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Hi,

 

I would like to know K2 in SharePoint is able to update/retrieve data fields of Word document in SharePoint library?

Below are requirments.

 

  • Can we prevent users from updating the Word file in SharePoint directly.
  • How to update/retrieve fields in the Word file
  • Any limitation of updating the SharePoint Word file thru K2

Please help me.  thanks much for help.

 

Thanks. 

Willaim

 

 

Hi,

 

I have had a quick search and I haven't found a way of achieving this. I'm not aware of it being achievable OOTB off the top of my head. 

 

I would suggest you perhaps log a feature request with support. 

 

If someone else has any ideas feel free to suggest. 

 

Regards,

Isaac. 


Willaim,

What version of SharePoint are you using? That may guide you to better advice.

From the documentation, there does not seem to be a way to even update Word documents in SharePoint. This of course, is looking at this from SP 2013. http://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/K2ForSharePoint/UserGuide/1.0.1/default.htm#Build_Integrate/Integrating_with_SharePoint_Using_Other_Designers/Event_Wizards.htm%3FTocPath%3DCreate%7CBuild%20Applications%20that%20Integrate%20with%20SharePoint%7CWorkflow%7C_____2

There doesn't appear to be an "Update Document" capability - and if you wanted to update it you might have to create a new document all together. You can limit users' abilities on the K2 for SharePoint app using a combination of permissions and rights set on SharePoint and on Workspace. http://help.k2.com/onlinehelp/k2forsharepoint/userguide/current/default.htm#about_k2_for_sharepoint/compatibilitysecuritypermissionsandconsiderations/k2_application_permissions_in_sharepoint.htm

Also, the labs team has confirmed that there are no Word Document wizards for SharePoint 2013; this has been linked to a TFS for a feature request. There are Word Document wizards for SharePoint 2010, though.


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