monitoring K2 blackpearl environments as well as some additional useful counters and their descriptions. As there is a very wide scope in system counters to choose for variants of systems and applications, this document is aimed at pointing out the most useful counters for monitoring a typical K2 blackpearl installation.

How to configure Internet Options to avoid "401" and "Value cannot be null” errors when using K2 Designers

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Visual Studio 2005 relies on the settings in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser to properly contact any service or site. Errors can typically be resolved by modifying the Internet options settings in the browser installed on the machine being used to develop your solutions.

BDC Issue With Caching Configuration on the Autogenerated Web Service

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The current builds of K2 blackpearl have a known issue with the SharePoint BDC integration. At the most basic level there is an issue with caching configuration on the autogenerated web service. This issue will be addressed in future releases of K2 blackpearl. This KB provides a manual workaround to correct the auto generated code in the BDC SmartObject web service.

Hotfix: Migration Utility

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This patch will upgrade the K2 blackpearl databases and the following assemblies in such a way that the K2.net 2003 processes will run correctly. This patch is only required for K2.net 2003 - K2 blackpearl migration.

K2 Web Designer Fails to Display

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

K2 Web Designer is successfully installed and activated on the MOSS server. It appears under the Settings menu of document libraries on the MOSS site in question. When you attempt to use the Web Designer, however, a blank page is displayed.

K2 2003 worklist web part unusable after installing 0803

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Upgrading the K2 blackpearl installation to the 0803 release introduced an error that resulted in the K2.net 2003 web part from being unable to function

Security Management in K2 blackpearl Workspace

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How to configure security in K2 Workspace.

How to use Asynchronous Server Events in K2 blackpearl

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes how to configure and complete asynchronous server events using K2 blackpearl.

How to change the domain where K2 resides

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If it is necessary to change the domain where K2 is installed, it is also necessary to manually modify the Authentication and Role Provider information stored in the K2 databases.

Installing the Microsoft "Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP" prerequisite

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The "Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP" download from the Microsoft updates site is no longer available due to the release of the 3.5 version.

Troubleshooting the "Please install Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005 SP1 to view reports" Error

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This article provides troubleshooting steps for dealing with the “Please install Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005 SP1 to view reports” error when attempting to view one of the out of the box reports in K2 Workspace.

Updates applied to SQL 2005 require reconfiguration of K2 for Reporting Services

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If you apply updates to SQL server 2005, K2 reports will stop working. Re-running Configuration Manager will be necessary to re-register the SourceCode data extension.

K2 Service Broker on Heterogeneous Install Paths

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If running K2 in a Farm, and all farm nodes are not installed to the same drive path, K2 Service Broker will fail to function properly.

Data Connection String Issue with UDCX Files and InfoPath

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An error occurs when accessing data sources using UDCX data connections within a K2 integrated Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 form.

Seemingly random 401 errors in load balanced SharePoint, Workspace, SSRS and K2 server environments

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl requires that the NLB persistence type is set to IP Affinity. Seemingly random 401 authentication issues occur when using Cookie Affinity or any other non IP Affinity setting.

Server Farm configuration fails due to FQDN validation issue

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An error occurs during a K2 Server Farm configuration of K2 blackpearl 0803 when the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for the server farm does not include the FQDN of the domain.

K2 for Visual Studio issue when Microsoft Windows is installed to a non “C:” drive location

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An error occurs when opening Microsoft Visual Studio after upgrading K2 blackpearl RTM or SP1 to K2 blackpearl 0803 if the Microsoft Windows installation is located on a drive location other than “C:”.

Previous release of the K2 SDK documentation is not uninstalled

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When upgrading previous installations of K2 blackpearl to the K2 blackpearl 0803 (4.8075.1.0) release, the previous version of the K2 blackpearl SDK is not removed.

Clipboard Copy Issue when using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A problem occasionally occurs when code that places data on the clipboard is run within a Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC). An exception is raised stating that there was a problem with the clipboard (OpenClipboard Failed).

Hotfix: K2 blackpearl 0803 (4.8075.1.0) upgrade disables the K2 for Visio Component

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This KB article deals with issues experienced in Microsoft Office Visio 2007 when upgrading K2 blackpearl RTM or SP1 to K2 blackpearl 0803 (4.8075.1.0). These issues prevent a user from activating and utilizing the K2 Designer for Visio functionality. This article will describe the issues involved, and how to resolve the issue by running the update package.

BDC Directory incorrect or not found when used with Internationalization (Worldwide English)

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When creating a BDC application in SharePoint Central Administration on some non-English operating systems, an error is displayed as the directory "common files" does not exist. The reason for the error is that the hidden list in SharePoint has an attribute "BDCDir" which holds the path for the installed BDC components. The path on the non-English operating system will refer to "common files" which may be incorrect.

