Get workflow task related item

  SPList list = null;

        

var relativeUrl = SPContext.Current.Web.ServerRelativeUrl.Equals("/") ? string.Empty : web.ServerRelativeUrl;



            try

            {

                list = SPContext.Current.Web.GetList(string.Concat(relativeUrl, "/Lists/", listname));

            }

            catch

            {

                list = SPContext.Current.Web.GetList(string.Concat(relativeUrl, "/", listname));

            }



list .commandesList.GetItemById(int.Parse( currentItem[SPBuiltInFieldId.WorkflowItemId].ToString()));

Remove the default Task Outcomes (Approved rejected)

• Create a new Task List Instance (new workflow wizard will help you do it)
• new Custom List Column with type OutcomeChoice

<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">  

  <Field

       ID="{a8229356-e367-4379-a6f7-f19fdca45cde}"

       Name="tatatatatata"

       DisplayName="tatatatata"

       Type="OutcomeChoice"

       Required="FALSE"

       Group="Custom Site Columns">

    <CHOICES>

      <CHOICE>very goodt</CHOICE>

      <CHOICE>good</CHOICE>

      <CHOICE>Average</CHOICE>    

      <CHOICE>Bad</CHOICE>

    </CHOICES>

  </Field>

</Elements>

• new ContentType Inherit from Workflow Task (SharePoint 2013)  (we will edit this later)
• Add the Custom Column to the contentType
• from the contentType Element.xml remove this string  003365C4474CAE8C42BCE396314E88E51F

So an ID like:
0x0108003365C4474CAE8C42BCE396314E88E51F00B237734C3B3E48D38A52DAAA52F56A8F  ==> 0x010800B237734C3B3E48D38A52DAAA52F56A

• Open the file Workflow.xaml with xml editor 
• find your <p:SingleTask
• change ContentTypeId to the new id you just modified (0x010800B237734C3B3E48D38A52DAAA52F56A)
• go to your TaskList instance and Add your contentType:

  <ContentTypeBinding ListUrl="Lists/InterventionList" RootWebOnly="FALSE" ContentTypeId="0x010800B237734C3B3E48D38A52DAAA52F56A" />

• Deploy your project and see the magic happens

Please leave a comment if you need clarifications

Workflow manager not responding after cumulative update

Hi,

If you have updated your workflow manager using the cumulative update :
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=36800

So you probably facing an issue with your workflow manager, right ?

Ok this is how to fix it (it's weird I konw but this works for me)

Open your SQL management studio and run this script in the Sharepoint database

USE WFResourceManagementDB
INSERT INTO WorkflowServiceConfig VALUES('WorkflowServiceScopeSnapshotProcessBatchSize', '50')
INSERT INTO WorkflowServiceConfig VALUES('WorkflowServiceScopeSnapshotProcessLoopInterval', '00:05:00')
INSERT INTO WorkflowServiceConfig VALUES('WorkflowServiceSuspendedInstanceRetentionDuration', '00:30:00')
INSERT INTO WorkflowServiceConfig VALUES('WorkflowServiceMaxInstanceCompressedSizeKB', '5120')

This solution will help you deploy workflows again but you will be facing many other problems. so I recommand to reinstall your workflow manager on a clean Database. (reusing an existing database will not resolve your problems)

so detach your workflow manager from the farm and remove this databases list:

1. WfManagementDB
2. SbGatewayDatabase
3. SBMessagingContainer01
4. WFInstanceManagementDB
5. WFResourceManagementDB
6. SBManagementDB

And then you will be able to have a new workflow manager clean installation.

sharepoint 2013 Show Errors (why it's not working for you)

To disable the custom error page in  sharepoint 2013 you have to set  
<customErrors mode="On" /> to <customErrors mode="Off" /> 

Ok but this may not work , right ? I tell you why.

For sharepoint there is many web.config files located under:

"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80"

but non of them will work as expected for pages using layouts.

To make it work, you must modify the web.config under

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS"


Hope it works for you either. 

Sharepoint 2013 & Custom Task Outcome on VisualStudio

This is the how it works:


Add new SiteColumn

Change the Type param value to "OutcomeChoice" in <Field /> tag

Add :   <CHOICES >

                <CHOICE>choice one</CHOICE>

                <CHOICE>choice two</CHOICE>

          </CHOICES>

Add new ContentType  and inherit from Workflow Task (SharePoint 2013)

Add Columns: 

• % Completed
• Task Status
• The custom OutcomeColumn

NB: The order is Important, if the custom Outcome Column is not the last one choices will appear as a DropBox and to as buttons

Add new Task List Instance (Or a Custom list template)

Insure the TemplateType is set to "171" (this Id reference Task template)

If you are working with a Task list Instance Add Schema.xml file to it and copy content from a Task list template (create a new Task list template, copy schema.xml content, modify List Name and URL to match your List Instance )

Deploy and happy to help you.

Please let me know if there is any issue so i can update this article