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That's basically the whole question. We need to be able to react -- preferably instantly -- in the event a Sharepoint workflow is canceled by a user. (Have to send some emails, update some database records, etc. Long story.)

How can we do that? I was thinking, for the lack of a better way, to create a timer job with a 1-minute interval that queries all of our list items, gets the associated workflows and checks their status. This would put a HUGE additional load on our servers, though, and an event-based solution would probably be best.

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Is this an out of the box WF created in SharePoint Designer or WF made in Visual Studio? – Anders Aune Mar 27 '12 at 11:59
Visual Studio. Sorry, updated my question. – Mihai Mar 27 '12 at 13:44

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You can implement your SPWorkflowEventReceiver and put your code in one of the handlers of this class (I do not remember which handler is invoked on cansel action).

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There is none :-( The events I can handle are "started", "completed" and "postponed". – Mihai Mar 27 '12 at 13:58
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I have another idea ) Could you add event handler to the workflow history list. If you cancel a workflow I hope a new item is added to this list and one of this item filed contains "cancel" status, other fields should contain information about workflow ) – Alexander Mar 27 '12 at 14:21
You, sir, are a genius. – Mihai Mar 27 '12 at 15:03

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