Andrew Connell

Who said you couldn't add custom activities to SharePoint Designer?

Um, actually I did a while back, and someone corrected me in the comments. This directly conflicts with what's in the WSS v3 SDK that states you "must use activities provided" for SharePoint Designer when comparing it to developing workflows with Visual Studio 2005. OK, so we now know that's not true... well how do you build these? Carlos Segura Sanz has posted two entries on his blog on how to add custom workflow activities to SharePoint Designer... a good read! » Add custom workflow activities to SharePoint Designer (Part 1) [En espanol!] » Add custom workflow activities to SharePoint Designer (Part 2) [En espanol!] Technorati tags: sharepoint, wss, moss, workflow, sharepoint designer ...

Um, actually I did a while back , and someone corrected me in the comments . This directly conflicts with what’s in the WSS v3 SDK that states you “must use activities provided” for SharePoint Designer when comparing it to developing workflows with Visual Studio 2005 . OK, so we now know that’s not true… well how do you build these?

Carlos Segura Sanz has posted two entries on his blog on how to add custom workflow activities to SharePoint Designer… a good read!

» Add custom workflow activities to SharePoint Designer (Part 1) [ En espanol! ] » Add custom workflow activities to SharePoint Designer (Part 2) [ En espanol! ]

Andrew Connell
Developer & Chief Course Artisan, Voitanos LLC. | Microsoft MVP
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Andrew Connell is a web developer with a focus on Microsoft Azure & Microsoft 365. He’s received Microsoft’s MVP award every year since 2005 and has helped thousands of developers through the various courses he’s authored & taught. Andrew’s the founder of Voitanos and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading on-demand video training to professional developers. He lives with his wife & two kids in Florida.