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Workflows - how do I make and use one? (Developer info needed)
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Joined: 11/15/2006(UTC)
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Hi,
Is there any documentation, tips, etc, especially for developers, that explains how I make a workflow and utilise it?
I'm particularly interested in creating a product pricing workflow.
Thanks.
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Joined: 11/5/2003(UTC)
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Dom, 1) From the admin->Options->Workflows screen select "New Workflow" 2) Add in the steps you'd like to use 3) In your code create a context for the workflow and then run it. Code:
Dim c As New BusinessRules.ProductTaskContext
c.UserId = SessionManager.GetCurrentUserId
c.Product = Catalog.Product.FindByBvin("abc123")
Dim result as boolean = false
result = BusinessRules.Workflow.RunByName(CType(c, BusinessRules.TaskContext), "My Custom Workflow Name")
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Joined: 8/17/2006(UTC)
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Marcus,
Small Issue: Talking about workflows, can you guys please make sure in the next release to use Workflows consistently?
Right now the code is running different system workflows either by name or by BVIN and this makes it quite hard to understand & modify the code :)
Thanks,
Corneliu. |
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Here is a short article I wrote that shows how to create a custom workflow task. http://structured-solutions.net/Coding/BVCommerce5/Bvc5UpdateOrderStatus |
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Corneliu,
We use bvin as often as possible because it is faster. When you run a workflow by name we have to make an extra call to resolve the name to a bvin.
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Marcus,
Thanks for your help. And Andy too!
I take that I "plug in" in my product or order task by placing the code in "App_Code" folder? My code there overrides similar classes in the core? I'm just trying to picture and understand the plug in effect.
Thanks.
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