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Use ActiveX to send emails from Outlook while updating K2 SmartForms

by Tiago Calado | May 3, 2016 | BlogPosts, K2, Microsoft, Tech Tips

I was recently required to build a simple Email Editor in K2 SmartForms. I started building the form, added a text area for the body, subject and to text boxes. All well and good so far. All of a sudden, the requirement became much more complex: the end users wanted...

Discover the size of your SharePoint documents using K2 SmartObject

by Tiago Calado | Apr 5, 2016 | BlogPosts, K2, Microsoft, Sharepoint, Tech Tips

Scenario As a K2 developer, during a K2 Smartforms and workflow project, you may need to specify a ‘send email event’ with an attachment. This could come from either Smartforms or the workflow. However, it may be the case that you don’t want to include the...

How to improve the loading times of K2 Smartforms

by Paul Johnson | Mar 1, 2016 | BlogPosts, K2, Tech Tips

Overview One of the main ‘turn-offs’ for users of K2 Smartforms is slow loading forms; if you have non-functional requirements with page loading times, you will need to make sure your forms are quick and snappy. If you have worked on a number of K2...

K2 Best Practice, Part 2: Smartforms

by Paul Johnson | Apr 28, 2015 | BlogPosts, Tech Tips

This blog post is part two of a two part series about Best Practices for K2 practitioners. You can find part one, which was all about Blackpearl workflow tips and tricks, here. However, this article reads as a standalone piece, also. The great thing about K2 software...

K2 Best Practice, Part 1: Blackpearl Workflow

by Paul Johnson | Apr 21, 2015 | BlogPosts, Tech Tips

The great thing about K2 software is that there are many different ways of doing things and a negative thing about K2 is that there are many different ways doing of things! Poorly designed workflows and SmartForms can have a major effect on solutions’...