Dropdown List Box Options Not Visible

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In certain instances the dropdown list box options on K2 Designer screens, such as the Add New Field screen, are displayed behind the main window. The dropdown list is unable to be displayed correctly and the user will have difficulty in selecting a value.

SmartObject GUID Synchronization

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In K2 blackpearl SP1 when a process is deployed it can auto generate process SmartObjects. If these SmartObjects already exist when deploying, K2 saves the GUIDs for the SmartObjects, and if not it creates new GUIDs. When the deployment packages that create the process and the SmartObjects are relocated to another environment and deployed within the new environment, an error will occur.

MOSS Workflow Failed to Start

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Processes deployed to a SharePoint site collection fail to start, and this is reported in the Workflow History under Description.

SharePoint System Account Usage

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Using the SharePoint System (AppPool) account with a K2 SharePoint Integrated Process is unsupported in K2 blackpearl. This includes SharePoint Integrated Processes designed with K2 Web Designer for SharePoint, K2 Designer for Visual Studio, and K2 for Visio.

How to uninstall K2 blackpearl

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

There may be cases where you will need to uninstall K2 blackpearl. This article will help walk you through the steps on how to successfully uninstall K2 blackpearl.

Running a report on dd MMM yyyy date range causes an error

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Using a custom date format (i.e., dd MMM yyyy) when running a report in K2 Workspace will cause an error. The error will occur on standalone and or/distributed installations when the end user changes a report date to a custom format and runs the report.

Timeout errors occur when retrieving workflow process instances in Management Console

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When retrieving large volumes of data (i.e., a large number of process instances) via the Management Tools in K2 Workspace, the following error may be received: "Timeout Expired: The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in use and max pool size was reached".

Server Rights Required by K2 blackpearl Accounts

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The System Account Requirements topic in the Getting Started guide recommends the K2 Service account be granted "Local Administrator" rights on the server where K2 blackpearl is installed. These rights are necessary for a K2 installation to function and are detailed in this KB article. These rights can be individually granted to a non-Administrator account when a security policy requires stricter security on application service accounts.

About K2 blackpearl Working Hours

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In K2 blackpearl with Service Pack 1, escalations based on a working hour zone is limited to the zone configured for the activity. If destination users do not reside in the same working hours zone as the one configured for the activity, they may receive escalations outside of their normal working hours.

How to change MSMQ Queues for the EventBus

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The K2 blackpearl EventBus uses Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) for storage of messages sent from the K2 Host Server. Typically, the destination queue is a local queue on a server. Client applications send messages to the destination queue on the server computer (in this case the server computer can also be referred to as the target computer), and the server applications process the messages after they arrive.

.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 causes K2 blackpearl Server to fail

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

If you install the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, K2 blackpearl Server may cause an access violation and quit.

How to Change InfoPath Submit Parameters

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

When submitting an InfoPath form, users may receive the following: "An error occurred while the form was being submitted". Although this error appears and gives the impression that a process was not submitted, on the server side a process may be started. This error occurs because the InfoPath form has a time out value for the Web Service to respond. The Web Service may still be processing the form data and may create a process instance.

How to view K2 blackpearl Reports in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Reporting information can be easily displayed to users that are connecting to a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server (MOSS) 2007 web site. This is done by using the Reporting Services web parts. This article will describe the steps necessary to display the workflow reports to users by making use of these web parts.

How to set Internet Explorer Security Settings for InfoPath Forms

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

When submitting or accessing InfoPath forms via a browser, clients may experience security based issues when loading or interacting with the InfoPath form. Even when suitable network and security permission have been provided, some client machines may still run into issues. This can be caused by improper settings in the security settings of the browser.

KB000192-LookupProjectFiles

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

SmartObject Lookup Sample Project Files (KB000192)

InfoPath Design Considerations

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

special consideration is required when using a single InfoPath document in multiple workflow processes. This document is intended to explain the design considerations required to successfully implement an InfoPath workflow solution that uses a single form with multiple views in in two processes.

How to add a 3rd party server to the Event Bus

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A 3rd party server (such as SAP or Salesforce) can be added to the Notification Event structure. This allows the execution of events on these 3rd party servers to be recorded and the appropriate notification generated from the Event database.

How to use the K2 ADO.NET Data Provider SerialNumber Parameter

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The ADO.NET provider plays an integral role in the K2 platform. It provides developers with many levels of customization options, at both the process and user interaction levels.

How to use a SmartObject as a Lookup Object with Data Level Security

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl allows the user to enable data level access when two or more SmartObjects are associated with each other. This feature provides the flexibility for Administrators to either enable or restrict access to SmartObjects. The developer must however be aware that certain settings must be enabled before this functionality can be used.

