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

jingmeili — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:20:00 GMT

How to start an Approval workflow programmatically in the InfoPath form code?

Create a web reference that points to http://yourSiteUrl/_vti_bin/workflow.asmx .
Configure an Approval workflow in your form library and capture the template id.

From form library settings->workflow settings, click the workflow name, right click in the page to View Source. Search for “templateid”. The TemplateID looks like the following:

TemplateID=%7b5C65AB69-11BC-430D-B730-71050250F576%7d

(“%7b” is encoded for “{“ and “%7d” is encoded for “}”)

GUID for the template id is : 5C65AB69-11BC-430D-B730-71050250F576

Write the InfoPath code. The highlighted parts in the sample code below needs to be replaced.

**TIP: If you can't get the workflowParamers XML string right, you can write a simple console app in server using OM. SPWorkflowAssociation.AssociationData will return the init form data that you already configured in the list/library workflow settings.

public void submit_OnClick(DocActionEvent e)

{

// Write your code here.

WorkflowService.Workflow workflowService = new WorkflowService.Workflow();

workflowService.Url = "http://siteURL/_vti_bin/workflow.asmx";

workflowService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

workflowService.PreAuthenticate = true;

try

{

XmlDocument workflowParameters = new XmlDocument();

string strXml = "<my:myFields xml:lang='en-us' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:my='http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD'><my:Reviewers><my:Person><my:DisplayName>Approver’s display name</my:DisplayName><my:AccountId>domain\\account</my:AccountId><my:AccountType>User</my:AccountType></my:Person></my:Reviewers><my:CC></my:CC><my:DueDate xsi:nil='true'></my:DueDate><my:Description></my:Description><my:Title></my:Title><my:DefaultTaskType>1</my:DefaultTaskType><my:CreateTasksInSerial xsi:nil='true'></my:CreateTasksInSerial><my:AllowDelegation>true</my:AllowDelegation><my:AllowChangeRequests>true</my:AllowChangeRequests><my:StopOnAnyReject xsi:nil='true'></my:StopOnAnyReject><my:WantedTasks xsi:nil='true'></my:WantedTasks><my:SetMetadataOnSuccess xsi:nil='true'></my:SetMetadataOnSuccess><my:MetadataSuccessField></my:MetadataSuccessField><my:MetadataSuccessValue></my:MetadataSuccessValue><my:ApproveWhenComplete xsi:nil='false'></my:ApproveWhenComplete><my:TimePerTaskVal xsi:nil='true'></my:TimePerTaskVal><my:TimePerTaskType xsi:nil='true'></my:TimePerTaskType><my:Voting>false</my:Voting><my:MetadataTriggerField></my:MetadataTriggerField><my:MetadataTriggerValue></my:MetadataTriggerValue><my:InitLock xsi:nil='false'></my:InitLock><my:MetadataStop xsi:nil='true'></my:MetadataStop><my:ItemChangeStop xsi:nil='true'></my:ItemChangeStop><my:GroupTasks>false</my:GroupTasks></my:myFields>";

workflowParameters.LoadXml(strXml);

//Guid for the workflow templateId

Guid guid = new Guid("{5C65AB69-11BC-430D-B730-71050250F576}");

//form URL needs to be replaced

XmlNode result = workflowService.StartWorkflow("http://siteURL/formlibrary/test.xml", guid, workflowParameters);

if (result != null)

thisXDocument.UI.Alert("Result: " + result.Value);

}

catch (SoapException ex)

{

thisXDocument.UI.Alert("SoapException: " + ex.Message + " " + ex.Detail.Value);

}

catch (Exception ex0)

{

thisXDocument.UI.Alert("Exception: " + ex0.Message);

}

How to display current user's full name, email and other info in InfoPath?

jingmeili — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:45:00 GMT

Itay has blogged the exact steps and screenshots on how to display current user info (email, full name, manager, etc) in InfoPath form by calling UserProfileService.asmx in MOSS 2007, most importantly without writing any code!

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/itaysk/archive/2007/04/05/InfoPath-_2D00_-Get-the-current-user-without-writing-code.aspx

Note:

I was getting the following error during my first try:

The query cannot be run for the following DataObject: GetUserProfileByName
InfoPath cannot run the specified query.
The SOAP response indicates that an error occurred on the server:

Server was unable to process request. ---> Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.

Cause: I was calling the web service against the server root that I didn’t have access to. For example http://server/_vti_bin/userprofileservice.asmx but I didn’t have access to http://server

Solution: Call the web service against the site the InfoPath template lives in, which the current user has access to. For example http://server/sites/sitename/_vti_bin/userprofileservice.asmx

Jingmei Li's MSDN Blog : InfoPath

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

How to display current user's full name, email and other info in InfoPath?