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I am trying to create a custom workflow condition following the official msdn documentation found here. I think I did everything correct (obviously not) and the following error is displayed within SharePoint Designer 2010 when I am going into the workflow section:

The list of workflow actions on the server references an assembly that does not exist. Some actions will not be available. The assembly strong name is WorkflowConditions, Version=1.0.0.0, Culsture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a451c5304570ce87. Contact your server administrator for more information.

To my understanding this means that the assembly referenced in the web.config does not exist. So i checked the global assembly cache (GAC) and indeed within C:\Windows\assembly\ i am unable to find the assembly WorkflowConditions.

However, i did install that assembly (the way i understand it) using gacutil.exe

gacutil.exe /i WorkflowConditions.dll
Message returned: Assembly successfully added to the cache

Checking gacutil.exe /l i can get a list of all assemblies currently stored (as far as I do understand it), and the penultimate entry is:

WorkflowConditions, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a451c5304570ce87, processorArchitecture=MSIL

So i really do not understand why this thing isn't working. And it's weird that gacutil.exe tells me my assembly is stored in the cache, but i can not see it inside the folder!?

I can't really tell what more information you guys might need, so here is what i can come up with ;)

CustomConditions.Actions Identical to the one in the link above with the following Condition:

<Condition Name="Project Status Needs Updating"
  FunctionName="StatusNeedsUpdating"
  ClassName="WorkflowConditions.CustomConditions"
  Assembly="WorkflowConditions, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a451c5304570ce87"
  AppliesTo="all"
  UsesCurrentItem="true">

As asked in the documentation i copied the CustomConditions.Actions-File into the Sharepoint Workflows Folder - in my case (since i am not sure about the number) i copied this to the following locations:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\1031\Workflow\CustomConditions.Actions

and

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\1033\Workflow\CustomConditions.Actions

Web.Config Entry

<authorizedTypes>
  .....
  <authorizedType Assembly="WorkflowConditions, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a451c5304570ce87" Namespace="WorkflowConditions" TypeName="*" Authorized="True" />
</authorizedTypes>

I redid everything from scratch and i always get stuck at this point. What can i possibly continue to check to get this running? Thank you!

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This may help:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepointworkflow/thread/d939cbb9-a48d-4d39-9717-ff8586af20db

thanks,

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  • Thanks for your help, sadly that really doesn't help - there is no given solution. I have written down everything that i could find out on my own and apart from the additional entry of gacutil , processorArchitecture=MSIL there is not a single difference, neither in the web.config nor in the .actions. The Problem though appears to be the same, i am unable to really deploy that .dll
    – Sam
    Commented Jan 19, 2012 at 7:50
  • The Problem is: gacutil /i bla.dll "Assembly successfully added to the cache" and then gacutil /u bla.dll returns "No assemblies found matching: bla.dll" I just do not understand why the assembly does not get installed properly. Drag and Drop the DLL into assembly folder doesn't work, gacutil doesn't work - what else can i try?
    – Sam
    Commented Jan 19, 2012 at 9:37
  • if the dll's aren't showing you can first try Build -> Build Solution.
    – ironman
    Commented Jan 19, 2012 at 14:51
  • The solution itself has been built and i got my .dll however i am unable to properly 'install' this file into the GAC so that sharepoint is able to call it. I've pointed out all my steps above and i really can't find an error.
    – Sam
    Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 7:41
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    have you tried using powershell? c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/anavijai/…
    – ironman
    Commented Jan 20, 2012 at 14:41
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Use gacutil /u bla

The .dll is only required on installation

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  1. Make sure that you compiled in .NET 3.5 mode for a SharePoint 2010 environment. If you compile in .NET 4.0 mode you can see it in the 4.0 GAC under C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL rather than the 2.0 GAC at C:\Windows\assembly\
  2. If your assembly has a depenancy that isn't GAC'd then SPD will report that it can't find the assembly it has a reference for rather than the dependency which could be causing your issue.
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