Livelink Add Ons - Workflow Toolkit

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The Workflow Toolkit is an collection of functions that have been developed to support and enhance the use of Livelink Workflow functionality within your organisation. The toolkit is developed and enhanced by a group of programmers, each with several years experience of in depth Livelink and Web based applications experience. The toolkit is currently in use in many companies across the world.

The current release (2.6) offers improved functionality and faster performance over previous versions, as well as the introduction of the new Current Step functionality. The next release (2.7) will provide handling for Sets, multiple sort options for the Current Step functions and the ability to use the same codebase with multiple Livelink servers among others, if you want to get involved in developing this, or would like to add a Feature Request, let us know.

The current key areas of functionality in the Workflow Toolkit are :

Workflow Title Changer Single Extraction to MS Excel Multiple Extraction to MS Excel

Amend the title of any Livelink Workflow.

Also updates title changes in subworkflows of that workflow.

Select a workflow based on a given WF Map.

A predefined subset of data is then imported in Excel.

Additional VBA can be run at the end of the process.

Select multiple workflows based on a given WF Map.

A predefined subset of data is then imported in Excel.

Additional VBA can be run after each Excel sheet is generated and at the end.

Enquiry Form Current Step

Select a workflow based on a given WF Map.

A specified WebForm is then populated with the data for that WF.

Provides a read-only view of the data, ideal for managers or user outside Livelink.

For a given Workflow Map all the active Workflows are listed.

list includes current Step Name, Performer and duration.

Email links are provided so that the Performer can be emailed.

List is completely sortable by any of the columns.

new The latest addition to this section is the Feedback Forum where I hope that those of you using the tool will post your thoughts, comments, feature requests, your own custom modifications and usage of the tool among other things, we the development team look forward to seeing you there.

As of version 2.5, it has been decided that users of the Toolkit should be encouraged to register themselves. This allows the developer(s) to see who is using their work, provide a list of people to whom notification can be sent when a new version is released as well as providing a user community to offer support, bug fixes and enhancement requests / patches. Registration is optional, but encouraged, for all current users and compulsory for all new users.

The code is developed in VBScript as an ASP file with extensive technical and support documentation to assist those implementing the Workflow Toolkit either as a new tool or upgrading from a previous version. Additional enhancements, functionality, bug fixes etc are welcomed as are people who wish to join the development team. At present only a Window ASP version exists, but the following versions are currently under development and any input / support to these, the ASP version or a entirely new implementation would really be appreciated :

Version for the Unix environment.
Compiled version as a VB ActiveX DLL.
.Net Framework version.

Versions for other languages - such as Perl, PHP and JSP - platforms and databases will be developed as interest and developer resources permit.

If you are looking to extend the functionality of this toolkit to meet your specific requirements, please contact the Development Team who will be able to provide detailed technical information concerning both the functionality of the Workflow Toolkit and of the Livelink Workflow system. If you have already altered the functionality of the Workflow Toolkit, then please also let the Development Team, if possible providing your changes and some documentation so that they can be incorporated into the next release of the product.

Although the Workflow Toolkit is the copyright of the Development Team it has been released to the general public under the terms of the GNU Software License, and we hope that users of this tool and those who amend it will respect that license. If, you wish to make a contribution to the development team for all their hard work on this project, please contact us, all contributions are appreciated.

Workflow Title Changer	Single Extraction to MS Excel	Multiple Extraction to MS Excel
Amend the title of any Livelink Workflow. Also updates title changes in subworkflows of that workflow.	Select a workflow based on a given WF Map. A predefined subset of data is then imported in Excel. Additional VBA can be run at the end of the process.	Select multiple workflows based on a given WF Map. A predefined subset of data is then imported in Excel. Additional VBA can be run after each Excel sheet is generated and at the end.
Enquiry Form	Current Step
Select a workflow based on a given WF Map. A specified WebForm is then populated with the data for that WF. Provides a read-only view of the data, ideal for managers or user outside Livelink.	For a given Workflow Map all the active Workflows are listed. list includes current Step Name, Performer and duration. Email links are provided so that the Performer can be emailed. List is completely sortable by any of the columns.	The latest addition to this section is the Feedback Forum where I hope that those of you using the tool will post your thoughts, comments, feature requests, your own custom modifications and usage of the tool among other things, we the development team look forward to seeing you there.