Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Changing a workflow state from API


Changing a workflow state from API Version: Sitecore 5.1.1.18/5.2.0.9 Include these using directives: using Sitecore; using Sitecore.Data; using Sitecore.Data.Items; using Sitecore.Workflows; using Sitecore.Configuration; using Sitecore.SecurityModel; Here is the code snippet with appropriate comments: // getting the master database Database master = Factory.GetDatabase("master"); // getting a sample item Item itm = master.Items["/sitecore/content/home/news"]; // getting the item's workflow reference IWorkflow wf = master.WorkflowProvider.GetWorkflow(itm); // here we need either to login as a user with appropriate permissions // to have access to workflow states/commands or disable security using(new SecurityDisabler()) { // executing the workflow command by calling the Execute method. // it receives the ID of the command being invoked, // the item that is in the workflow. // Note that the command ID that we passed as the first parameter, // should be a valid ID of any workflow command under the current workflow state // that the item belongs to. WorkflowResult result = wf.Execute("{0FB92663-F44B-4E24-9CF2-B6D6CE786505}", itm, "my comments", false); // Retrieving the result of the workflow command execution Response.Write("Succeeded: " + result.Succeeded + " Message: " + result.Message); } After the code above is succeeded, all actions that are tied to the new workflow state will be executed.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

HTML Editor's context menu items


In order to disable some items in the Context Menu of the HTML Editor, you should modify the file \sitecore\shell\Editor\Configuration\AutoConfigure\Full.config Please have a look at the contextmenu section. <contextmenu> <item name="Editing" value="False" /> <item name="Format" value="True" /> <item name="Insert" value="True" /> … If you want to disable an item, you should set appropriate value to False.