TaskCentre

TaskCentre MailMerge Error

Hi,

We are setting up TaskCentre v4.5 with Word to MailMerge but when running the MailMerge step get the error: "Microsoft Word could not initialize properly" Have tried multiple documents but no solution found as yet....

Has anyone experienced this or has any suggestions?

UPDATE July 14 - All fixed, turned out to be an issue with the server setup and permissions on the account running the TaskCentre service. Big thanks to Paul at ASI for helping resolve this!

Looking for TaskCentre customer examples

In preparing for a Discovery presentation (Sept 27-29, 2010) on how customers are using TaskCentre, I am looking for examples of how customers are using the product: screenshot of the task design pane, with explanation of what the task does, emphasis on how TC reduces staff busy work.

Got any examples for me? Post here or email me directly at tericson@advsol.com. I'll post what I get on the TaskCentre pages, as well.

Task Centre Trigger Failing

I cannot figure out why my trigger is failing.  It is a very simple task.  Someone orders a product, task centre looks to the order_lines table and sends out a email.  If I select the Insert option for the trigger type in the options the trigger fails and no data is written to the order_lines table.  I've been banging my head on this for a few days now and could really use some help.

Demo example: review changed addresses (TC Workflow example)

The attached zip contains 2 tasks and a stored procedure that illustrate how TaskCentre workflow can extend iMIS functionality.

The scenario is that the organization wants a staff member to review all address changes that are made in iMIS, to catch misspellings and obvious mistakes.

Dynamically Naming a File in TaskCentre

http://travisdunbar.blogspot.com/2009/12/taskcentre-dynamically-naming-file.html

Took me a bit of playing around to dynamically generate the name of a file I was saving. I blogged an though I would share.

My goal was to save a file using the current date; for example:

foo_MMDDYYYY.txt

In the Save As File object, set the Filename property as so:

Week16_{=Month(Date())}{=Day(Date())}{=Year(Date())}.txt

TaskCentre "Run Program" - how are parameters handled?

I'm trying to use the "Run Program" Tool in a Task. I'm pointing it to an EXE file that takes two parameters: the first is a path to an XML file and the second is a key/value pair. From the command line, I call the program like this:

MyProgram.exe config.xml id=123

What is the equivalent in TaskCentre? I have the following configuration but it does not appear to work:

  • Program to Run: (the_path_to_the_exe)/MyProgram.exe
  • Parameters:
    • Name : configFile, Type : BSTR, Value : config.xml
    • Name : imisid, Type : BSTR, Value : id={Variables("IMISID")}  (attempting to format this so my program can interpret it correctly while also merging in a variable)

 

Taskcentre trigger issue

I'm having issues getting a Taskcentre trigger to work in my iMIS database. The trigger is failing when it has to create an instance of an OLE object (sp_OACreate).  I confirmed that the public DB role has execute permissions on sp_OACreate. This code is autogenerated by Taskcentre v4. It fails on creating this object and therefore doesn't get to my custom code. Any suggestions?

Syntax error in HTML step of TaskCentre email task

I am getting the following error when setting up an email task in iMIS TaskCentre:

Error while evaluating expression : Syntax error - {=<SPAN class=GramE>ThisStep.RecordSource(</SPAN>"Testing")}

This message is coming up during the HTML step of the task.  What I am looking to do is add the Notes field from Meet_Master when there is a value in that field.  Not all the events require any Notes, however, some do.

TaskCentre

Anyone interested in sharing their TaskCentre experience?

I posted something to my blog at:
http://travisdunbar.blogspot.com/2009/04/imis-taskcentre-new-member.html

Example: Judicial Circuit

This task was developed for a bar association. Judicial circuits are made up of counties, usually several counties to a circuit, and bar associations want to know what judicial circuit an attorney practices in. Assigning circuits is typically a very manual process. This task makes use of a judicial circuit lookup table, where the description contains a comma-delimited string of the names of the counties included in the district. Every time an attorney's county is changed the task is fired and automatically updates the circuit.