Build Updates

The following updates have been made to the Actions Wizard since it was initially introduced.

Spring 2007

•      Support for two new action types: Chained Actions and Print Documents

•      Ability to select the background color for the entry form that is displayed when the user executes an action that prompts them for information

•      Default success and error messages provided

•      Modified default so “Include SharePoint Error Details” is selected

•      Reworded several prompts on the user interface for improved usability

•      Added Help button to the bottom of the user interface

•      Support for URLs that contain a space

•      Support for the [me] function with Email Item Link type actions

•      Resolved an issue with Modify List Item actions that could not use the [me] function in a lookup field, causing an error stating that the user could not be found

•      Resolved an issue in which the Publisher action would not copy any column values that contain a % value

•      Resolved an issue in which the Publisher action would not copy the contents of a User Information field

•      Resolved an issue in which the Publisher action would not copy data from one column in the source list to a different column in the destination list if the destination list did not contain a column with the same name as the source column in the source list

Summer 2006

•      Support for multiple environments – all actions can now be run within sites, across sites, across site collections, and across virtual servers, as long as they are executed within the same configuration database

•      Ability for the user to supply data values for actions when an action is executed (Select at Runtime), and to order the prompts for that data

•      Support for required fields, and definition of field order

•      Additional date selection methods: Select at Runtime, add or subtract days

•      Ability to include SharePoint error details when an action fails

•      Pop-up messages removed for all action types except Delete List Item

•      Success and failure messages required

•      Support for additional variables: [CurrentSiteTitle], [Date], [ItemDisplayFormUrl], [ItemEditFormUrl], [Me], [Time]

•      Ability for Go To URL actions to be executed from an Active Display

•      Support for line breaks in Notes fields (rich text and plain text)

•      Ability to append to existing text in multi-line text columns in the Modify List Item action type

•      Several Email Item Link enhancements:

Ability to send multiple links in a single email

Ability to link directly to documents

Addition of Mail To and CC fields, with ability to either manually enter or select from a list of email addresses

Addition of Link Field property, used to identify a field to hyperlink in the body of the email, rather than showing the URL of the linked item

•      Publisher action support to copy documents between sites

•      Resolved error message displayed by Publisher actions when documents are successfully copied within a site

Winter 2006 Update

•      Support for document libraries, including InfoPath libraries and picture libraries

•      Support for attachments

•      Ability to update user display column values, such as Assigned To

•      Ability to update date column values, such as Start Date and End Date

•      Added Date Picker and support for CorasWorks date functions

•      Support for new [CurrentSiteURL] function

•      New action type: Publisher

•      Fixed an issue with URLs that include a space

Winter 2006

•      Initial release