How to extend the standard reports with Reporting Services

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The K2 Platform utilizes Report Definition Language (RDL) files to import Reports created in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 into the K2 Workspace Report Designer and to export reports created within the Report Designer to Visual Studio. Standard Reports consist of pre-defined reports that provide status and statistical data on workflow processes. This example shows how to extend the standard reports with Reporting Services.

How to register a Security Provider

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl allows for multiple security providers to be used for authentication purposes. This allows a customer’s security provider to be modified when business requirements change, or to allow for multiple security providers for use with K2 Host Server.

How to use Custom Events in a Process

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl supports the use of custom events within a workflow process using the K2 Designer for Visual Studio. The custom event may be defined using .NET code or Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) objects.

How to programmatically get/set K2 Actions from ASP.NET

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

K2 blackpearl introduces the new concept of Actions and Outcomes. When a Client Event is part of a process, the process designer can create a list of possible choices for the destination user of the task. These choices are called Actions.

Troubleshooting a deployment build failure

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Occasionally when deploying a process, the build will fail with numerous errors. These errors may relate to missing namespaces or missing definitions for rules or extender projects.

Troubleshooting K2 Designer for Visio Integration

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The K2 Designer for Visio is a process designer built on top of Microsoft Office Visio 2007. If the K2 Designer for Visio does not appear in Visio after installing the K2 product, there are several steps to check to get the K2 Designer for Visio working properly.

KB000186-Sample Security Provider

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Sample Security Provider (KB000186)

Combining Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and K2.net 2003 tasks

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

This example will demonstrate how to combine task lists created in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) with the standard Worklist provided by K2.net. The consolidated view is just for illustration purposes and can easily be customized for new implementations.

K2.net 2003 with InfoPath 2007 and InfoPath 2007 Forms Services

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The article is a walkthrough of how to setup the various items required to configure InfoPath 2007 client-enabled forms as well as InfoPath Forms Services 2007 web-enabled forms within a K2.net 2003 process.

Info Path & locked Schemas UNABLE TO ACCESS THE FILE (401 on the doc attachment control)

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

By default, any InfoPath form created from an XSD schema will be considered locked. However, by adding to the XSD any element attribute, InfoPath will allow additional elements to be added to the data structure.

Calling a K2.net Collaboration Tools Workflow from a Custom Workflow without using SharePoint Event Handling

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article will explore how to call a standard K2.net 2003 Collaboration Tools for Microsoft SharePoint Products & Technologies Workflow process from a custom workflow process, without using Microsoft SharePoint event handling, by means of an Inter Process Call (IPC).

KB000151 Download

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

KB000151 Download

How do I Install CDO (Collaboration Data Objects)?

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The following steps demonstrate how to install CDO as a component of Outlook using a Windows XP machine.

How to add Collaboration Tools functionality to additional Sharepoint site or list templates

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Collaboration Tools offers additional functionality to users of Windows Sharepoint Services and Sharepoint Portal Server, allowing them to create ad-hoc document centric workflows without any code. This document will show you how to add links to additional non-standard templates, or foreign language templates, that you may have running on your SharePoint installation.

Database location change procedure

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In certain scenarios the location of the SQL database where the K2 and K2Log databases were installed may change, e.g. customers may want to scale their solution. This article will guide the users to components that need to be reconfigured.

Minimum Permissions required for the K2.net Server service account

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In a high security environment, it is not always possible to give the K2.net Server service account local administrator rights. This article details the minimal permissions that the service account requires on the local server.

K2.net 2003 Process Design best practices

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Improper design practices can limit the success of any solution. As such it is imperative to understand factors that should be factored into any K2.net development project in order to ensure proper system performance and scalability.

How to use a string table value in a destination rule for deployment across environments

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In order to avoid getting an error that reads 'The number of installed licenses for K2.net 2003 has been exceeded'; you will need to allow for the limitations of the 10 user development license. K2.net developers can do this by creating mock groups in their development environments that are designed to only ever have 10 test users in them.

How K2.net 2003 Server evaluates NULs (Named User Licenses)

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article will help K2.net administrators and developers better understand the conditions affecting their K2.net 2003 Named User License (NUL) systems.

Execution of a K2 InfoPath Process Integrated with SharePoint

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article provides a detailed explanation of the communication flow and interaction with the components involved in the execution of a K2.net 2003 InfoPath process that integrates with Microsoft SharePoint.

K2.net 2003 Development Interfaces Overview

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The goal of this article is to highlight the differences between the different K2.net development interfaces and provide some example scenarios of how they can be used.

Troubleshooting 401 unauthorized errors from the Workspace

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The purpose of this article is to help diagnose and resolve 401 errors for the K2.net 2003 or blackpearl Workspace when the K2 Workspace components and the K2 Server components are installed on a single server.

How to Manage Exception Handling in K2.net 2003 with SP4

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The new error logging framework for K2.net 2003 with SP 4 changes the format in which errors are generated by the K2.net 2003 Server. As a result, existing system may be affected when upgrading to the latest service packs from versions prior to K2.net 2003 with SP4.

Store Object in K2.net 2003 Data Field

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This KB article details how an object of any type may be stored within an Activity or Process Data Field within a K2.net 2003 Process without having to serialize the object to XML.

Configure K2.net 2003 Workspace Web Service to use Integrated Security

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In most production environments having user credentials in clear text is considered a security risk. This article will elaborate on how to configure K2.net Workspace web service to use Integrated Security when connecting to the K2 databases to retrieve data for the Workspace reports.

Renaming or Duplicating K2.net Processes and Projects

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article details how to rename or copy an existing process or project.

Calling a .NET assembly from COM by placing the K2Rom.dll in a COM wrapper

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This document describes how to place the K2Rom.dll in a COM wrapper and then to call the DLL from a COM based application written in VB6.

K2.net 2003 InfoPath Process document caching

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

“This form was created with a new version of the form template. InfoPath cannot find the new version. Do you want to open with the older version?”

KB000100 Download

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

KB000100 Download

“parsing EntityName” error during the execution of an InfoPath client event that integrates with SharePoint

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The error “An error occurred while parsing EntitiyName” will occur during the execution of an InfoPath process when the process name contains the '&' character and the client event is configured to update a SharePoint task list.

Evaluating checkout status of SharePoint documents

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This document describes how to check whether a document in a SharePoint shared document library is checked out before downloading the document.

How to change from using SQLUM back to using ADUM

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to change from using the SQL user manager (SQLUM) back to using the default Active Directory User Manager (ADUM).

K2.net 2003 with SP3 Upgrade: Allocating Permissions to groups using the “Group name (pre-Windows 2000)”

Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

After upgrading an existing K2.net 2003 Installation to K2.net 2003 with SP3, some users and / or users in groups may be unable to start or view processes.

.NET Framework 2.0 design considerations and expected behavior

Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article discusses the expected behavior of .NET 2.0 assemblies referenced in K2.net 2003. This article applies to assemblies referenced from the GAC and the file system.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Preparation

Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article discusses the necessary preparation required before upgrading an existing Microsoft SQL Server 2000 environment to Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Configuration for K2.net 2003 to run on a specific version of the .NET Framework

Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article discusses the necessary steps required to configure the K2.net environment to run on a specific versions of the Microsoft .NET framework

Create single Activity Instance for Queue

Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

K2.net 2003 with SP3 introduces an enhancement around Destination Queue user management at runtime. Currently in K2.net we have scenarios where Destination Queues resolve to large number of users creating a huge overhead on K2.net Server having to manage the activity instances representing the worklist items.

Best Practices for general K2.net implementations, re-installs, and integrated components

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This document is intended to give a consolidated list of information contained in various K2.net resources: Online resources (Microsoft sites, K2.net KnowledgeBase, K2.net Forum, FAQs, and other technical discussion groups), trends and experience from K2.net support teams, and scenarios encountered in the field by K2.net training teams and consultants.

Input string was not in correct format

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

When you open the K2.net® 2003 Workspace and you click on “Worklist” you will sometimes see the error “Input string was not in correct format” (Error 1.0) Follow the instructions on how to fix the problem.

404 – Page cannot be found on ASPX files

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

After installation, when trying to browse the K2.net 2003 Workspace a HTTP 404 – File not found error is displayed in the browser.

K2.net 2003 – Data on Demand explained

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This document aims to explain the concept behind Data on Demand, including best practices.

Collaboration Tools: Users cannot be added

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The article describes how to resolve a network authorization error.

KB000141 Download

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

KB000141 Download

KB000144 Download

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

KB000144 Download

K2.net Collaboration Tools Custom Action

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Article describes how to create and deploy a Custom Action for K2.net Collaboration Tools.

Basic Guide to enabling a K2.net® 2003 Implementation to use Kerberos Authentication

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Kerberos authentication is a form of Windows Authentication that allows delegation of credentials through multiple application layers and across multiple servers – unlike NTLM, which will pass user credentials through one layer only. Therefore, if you have set up K2.net 2003, IIS and other 3rd party applications on multiple servers and need to pass user credentials throughout, you will have to make sure Kerberos authentication is working.

