DocRead Modern Experience Pack installation instructionsThe video below shows how to install the DocRead Modern Experience Pack in your SharePoint 2019 farm. The Modern Experience Pack is an add-on for DocRead that brings all the DocRead functionality to SharePoint 2019 Modern Experience. Please noteBefore you proceed with the installation shown on the video below you […]
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Our new quiz component will allow you to ask questions about your policiesWe are now well under way with the development of our new add-on module for DocRead called DocSurvey. DocSurvey’s main purpose is to allow DocRead administrators to configure a quiz or survey at the time that the user wants to confirm a policy. […]
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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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Delegate Controls used by DocReadIf the DocRead ribbon is not shown on your SharePoint site after installing and attaching DocRead to a document library then you may have a customised master page that does not contain the delegate controls used by DocRead. To help to diagnose the problem here is the list of standard SharePoint […]
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Code Sample : How to programmatically delete a web (and it’s child webs)If you have ever tried to delete a web either in code, or via the SharePoint GUI, then you will note that isn’t possible if the web has one or more child webs. (or grandchildren). To delete a web, you must first delete it’s […]
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A list of the best SharePoint discussion forums and groupsBoth new and experienced SharePoint developers, architects and end-users need to discuss problems and chew over ideas about SharePoint. There are quite a few major forums and groups out there, such as the SharePoint Community Group on Linked, but there are even more! So, to help […]
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What happens when a document is deleted?When a document with DocRead Audiences gets deleted DocRead takes the following actions: A negative receipt is generated for each incomplete reading task. This is to register the fact that users did not have a chance to read a document that was assigned to them because the document was deleted. The negative receipt will […]
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Does DocRead still see user accounts that have been disabled in AD?DocRead depends on SharePoint to get the membership of groups and audiences. Based on our tests and under some circumstances SharePoint will still return user accounts that have been disabled in AD. Because of this we recommend that the safest way for DocRead to […]
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DocRead emails are sent by the DocRead Notification Scheduler windows service and date information that may be displayed will depend on the operating system regional settings specified on the server running that service. If dates being displayed in the DocRead emails are in the wrong format (e.g. dd/mm/yy or mm/dd/yy) you will need to check the server […]
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Why are my line manager reports blank?Line manager reports: Line manager reports within DocRead are available to any manager with direct reports. They only show a managers direct reports i.e. one level down in the organization hierarchy. They provide a simple and convenient way for each manager to ensure their team or department stay on […]
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