If anyone knowledge about how to implement/create a digital signature for SharePoint 2013 and online document library?
Any answer will be highly appreciated. This is new for me.
Thanks!
Infowise is another option (I don't work for Infowise). I use them in custom training forms - the trainee and trainer both sign that the training has been completed.
I didn't realise it before, but the above link shows that it can also be used to sign off documents. (Though the OOTB Approval workflow can also be used for this purpose, of course).
[I work for DocuSign]
The DocuSign for SharePoint product supports true digital signatures for SharePoint documents.
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I've been doing some research on how to implement a workflow in SharePoint Online and I found two interesting examples:
First
Second
They were useful, but there is a big problem with these. They are apps, so the workflow cannot be used outside the app (ex. lists, libraries) is there any way to make this (using Visual Studio, Power shell, SP Designer, etc.)? I am new in SharePoint, can anybody help me?
You kan add
true
to the WorkflowManifest in order to publish the workflow om the hostweb. But not that the tasks og history for the workfow is still tracked on the appweb.
You can see example here...
http://www.vrdmn.com/2014/09/integrated-workflow-apps-deploy.html
If you need the tasks and history on the hostweb you can create a sandbox solution with the workflow and publish the wsp-apckage on the site.
If you are not a programmer you're probably better of with SharePoint Designer 2013. You can download that for free. Just make a quick search for SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflow. There are plenty of examples for this.
I'm trying to find a free replacement for Sharepoint 2010. Particularly I need custom lists creation functionality. I've read that Alfresco is a good replacement, but I can't seem to find any tutorial about custom data list creation. In Sharepoint you can create custom lists and fields out of the box, but it seems that with Alfresco you have to deal with XML code, which is not very user friendly, am I right?
If this is the case, is there any other kind of ECM with this functionality?
Thanks,
With Alfresco, there are (3rd Party) tools providing functionality to model content with a gui at runtime, shielding users from ugly XML. Head over to http://addons.alfresco.com and search for "model". Alfresco Form-Model Management is one example.
That said, I can hardly imagine gui based content modeling qualifiying as a critical feature for the choice of an ECM as usually, developers do it infrequently (in one particular project).
Here is a tutorial that shows how to do custom data lists in Alfresco: http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2010/04/25/1156. I wrote it against Alfresco 3.3 and haven't tested it against the newest versions, but the content modeling stuff and most Share form config stuff haven't really changed that much since then so give it a shot.
The concept of what ECM is about is evolving rapidly. As someone who's built and managed SharePoint, Documentum, Wiki farms as well as ECM services, Web services, Data services and more in large environments, traditional Web ECM definitions are not what many companies are looking for now in solutions. The Web solution does more than "pure ECM". They are also not built and managed by developers and admins in many cases as well. "User admins" is becoming the norm. SharePoint's hierarchical delegation model and customization capabilities are not an end state but they are headed in the right direction. I'm guessing newer releases of Alfresco may move in this direction as well.
I know this may sound like a stupid question, but numerous google searches haven't given me the answer I'm looking for. I see a lot of data on how to format emails based on Sitecore Templates etc, but nothing on actually sending mail. Do I need to do this via .net code, or does Sitecore have a component that manages sending mail?
Take a look at Sitecore.MainUtil.SendMail as a built in function within Sitecore to send email. My understanding is it uses the standard .net mail library, but puts a Sitecore wrapper around it.
It depends on the volume of mail you want to send. If you just want to send simple emails (ie alert emails or 'thank you for registering' type emails then you would just use the normal built-in .NET email functionality.
For more complicated (campaign/mass) emailing there are add-on modules such as the Email Campaign Manager (ECM) - http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/ECM.aspx or http://www.sitecore.net/unitedkingdom/Resources/brochures/Sitecore%20Email%20Campaign%20Manager
Sitecore provides some example auto-emailer actions in the 'Sample Workflow' that comes with the default Sitecore install too.
The Web forms for Marketers module also has some emailing actions that are included with the package.
Hope this helps :)
You should probably look into system.mail.net. The best reference site for this can be found here:
http://www.systemnetmail.com/
Thanks for all of the replies.
As with other Sitecore issues, I found that Sitecore was not necessary to solve this issue. Standard .Net functionality did what I wanted much easier.
In one of my project I am trying to retrieve some content from Sitecore (multilingual). Can anyone here point me to the right direction/ best way of doing it? I have seen in some of the posts it’s mentioned about the web service or REST API. Can anyone point to a documentation or code snippet on how to do it?
This is quite a vast topic, but Sitecore doesn't limit you here. The general note about it is mentioned in paragraph 1.2.7 "Web Services, AJAX, and other Internet Interfaces" of this article.
I would recommend you to explore the standard Sitecore web service (it is present in any Sitecore release). Type http://yourhost/sitecore/shell/webservice/service.asmx to get an idea of what it can offer. It consists of just basic operations, but those are enough for the most of cases.
I'm trying to upload documents to SharePoint using web services attaching custom metadata to the files. I've searched but have not found a good tutorial covering all these topics. Can anybody point me in the right direction?
Here's why I think I need to use web services:
I'm developing on XP and the Sharepoint object model is not remotable. This means any code which has "using Microsoft.Sharepoint" is out :-(
I'm looked into the CopyIntoItems web service but am having trouble implementing it myself. I was hoping for a clear tutorial. I've tried using the sample code from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/copy.copy.copyintoitems.aspx , but I'm not sure what my sourceURL should be. Also, since I can't use "Microsoft.Sharepoint" references, I'm wondering what my Fields will look like? (Is this my metadata?) Also, I'm curious as to why only Website projects allow me to add a web service.
Once the file is "in" Sharepoint using that web service, I'll have to use another one to update custom columns, or metadata. Some of these are freeform text, but other must match entries in lists or lookups. I haven't found any information on this yet.
Thank you for your help!
Here is some code http://geek.hubkey.com/2007/10/upload-file-to-sharepoint-document.html
As for why it is that is the way because Microsoft wrote it that way :). Some people have written custom web services that combine them, http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa/archive/2006/11/30/wsuploadservice-web-service-for-uploading-documents-into-sharepoint.aspx
Using the built in web services you have to upload the file and upload CAML which contains the columns. Another option if you are using a MS-Office document is to make sure the author fills in the properties in the document then you can have those fields displayed in sharepoint.
Here is some stuff on the Sharepoint Designer - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX100487631033.aspx
Hope that helps a little.
You can link to the Sharepoint 2007 training from here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102358581033.aspx
The designer I believe has a WS example in it.