K2.net® 2003 Scalability, Clustering and Sizing

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This document is intended to provide an overview of what type of clustering K2.net® 2003 supports. At this point in time K2.net® 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) is the latest version and is not cluster aware, it will however; fully support Network Load Balancing (NLB). There are two types of clustering: MSCS (Microsoft Clustering Services) – which K2.net® does NOT support NLB (Network Load Balancing) – which K2.net® does support

Deploying K2.net InfoPath processes between environments

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes the deployment issues with the K2.net InfoPath process settings that are stored in process data fields. It also provides a step-by-step guide to follow when deploying K2.net InfoPath solutions between environments.

How To: Add rules that control the submission of InfoPath forms to K2

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article walks through the process of adding rules to the submission behavior of an InfoPath form so as to allow a form variable determine whether the form gets saved to a SharePoint Form Library or submitted to K2.

Stored User Account Preventing Anonymous Access to IIS

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Stored User Account Preventing Anonymous Access to IIS Using K2.net 2003 with custom user manager application. HTTP Status 401: Unauthorized error occurs.

How to enable logging for K2 Server

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to enable the trace file for K2 server

K2.net Portal License Key Requests - Requesting and Managing K2.net Server License Keys

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This document discusses the methods K2.net customers can use to manage their K2.net server licenses, including obtaining, updating, and troubleshooting issues surrounding K2.net license keys. This document is intended only as a summary of K2.net licensing information described in more details in other documentation and resources.

KB000128 Download

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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KB000101 Download

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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How To Monitor File System Activity With FileMon

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

How to monitor file activity with SysInternal's “FileMon” utility. Important Note: This document is only intended to be an overview of how to use the FileMon utility and how it can be used in supporting K2.net systems. Please consult Microsoft documentation for information related to the FileMon utility.

How to monitor Registry activity with RegMon

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

How to monitor Registry activity with SysInternal's “RegMon” utility. Important Note: This document is only intended to be an overview of how to use the RegMon utility and how it can be used in supporting K2.net systems. Please consult Microsoft documentation for information related to the RegMon utility.

When using a server event to expire an activity, any subsequent events in the same activity are not expired

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

When using a server event with a K2.ExpireActivity('EventName') in code, events following the server event in the same activity are not expired. This document explains how to work around the issue.

Starting K2.net 2003 from Kofax Ascent 6.1 Release Script

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This document covers starting a K2.net process from Kofax Ascent 6.1 Release scripts using the K2Rom.dll (placed in a COM wrapper) from the COM dll TextRel.dll found in Kofax. For this article, the TextRell.dll was modified to include a section to start a K2.net 2003 process.

File access causes 'A database error occurred'

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

“A database error occurred” exception/message can be caused by insufficient file system access rights for the user context that the K2.net 2003 Server runs as.

An exception occurs when trying to resolve an Active Directory Group to users in K2.net™ Studio, or “An Activity with a client event should at least have one destination” error is shown in the K2.net™ 2003 Service Manager

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This article highlights a known issue when resolving User names from Active Directory if special characters are contained in the username or the user’s group or organizational unit. This issue may be experienced as an “Unknown Error” in K2.net™ 2003 Studio, or an “An Activity with a client event should at least have one destination” error in K2.net™ 2003 Server

K2.net 2003 SharePoint Process Wizard XML Fields

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The following article explains the use of the XML Field created by the SharePoint Process Wizard.

Expanding the visible View Flow area in the K2.net 2003 Workspace

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

When the default size of the canvas in K2.net 2003 Studio is enlarged, the whole of a workflow may no longer be visible within the K2.net 2003 Workspace’s View Flow. This article explains how to modify the View Flow in order to set the window the same as the K2.net 2003 Studio canvas area.

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Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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How to Strongly Name prebuilt assemblies

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

What do you do if you need to apply a strong name to an assembly that was provided, already compiled, to you and you don't have the source?

No image displayed after clicking the “View Flow” link from the Workspace

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

After clicking the link to “View Flow” from the workspace a blank report page is displayed.

How to modify the folio field for an InfoPath 2003 process

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This document outlines how to set the folio field for an InfoPath 2003 process after you have already run through the InfoPath Process wizard in K2.net Studio.

Installation Exception

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

A specific installation exception (installation error) when trying to move from the components installation screen to the K2.net® database specification screen and the method of working around it.

“An unexpected error has occurred. Click here to refresh the Workspace. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator for assistance.”

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This error may occur in K2.net™ 2003 Workspace or when accessing a K2.net™ 2003 Smart form

“User cannot be found error” from an InfoPath process

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

You may receive a “User cannot be found error” from an InfoPath process that is configured to update a SharePoint task list. To resolve this issue the destination user of the client event must be given explicit permissions to the SharePoint site where the task list is located.

System.NullReferenceException when opening K2.net 2003 Studio

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains the steps to take in the event of a “System.NullReferenceException has occurred in K2Studio.exe” error message. This can appear when opening the K2.net 2003 Studio application.

