Thursday, March 27, 2008

Working on Dev Machine And Not Installed with SharePoint (Workaround for Workstation Development!)

Copy few DLL's and register them and you all set for MOSS Workflow devlopment.
  1. Copy all the server DLL’s from this location “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\ISAPI” to Dev Machine Maintain the same file structure.
  2. Then GAC these DLL’s (Drag N Drop into “C:\WINDOWS\assembly”)
    a. Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
    b. Microsoft.SharePoint.Security.dll
    c. Microsoft.Sharepoint.WorkflowActions.dll
    d. Microsoft.Office.Workflow.Tasks.dll
  3. Copy "microsoft.sharepoint.WorkflowActions.intl.dll" from Server by navigating through
    C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions.intl\12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c
    COPY microsoft.sharepoint.WorkflowActions.intl.dll to Dev Machine
    3.a Now GAC the above DLL into your Dev Machine.
  4. Copy " microsoft.SharePoint.workflowactions.intl.resources.dll" from Server by navigating through C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions.intl.resources\12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c
    COPY microsoft.SharePoint.workflowactions.intl.resources.dll to Dev Machine
    4.a Now GAC the above DLL into your Dev Machine
  5. Copy "microsoft.sharepoint.library.dll" from Server by navigating through C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.SharePoint.Library\12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c
    COPY microsoft.sharepoint.library.dll to Dev Machine
    5.a Now GAC the above DLL into your Dev Machine.
  6. Install Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation (EN)
  7. If you wish you can also install “Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System_Setup"

Now you all set for developing SharePoint Workflows!

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