Hi Karl,
Spent a long time working with VS2008 workflows under MOSS last year, and remember experiencing something similar. I'll try and find my notes on this stuff later on to confirm - but I seem to remember that this link provided "an approach" to this issue: http://geeks.netindonesia.net/blogs/hanifku/archive/2008/05/19/modifying-sha repoint-workflow-task-programmatically-problem-current-task-is-locked-by-run ning-workflow-and-cannot-be-edited.aspx The problem I have with it now upon re-reading, is the fact that setting allowunsafeupdates to true would be *required* to get this sort of thing to work ... I'll keep looking through my notes to see if I can find anything else ... Cheers, Trevor From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Power, Karl Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2009 7:06 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Breen, Joe Subject: Workflow Task Locking Issue Hi Folks, We're experiencing an issue with a custom workflow designed in VS2008 see below for details: Summary of Issue: Workflow running on a Form Library in SharePoint. The workflow creates Tasks on the default Task list in the Site. No fields have been edited from default settings on this Task list. We are seeing a recurring issue with Tasks locking in Workflows. The error we see is as follows: "This task is currently locked by a running workflow and cannot be edited" The Task seems to complete correctly but the Progress % field or the Status does not get properly updated. When the Lock occurs we see a long pause when the user clicks on the Approve button on their Task. The workflow does not progress but stays in the "In Progress" state. The Task that is locked cannot be edited outside the running workflow so the only option is to terminate the running workflow. This is not acceptable because there are many steps in the workflow and it seems the lock can happen at any of the stages. We have checked the following and all seem to be correct or not connected to this issue: Permissions Content Types Database locks We can see here <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/8ec 834b6-5408-4079-bdfb-b88d341b36bf> , here <http://geekswithblogs.net/MTex/archive/2008/03/01/120117.aspx> and here <http://geek.hubkey.com/2007/09/locked-workflow.html> that other people are having similar. None of the steps outlined in those posts fix the issue we are seeing. Links to above: http://social.msdn.microsoftcom/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/8ec83 4b6-5408-4079-bdfb-b88d341b36bf <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/8ec 834b6-5408-4079-bdfb-b88d341b36bf> http://geek.hubkey.com/2007/09/locked-workflow.html http://geekswithblogs.net/MTex/archive/2008/03/01/120117.aspx Karl Power Glanbia Business Services Glanbia Plc Tel: +353 (0) 56 883 6016 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/btconferencing3> Click here to join MS Live Meeting Session ______________________________________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by Glanbia plc or any associated or related company. This message has been scanned for all known viruses. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Glanbia plc is registered in Ireland as a public limited company. Registered Office: Glanbia House, Kilkenny. Company Number: 129933 ============================================================== _____ Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: <http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss> http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss Other lists you might want to join: <http://www.codify.com/lists> http://www.codify.com/lists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: http://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists
