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Recent Articles Troubleshooting activation This article describes some ways in which you can troubleshoot a failed activation of Kivati. Add features to a SharePoint farm This article contains information about how to add features to a SharePoint farm. Manual activation not available for trial keys You cannot perform a manual activation using a trial key. Specifying the correct zone ID for the ZoneID property on AddListViewWebpart or AddWebPart This article contains information that helps you specify the correct zone ID for a new web part on a web part page. Specifying the correct value for the DwpDataEncoded property on Add Web Part task This article describes how to determine the correct setting for the DwpDataEncoded property on the Add Web Part task. Add a web part to a web part page This article contains information about how to add a Web Part to a Web Part Page. Projects compiled with "Raw Output Type" cannot be run directly Projects compiled with an output type of “Raw Output Type” cannot be run directly. Setting blank values for runtime variables Kivati Studio permits you to specify a blank value for runtime variables. This article describes the behavior for these variables in this situation. Use Kivati Studio on Windows XP and Vista This article describes how to install and configure Kivati Studio on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or on a server that isn't running SharePoint. Delay required to restart Kivati Server In the current version of Kivati Server, you cannot start or restart the Kivati Server service immediately after stopping the service. List of SharePoint site template names and IDs This article contains a list of out-of-box SharePoint site template names and ID numbers. List of SharePoint list template names and IDs This article contains a list of out-of-box SharePoint list template names and ID numbers. Supported SharePoint field type conversions This article contains a table that shows supported SharePoint field type conversions. Use Get and Set Properties Tasks This article describes how to use the Get and Set Properties tasks that are prevalent throughout the Kivati task libraries. Manage SharePoint workflows This article describes how to manage SharePoint workflows using Kivati.

All Articles Add a web part to a web part page This article contains information about how to add a Web Part to a Web Part Page. Add features to a SharePoint farm This article contains information about how to add features to a SharePoint farm. Add master pages and page layouts to a SharePoint site This article contains information about how to add master pages and page layouts to a SharePoint site. Cannot connect x86 Studio to x64 Server Using a 32-bit instance of Kivati Studio, you are not able to connect to a 64-bit instance of Kivati Server. Cannot enter space as data for StringReplaceTask You cannot enter a space character as input data for the string replace task. Container cannot import chained property from contained task A container cannot import a chained property from any task that it contains, either directly or indirectly. Create and manage SharePoint fields This article describes how to create and manage SharePoint fields using Kivati. Cyclic chained properties can be created Using one of the chained property views, cyclic chained properties can be created. These properties are invalid and will cause a runtime error. Delay required to restart Kivati Server In the current version of Kivati Server, you cannot start or restart the Kivati Server service immediately after stopping the service. Deleting a task does not always delete associated chained properties and dependencies Deleting a task or container in Kivati Studio does not always delete associated dependencies and/or chained properties. DisableUpdatesContainer requires elevation on Vista On Windows Vista (or later) with User Account Control (UAC) enabled, you cannot use the DisableUpdatesContainer without elevating the running project. Excluding a task excludes any associated dependencies If a task or container is excluded from execution, any dependencies or chained properties associated with the task will also be excluded from execution. List of reserved task and container names There are certain reserved words that cannot be used to name tasks and containers in Kivati. This article provides a list of these reserved words. List of SharePoint list template names and IDs This article contains a list of out-of-box SharePoint list template names and ID numbers. List of SharePoint site template names and IDs This article contains a list of out-of-box SharePoint site template names and ID numbers. Manage SharePoint workflows This article describes how to manage SharePoint workflows using Kivati. Manual activation not available for trial keys You cannot perform a manual activation using a trial key. Projects compiled with "Raw Output Type" cannot be run directly Projects compiled with an output type of “Raw Output Type” cannot be run directly. Remote execution requires permissions to the jobs path Users that want to execute jobs remotely on a Kivati Server require file system permissions to the path that contains scheduled jobs. Rounding issue when importing data from Excel number column When using a Number column in Excel as a data source for the Open Excel 2007 Spreadsheet Task, columns that contain floating point data may not be rounded as you expect. Set a Page Image field using the Set List Item Data task This article describes how to set data in SharePoint publishing fields created with the Page Image field type. Set permissions on a SharePoint list This article describes how to set permissions on a SharePoint list using Kivati. These concepts also apply to webs and list items. Setting blank values for runtime variables Kivati Studio permits you to specify a blank value for runtime variables. This article describes the behavior for these variables in this situation. Specifying the correct value for the DwpDataEncoded property on Add Web Part task This article describes how to determine the correct setting for the DwpDataEncoded property on the Add Web Part task. Specifying the correct zone ID for the ZoneID property on AddListViewWebpart or AddWebPart This article contains information that helps you specify the correct zone ID for a new web part on a web part page. Supported SharePoint field type conversions This article contains a table that shows supported SharePoint field type conversions. Troubleshooting activation This article describes some ways in which you can troubleshoot a failed activation of Kivati. Use Get and Set Properties Tasks This article describes how to use the Get and Set Properties tasks that are prevalent throughout the Kivati task libraries. Use Kivati Studio on Windows XP and Vista This article describes how to install and configure Kivati Studio on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or on a server that isn't running SharePoint. Use the Set List Item Data task This article describes how to use the Set List Item Data task to set data into SharePoint list items.