{"id":744,"date":"2012-01-14T15:27:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T15:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartroberts.net\/?p=744"},"modified":"2012-01-14T15:29:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T15:29:02","slug":"task_locked_running_workflow_cannot_be_edited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stuartroberts.net\/index.php\/2012\/01\/14\/task_locked_running_workflow_cannot_be_edited\/","title":{"rendered":"Task locked by Running Workflow and Cannot be Edited"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re trying to update a task item that is linked to a running workflow using code similar to<\/p>\n

\r\npublic UpdateTaskItem(SPList taskList, int identifier, string newValue)\r\n{\r\n  taskItem = taskList.GetItemById(identifier);\r\n  \/\/ Update task item\r\n  taskItem[\"fieldname\"] = newValue;\r\n  taskItem.Update();\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
and receive an error stating This task is currently locked by a running workflow and cannot be edited<\/em>, a simple fix is to update the built in field WorkflowVersion to the value 1 prior to calling the Update<\/em> method.
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\r\npublic UpdateTaskItem(SPList taskList, int identifier, string newValue)\r\n{\r\n  taskItem = taskList.GetItemById(identifier);\r\n  \/\/ Update task item\r\n  taskItem[\"fieldname\"] = newValue;\r\n  \r\n  Guid workflowInstanceId = new Guid(taskItem[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBuiltInFieldId.WorkflowInstanceID].ToString());\r\n  SPWorkflow workflow = taskItem.Workflows[workflowInstanceId];\r\n  if (workflow != null && !workflow.IsLocked)\r\n  {\r\n    taskItem[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBuiltInFieldId.WorkflowVersion] = 1;\r\n  }\r\n  \r\n  taskItem.Update();\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
Setting this field to 1 allows the task item to be updated.  There’s a check performed by SharePoint to see if this field’s value is set to 1 and when it’s not, the This task is currently locked by a running workflow and cannot be edited<\/em> error is thrown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you’re trying to update a task item that is linked to a running workflow using code similar to public UpdateTaskItem(SPList taskList, int identifier, string newValue) { taskItem = taskList.GetItemById(identifier); \/\/ Update task item taskItem[“fieldname”] = newValue; taskItem.Update(); } and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,82],"tags":[81,39,6],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sharepoint","category-workflow","tag-sharepoint","tag-tasks","tag-workflow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t