Deleting Temporary Files from SharePoint

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

A new feature introduced in Service Pack 2a allows K2 Server to be configured to retry the deleting of temporary files in SPS. The feature was introduced in order to deal with occurences where SharePoint locks documents for a time, even if they are not open.

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Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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Upgrade to SP2a Error: “Please insert the disk: 1”

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The information applies to when using the ISO image to upgrade to K2.net 2003 with SP2a is in progress and the installer generates the error “Please insert the disk: 1”.

Password Best Practices and Troubleshooting

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Article discusses password best practices and how to resolve K2 Portal login issues

K2.net 2003 running on Windows 2003 Server SP1

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

With the final release of Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1, and the high customer uptake rate expected, it is imperative that the expected impact on K2.net 2003 systems be clarified.

K2.net 2003 System Requirements

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

System requirements for installing K2.net 2003

ASCII character substitution when using the K2.net SharePoint client event to upload documents to SharePoint

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT

When the SharePoint 2003 Document Event Template is used to upload documents to SharePoint and an XML Field is used as the source for document to be uploaded, then characters with an ASCII value above 128 will be replaced by a question mark character [?]. This is because the code generated by the SharePoint 2003 Document Server Event Template uses ASCII encoding.

“Service Unavailable” error when browsing to a site hosted in IIS 6.0

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

When browsing to a site hosted in IIS 6.0 you may receive a “Service Unavailable” error. The cause for this issue can be an application pool identity that is not a member of the IIS worker process security group.

Hot-fix for CMS Client Event that inadvertently triggers additional K2 Process instances to be generated

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

A CMS client event submit will cause any workflow that improperly triggers on a CMS submit to launch another process instance.

“Page can not be initialized. The worklist item either does not exist or has already been completed” error from SmartForm application plan page

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

You may receive a “Page can not be initialized. The worklist item either does not exist or has already been completed” error message when viewing a SmartForm application plan page.

“Object not a collection” error while installing K2.net BizTalk components

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The K2.net Studio and Server BizTalk components require that the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Tools be installed. The “Object not a collection” error will occur if the installation requirements are not satisfied.

K2's Content Management Server install causes reboot loop

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

There is a known problem with K2 CMS components where a reboot will cause the MSI installer to fire each boot cycle.

The 'Everyone' AD group cannot be used to assign process permissions in K2.net

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The 'Everyone' Active Directory group cannot be used in the K2 service manager to assign process permissions. The 'Domain User' group should be used instead.

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation error from K2 SharePoint Process Wizard

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

You may encounter the error, 'Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation', during the third step of the K2 .net 2003 Share Point process wizard.

How to set up the InfoPathService web service to run under a SharePoint site

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

In some cases there may be the requirement to run the InfoPathService web service under a SharePoint site in IIS. This article guides the user to perform the correct steps as well as provides the type of error messages that can be expected if it is not done correctly or not done at all. Helps specifically to resolve the error: The SOAP response indicates that an error occurred on the server: System.Security.SecurityException: Security Error.

K2.net Workspace – An Error Has Occurred

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The K2.net Workspace reports an error when a user enters the web site.

How to fix the following error: “This InfoPath document contains K2 functionality that was created by a previous version of K2.net and could not be upgraded properly.”

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

When an InfoPath document that was used by older versions of K2.net 2003, (prior to SP1a), is refreshed or used again in the newer versions of K2.net 2003, (SP1a and later), an error is displayed when the K2 InfoPath process wizard tries to upgrade the file after the user has made changes to certain sections in the JavaScript for the InfoPath document.

Known issue: K2.net® 2003 Studio starts with the following error 'System.Xml.Exception'

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

When starting up K2.net 2003 Studio, it crashes after the splash screen with the error: “An exception 'System.Xml.Exception' has occurred in K2Studio.exe”.

SharePoint portal Site's tree view list does not resolve during the SharePoint process wizard

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT

An error occurs when browsing your SharePoint portal site's tree view list during the SharePoint process wizard. This error only occurs when SharePoint server is running on a separate server machine to that of K2.net 2003 Server.

How to add custom error messages in a K2.net® 2003 Smartforms project

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to add custom error handling in a K2.net 2003 Smartforms project. This can be illustrated by capturing the “All Worklist items have been allocated” exception.

K2.net™ 2003 Database Security

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT

K2.net 2003 Server uses Microsoft SQL Server as its private data store. The data store is made up of 2 physical databases, the transaction runtime database (K2 by default) and the log database (K2Log by default). The following article discusses the security architecture between the various K2.net 2003 components and databases.

Setting the audit values during initiation of a K2.net™ process

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

When changes are made to the originally submitted data, the process values change to show the new values, and an entry is made in the data audit facility. However, there is no record of what the initial data values were. Read on to find out how to show these initial data values in the audit trail.

