Amend the Owstimer.exe.config to support DocRead under FBAIf you choose to use a different authentication mechanism such as FBA that requires a ‘Role’ and ‘Membership’ provider specified in your web.config then you will also need to copy these entries to your owstimer.exe.config file. Here’s an example of a working owstimer.exe.config file that is set-up to use Extradium. […]
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How to free up DocRead user licenses in DocRead version 2If you need to free up some DocRead licences, because you have users that no longer work in your organization, then follow the steps outlined here. Before we explain how to free up licenses, it’s important to understand how DocRead processes new tasks : How […]
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How to troubleshoot no reading tasks from DocReadIf you are wondering why you have no ‘Reading Tasks’ when you have assigned a ‘Required’ or ‘Recommended’ document to a group or audience of users this post will help you resolve and troubleshoot the most common reasons. troubleshooting-reading-tasks-in-docread
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User can confirm a document without it opening in the client application.At the time of confirmation – if “Force View Document” is checked – the user will be required to click on “View Document”. However, it’s still possible to confirm even though the document may have not opened. Unfortunately, there is no way we can […]
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How to Distribute a Document with DocReadThis post shows you how to add a audiences or groups to a document you wish to distribute, then track and monitor with DocRead for SharePoint 2010. Note: You need to be a DocRead publisher to be able to assign user groups or audiences to a document. To read the […]
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How to style the DocRead web parts to meet Corporate branding requirementsThe best way to accomplish this will be to change the default style sheet provided with DocRead. The rest of this post will take you through the steps required to accomplish this. To follow these steps you will need to be an administrator on […]
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How does DocRead deal with Reading Tasks when versioning is enabled on a document library?The way that DocRead deals with libraries with versioning enabled is: DocRead will not touch any documents in draft stage. Documents will only be processed by DocRead once they are published and approved.When DocRead generates reading tasks for Documents the task […]
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What happens when a user selects ‘Reset Tasks’ on a document? Negative receipts are issued to all incomplete tasks to register the fact that a user did not had a chance to complete the task because it was reset. All tasks associated with the document are deleted (including completed tasks) New reading tasks are created and […]
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What is a Reading Receipt ?Reading receipts are records, that are kept securely in the docread database, and that register the fact that the user has acknowledge reading a document (positive receipt) or that a users never acknowledge reading a document (negative receipt). Find out more about how Reading Receipts work.
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How do I ensure that JQuery used by DocRead does not cause a conflict with my libraries?We have taken all possible measures to prevent any form of conflict between the jQuery libraries loaded by the DocRead web parts and libraries already loaded by the page: DocRead dynamically loads the jQuery script library only if it […]
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