diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/deploy/DeploymentServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/deploy/DeploymentServiceImpl.java
index 60422d1f06..1599c2b73e 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/deploy/DeploymentServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/deploy/DeploymentServiceImpl.java
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ public class DeploymentServiceImpl implements DeploymentService
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
-            throw new AVMException("Could not connect to remote FSR, transportName:" + transportName + ", hostName:" + hostName + ", port: " + port, e);
+            throw new AVMException("Could not connect to remote deployment receiver, transportName:" + transportName + ", hostName:" + hostName + ", port: " + port, e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/PropertyValue.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/PropertyValue.java
index 51b03c534a..682fb3e315 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/PropertyValue.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/domain/PropertyValue.java
@@ -687,13 +687,23 @@ public class PropertyValue implements Cloneable, Serializable
         }
         else if (value instanceof Collection)
         {
-            Collection collection = (Collection) value;
-            ValueType collectionValueType = makeValueType(typeQName);
-            // convert the collection values - we need to do this to ensure that the
-            // values provided conform to the given type
-            ArrayList<Serializable> convertedCollection = collectionValueType.convert(collection);
-            // the persisted type is, nonetheless, a serializable
-            setPersistedValue(ValueType.SERIALIZABLE, convertedCollection);
+            if(typeQName != null)
+            {  
+                Collection collection = (Collection) value;
+                ValueType collectionValueType = makeValueType(typeQName);
+                // convert the collection values - we need to do this to ensure that the
+                // values provided conform to the given type
+            
+                ArrayList<Serializable> convertedCollection = collectionValueType.convert(collection);
+                // the persisted type is, nonetheless, a serializable
+                setPersistedValue(ValueType.SERIALIZABLE, convertedCollection);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                setPersistedValue(ValueType.SERIALIZABLE, value);
+            }
+             
+
             setMultiValued(true);
         }
         else
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java
index 663b696537..a7a641b937 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.alfresco.repo.processor.BaseProcessorExtension;
 import org.alfresco.repo.template.BaseContentNode.TemplateContentData;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentIOException;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import freemarker.ext.beans.BeanModel;
 import freemarker.template.TemplateMethodModelEx;
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ import freemarker.template.TemplateNumberModel;
  */
 public final class CropContentMethod extends BaseProcessorExtension implements TemplateMethodModelEx
 {
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(CropContentMethod.class);
     /**
      * @see freemarker.template.TemplateMethodModel#exec(java.util.List)
      */
@@ -60,9 +64,23 @@ public final class CropContentMethod extends BaseProcessorExtension implements T
                 Object wrapped = ((BeanModel)arg0).getWrappedObject();
                 if (wrapped instanceof TemplateContentData)
                 {
-                   int bytes = ((TemplateNumberModel)arg1).getAsNumber().intValue();
-                   
-                   result = ((TemplateContentData)wrapped).getContentAsText(bytes);
+                    int bytes = ((TemplateNumberModel)arg1).getAsNumber().intValue();
+                    
+                    try 
+                    {
+                	    result = ((TemplateContentData)wrapped).getContentAsText(bytes);
+                    } 
+                    catch (ContentIOException e)
+                    {
+                       logger.warn("unable to getContentAsText", e);
+                	   /*
+                        * Unable to extract content - return empty text instead.
+                        * Probably here through a transformation failure.
+                        * This method is called from FreeMarker so throwing the 
+                        * exception causes problems.
+                        */
+                       result = "";
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/WorkflowPackageImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/WorkflowPackageImpl.java
index b999e46929..109b62ef8e 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/WorkflowPackageImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/workflow/WorkflowPackageImpl.java
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ public class WorkflowPackageImpl implements WorkflowPackageComponent
             for (ChildAssociationRef packageItemParent : packageItemParents)
             {
                 NodeRef parentRef = packageItemParent.getParentRef();
-                if (nodeService.hasAspect(parentRef, WorkflowModel.ASPECT_WORKFLOW_PACKAGE))
+                if (nodeService.hasAspect(parentRef, WorkflowModel.ASPECT_WORKFLOW_PACKAGE) 
+                        && !nodeService.hasAspect(parentRef, ContentModel.ASPECT_ARCHIVED)) 
                 {
                     String workflowInstance = (String)nodeService.getProperty(parentRef, WorkflowModel.PROP_WORKFLOW_INSTANCE_ID);
                     if (workflowInstance != null && workflowInstance.length() > 0)