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I have have to create a custom workflow for SharePoint 2010, however we are blocked from using Designer, and have MS Office 2007 not 2010. Is there a way to create a custom workflow any other way? Can it be done in Visio 2007 or InfoPath 2007?

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No custom workflows cannot be deployed/installed to SharePoint using Visio or InfoPath. If you have already created reusable workflow using SharePoint designer, you can save it as a template, go to Site Assets library and save it as a WSP package.

The WSP can then be installed as a Farm or Sandboxed solution in the target environment.

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Thanks for the quick response, Unfortunatley the only workflows i currently have are the OOTB workflows. I will have to look into what else i can do... although i feel as if though i've read somewhere that Visio 2010 integrates nicely with SP 2010 when it comes to creating workflows... but again i dont have Visio 2010 at work either, trying to see if maybe they"ll upgrade my office install if this does work since designer has been disabled – jose Dec 5 '11 at 19:52
Workflows authored in Visio 2010 still needs to be imported into SharePoint Designer and be converted to something SharePoint can understand. – Ashish Patel Dec 5 '11 at 19:55
ahhhh, ok. Thanks alot fpr your help – jose Dec 5 '11 at 20:02
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If SPD is not allowed, you may want to look at K2 or Nintex for browser based workflow configuration. – PirateEric Dec 5 '11 at 20:02

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