Create a Submit to Workflow Class

To submit a document for workflow processing, call standard code to prompt the
user for a comment and to process the submission. Perform the following steps to
create a submit to workflow class.

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+P to open the development projects window.

2. Expand Private.

3. Double-click on SalesCreditLimitApprWFType developement project.

4. In the development project find the class SalesCreditLimitApprSubmitManager.
5. Create a new method called submit, and copy the following code for this method.

6. Modify the code for the main method as shown in the following code.

7. Press F8 to save and compile the code.

8. Find the menu item SalesCreditLimitApprSubmitMenuItem.

9. Change the Label property to Submit.

10. Right-click on the SalesCreditLimitApprSubmitMenuItem menu item and select Save. 

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void submit(Args args) { // Variable declaration. recId recId = args.record().RecId; WorkflowCorrelationId workflowCorrelationId; // Hardcoded type name WorkflowTypeName workflowTypeName = workflowtypestr(SalesCreditLimitAppr); // Initial note is the information that users enter when they // submit the document for workflow. WorkflowComment note =""; WorkflowSubmitDialog workflowSubmitDialog; SalesTable SalesTable; // Opens the submit to workflow dialog. workflowSubmitDialog = WorkflowSubmitDialog::construct(args.caller().getActiveWork flowConfiguration()); workflowSubmitDialog.run(); if (workflowSubmitDialog.parmIsClosedOK()) { recId = args.record().RecId; SalesTable = args.record(); // Get comments from the submit to workflow dialog. note = workflowSubmitDialog.parmWorkflowComment(); try { ttsbegin; workflowCorrelationId = Workflow::activateFromWorkflowType(workflowTypeName, recId, note, NoYes::No); SalesTable.CreditLimitApprovalStatus = SalesCreditLimitApprovalStatus::Submitted; // Send an Infolog message. info("Submitted to workflow."); ttscommit; } catch(exception::Error) { info("Error on workflow activation."); } } args.caller().updateWorkFlowControls(); }

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Hossein Karimi