Extra SharePoint Designer Activites

SPD Activities

There is an add-on to Workflow in SharePoint, accessible in SharePoint Designer. It was downloaded from www.codeplex.com (direct link isHERE). The new activities are:

• Send Email with HTTP File attachment - Allows sending emails with attachments retrieved using a web request
• Send Email with List Item attachments - Allows sending list item attachments as files attached to an email
• Start Another Workflow - Starts another workflow associated with a list item
• Grant Permission on Item - Allows granting of specified permission level on a spicified item
• Delete List Item Permission Assigment - Allows deleting of specified permission level assigment for a given user
• Reset List Permissions Inheritance - removes any unique permissions assigned to an item by inheriting list permissions
• Is User a member of a SharePoint group - Checks if a given user is part of given sharepoint group
• Is Role assigned to User - Checks if a user role is already assigned on the current list item
• Lookup user info - allows to lookup properties in site's user information list for a given login. The usable parameters are:
• "department" - Department
• "name" - domain\username
• "LinkTitle" - First & Last Name
• "E-Mail" - email address
• Copy List Item Extended Activity - Allows copying/moving list items and files cross site.
• Send Email Extended - Enhaced version of the OOTB activity. Allows you to specify the sender. Also does not break links in body.