How to enable cross-network communication with Kerberos on a K2.net™ 2003 Server

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to enable cross-network communication with Kerberos on a K2.net™ 2003 Server.

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Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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Viewing event code for running processes

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This application will allow you to view the event code for a specified client or server event in a running process.

Setting activity destinations when the destination users are not known

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to create an activity with a 'placeholder' destination user for scenarios where the destination user for an activity is not known at design-time - or when users need to 'pull' items from a shared Worklist.

How to easily create an XSLT definition to display XML fields in the K2.net® 2003 Workspace for achieving enhanced reporting

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article demonstrates how one can easily create an XSLT definition to display XML data fields in the K2.net 2003 Workspace, by using Microsoft InfoPath.

How to troubleshoot the following error when trying to open the K2.net™ 2003 Workspace: 'Unverifiable assembly 'K2CSC' failed policy check'

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

When you have Windows Sharepoint Services and K2.net™ 2003 Workspace in Internet Information Services (IIS) installed on the same port, you will experience the following error: 'Unverifiable assembly 'K2CSC' failed policy check'

Running K2.net™ 2003 Server code in 'Debug' mode

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to run K2.net™ 2003 Server code in 'Debug' mode using Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET.

Enabling SQL Server Transaction Support from K2.net™ 2003 Studio

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes the steps involved for enabling K2.net™ 2003 Studio to use Transaction Processing on a SQL Server database.

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Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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Updating or editing your K2.net™ 2003 Server License key

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes the updating or editing of your K2.net™ 2003 Server License key.

How to create your own SharePoint Workspace template for using with K2.net™ 2003 Studio Templates

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to use a custom Microsoft® SharePoint Template to create workspaces in the InfoPath and SharePoint K2.net™ 2003 Studio Templates.

How to perform debugging of an ASP.NET application that runs in the same site as Microsoft® SharePoint

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to perform debugging of an ASP.NET application that runs in the same site as Microsoft® SharePoint.

Configuring K2.net™ 2003 Workspace to run on the same IIS site as SharePoint

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to configure the K2.net™ 2003 Workspace to run on the same IIS site as Microsoft® SharePoint.

Removing K2.net™ 2003 references from a Microsoft® InfoPath v1.0 document

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to remove K2.net™ 2003 functionality from a Microsoft® InfoPath version 1.0 document

Determining which user initiated a Microsoft® SharePoint event

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to determine which user initiated a SharePoint event.

How to prevent an activity from completing until all slots have been completed

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to prevent an activity from completing until all activity slots have been completed.

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Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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Using digital signatures with K2.net™ 2003 (SP1a) and InfoPath 2003 (with Office 2003 SP1) to trust form templates

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

InfoPath 2003 (with Office 2003 SP1) allows you to use digital signatures on a form template (.xsn) file to help ensure the integrity and authenticity of the form template.

Installing clean databases on an existing K2.net™ 2003 Server (SP1a) installation

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to replace the currently installed K2.net™ 2003 databases with clean databases.

Resetting Administrator security settings for a K2.net™ 2003 Server

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

When debugging a K2.net™ 2003 database and you need to get it running in another environment, it is necessary to reset the security settings for the K2.net™ 2003 Service Manager, as this contains information about the original network environment.

Automatically create a K2.net™ 2003 Solution with the same name as the Project

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Creating an empty K2.net™ 2003 Studio Project and having its Solution share the same name.

Running K2.net™ 2003 Studio under a different user’s credentials in order to gain access to Active Directory

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

A user/developer sometimes has to update/add destination rules to a project but may not have access to the Active Directory. It is possible to run the K2.net™ 2003 Studio under another user’s credentials and gain access to the Active Directory via this user’s permissions.

Restoring K2.net™ to its default configuration without running the 'WipeInst' and 'WipeLog' stored procedures

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

In a development or testing environment, it is sometimes favorable to restore the system to its default installation configuration. By having a backup configuration available, it is simple and easy to revert to a default configuration.

Troubleshooting e-mail issues on K2.net™ 2003 Server

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article suggests ways for troubleshooting e-mail issues experienced on the K2.net™ 2003 Server

Changing the default logos displayed in the Workspace

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article will illustrate how to change the default logos displayed in the Workspace.

Dynamic recursive destinations

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The following article has been replaced by the articles listed below.

How to customize the Startup page in K2.net™ 2003 Studio

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article described the process of customizing the Startup page of your K2.net™ 2003 Studio. In particular, by following the steps described, you will be able to add a link to your K2.net™ 2003 Workspace inside the Start page.

Open a SmartForm client event page without allocating the worklist item to the user

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

When a user opens a worklist item on his worklist, the item will be, by default, allocated to the user, restricting access to other users attempting to open the same worklist item. The developer can control whether the item should be allocated to the user or not.

