Office 2010 Workflow: Developing Collaborative Solutions

ISBN-13: 9781430229049 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 616 str.

David Mann

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Henry Ford has been called the father of the automobile. Although he did not invent the car, he did devise a way to make them affordable. His novel idea: bring the work to the workers. Prior to this, cars were made one at a time, or each worker would move from car to car. The assembly line allowed workers, their tools, and their materials to stay in one place, and the cars were brought to the workers. This saved such an enormous amount of time that the cost of each vehicle was drastically reduced. I had the opportunity to visit an automobile plant, and the precision of the assembly line was utterly amazing. One area that particularly impressed me was the place where the wheels were being mounted. There was a person on each side of the car, and each had two chutes (one for the front wheel and one for the rear wheel) where wheels and tires were staged. If you looked up the chute, you could see 15 or so wheels ready for the next cars. What was amazing was that each car had different wheels and tires. Some were steel wheels; others were chrome or alloy. However, as the car approached the mounting area, the correct wheel and tire was presented at each of the four chutes. At the top of each chute were four groups of workers preparing the wheels and mounting the appropriate tires.

Spis treści

1. Overview of Microsoft Office  
2. Setting Up a Development Environment  
3. SharePoint Primer  
4. Three-state Workflow  
5. Office Applications as Workflow Participants  
6. Creating Workflows with SharePoint Designer  
7. Creating Reusable and Site Workflows 
8. Creating a Simple Site Workflow  
9. Exploring the SharePoint Object Model   
10. Custom Workflow Forms   
11. Handling Events   
12. LINQ to SharePoint  
13. Using State Machine Workflows  
14. Using a ConditionedActivityGroup  
15. Importing Reusable Workflows   
16. Creating Custom Actions   
17. Pluggable Workflow Services   
18. Creating External Content Types  
19. Implementing a NET Assembly Connector  
20. Using External Lists in Outlook

O autorze

Mark Collins has developed software for more than 25 years, mostly using the Microsoft stack. He has served many roles including development manager, architect, team lead, database administrator, and project manager. He has extensive experience in retail (point-of-sale and inventory) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. Mark currently serves as a senior software engineer for a non-profit organization, providing a custom CRM, mail processing, and fulfillment system.