How to start a workflow programmatically in the InfoPath code using Workflow web service

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re: How to start a workflow programmatically in the InfoPath code using Workflow web service

jaumedejuan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:23:15 GMT

Hi Jingmei,

I've been indeed trying to exactly do what the title of this post says but without much success so far.

This seems like a reasonable solution but I haven't managed to get it done because of a couple of issues:

- I can't find an equivalent of your "http://yourSiteUrl/_vti_bin/workflow.asmx" path, as a matter of fact there is not even a "_vti_bin" folder in my current MOSS installation. Should I somehow create a virtual url that points to the workflow itself?

- Where is the "WorkflowService.Workflow" class coming from? How can I add it to my VSTO dev. environment?

Any help and/or ideas would be much appreciated,

cheers

Jaume

re: How to start a workflow programmatically in the InfoPath code using Workflow web service

jingmeili — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:10:11 GMT

Hi Jaume:

Refer to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcworkflow.aspx on the Workflow web service.

In your Visual Studio project, you can add a web reference and point to the http://yourSiteUrl/_vti_bin/workflow.asmx" path. If you have MOSS installed properly you should be able to browse to it.

Jingmei

re: How to start a workflow programmatically in the InfoPath code using Workflow web service

jaumedejuan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:32:45 GMT

Indeed the http://yourSiteUrl/_vti_bin/workflow.asmx

resolves and the webservice can be accessed and added to VS as a web reference.

However, VS still does not validate the WorkflowService class and fails to compile.

I have added some references to some apparently related libraries like System.WorkflowServices, but without much luck.

Could you please post your "using" directives?

Any further suggestions?

thanks again

re: How to start a workflow programmatically in the InfoPath code using Workflow web service

jaumedejuan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:11:13 GMT

I've just noticed that WorkflowService is the actual reference to the http://yourSiteUrl/_vti_bin/workflow.asmx web service.

Anyway I would say that this makes my last question pretty redundant.

It's all compiled and sorted out, thanks!