Prevent multiple clicks of a submit button (K2Button) in ASP.NET

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Hasty users often click multiple times on a submit button while the page is trying to connect to the K2.net™ 2003 Server to start a process or complete a K2.net™ client event.

Resolution for a SOAP Error while viewing Reports in K2.net™ 2003 Workspace

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article should repair a SOAP error encountered while viewing Reports in K2.net™ 2003 Workspace.

How to display the K2.net™ 2003 Workspace in Microsoft Outlook

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article will guide you through the steps required for displaying the K2.net™ 2003 Workspace in Microsoft Outlook.

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Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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Reuse K2.net™ 2003 ViewFlow component

Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Typically in cases where developers extend and integrate reports with custom applications they want to also make use of ViewFlow to display a graphical view of the process.

Increase an activity’s priority and expire the task when it reaches a certain priority

Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

There is no escalation rule that will increase an activity’s (or process's) priority. This is easily achieved by writing an escalation rule that will increase the priority every time it fires.

How to impersonate a user opening InfoPath forms

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes how to impersonate users when opening InfoPath forms.

K2.net™ 2003 Workspace Web Service and Custom Reporting

Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The following sample illustrates the use of the existing workspace service and will allow developers to better understand the way that K2.net™ 2003 Workspace leverages this web service to retrieve process-related reports from the Log data store.

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Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

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K2.net™ 2003 Viewflow not displaying correctly

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The Viewflow component is not displaying the expected workflow process. Instead a small error picture (red X) in the left corner appears.

K2.net™ 2003 Destination Queues

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

What are Destination Queues used for in K2.net™ 2003?

K2.net™ 2003 License Key

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The following section will describe the available license key options for K2.net™ 2003 Server.

K2.net 2003 HTTPS/SSL Configuration

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes the steps required to configure K2.net 2003 for use over an HTTPS/SSL connection.

Adding a reference to a Web Service in K2.net™ 2003 Studio

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Referencing a Web Service in K2.net 2003 Studio to expose the various methods available in the Web Service.

HTML Email messages in K2.net™ 2003

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The following example will illustrate the use of sending HTML formatted emails using K2.net™ 2003

How To: Delete running Process Instances programmatically

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Running process instances can be deleted using the K2.net™ 2003 Service Manager, is it possible to do this programmatically?

K2.net™ 2003 Workspace causes the following error “HTTP Error 405 - The HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed.”

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The “HTTP Error 405 - The HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed.” typically occurs where ASP.NET is not installed on the IIS Server.

Globalization Support: Adding dynamic escalations to a K2.net™ 2003 Process based on time zones

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

A business process built using K2.net 2003 could quite possibly span over multiple time zones. If this process contains an escalation, it is more than likely that the escalation should only escalate after ‘x’ number of working hours. This article discusses adding dynamic escalations based on time zones.

Combining a SharePoint Server List Item with a K2.net™ 2003 Client Event

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Sometimes you want to create a Task Item in SharePoint for a Client Event in a process. The functionality of having a Client Event with a matching SharePoint Server Task List Item is currently only available in the InfoPath wizards. This article describes how to combine a Default Client event and a SharePoint 2003 List event.

Form level validation with K2.net™ 2003 SmartForms

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

One of the best practices in any application development is proper client-side validation. Typically a developer using web-based forms for client pages in workflow processes will either use standard ASP.NET web pages or K2.net™ 2003 SmartForms. The following example allows developer to implement client-side validation on both VS.NET web pages and K2.net™ 2003 SmartForms.

Creating a Line Rule Copier in the K2.net™ 2003 Studio Task Pane

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The K2.net™ 2003 Studio Task Pane is an HTML container which can contain multiple .html pages to add functionality to the standard K2.net™ Studio interface. This article and supporting files, will guide you through the process of adding a new task pane element which can copy the contained Line Rule from a specific line to another line. It will also show you how to gain access to the K2.net 2003 Studio object model.

Renaming high level objects in K2.net™ 2003 Studio

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

K2.net™ 2003 Studio high level objects like Solution, Project and Process names can be easily renamed by pressing F2 on your keyboard.

Resolving “Access Denied” errors when opening K2.net™ 2003 Workspace

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article will assist in resolving Access Denied errors upon opening your K2.net™ 2003 Workspace.

Importing Process and/or Activity Data or XML Fields from another Process in K2.net™ 2003 Studio

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

How to Import Process and/or Activity Data or XML Fields from another Process in K2.net™ 2003 Studio.

Clearing the Recent Solution List on the Start page of K2.net™ 2003 Studio

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This article will assist in generating a script file which will clear the Recent Solution List on the Start page of K2.net™ 2003 Studio.