How can I display list item data on a workflow initiation form?

Question

I have a master list (Projects) containing all the data about the projects my clients' employees (technical writers) are working on. When it's time for the writers to grab sign offs on the project they are working on, they run a workflow called, appropriately, "Send for Approvals".

The workflow itself is pretty simple: create some approval tasks for other individuals in the company based on selections made in the Projects list. The only problem is, the writers aren't double checking that they've made accurate selections before sending their items off for approvals, which is creating a huge administrative headache.

So, I've been trying to display the list item information for the specific list item on which the writers are running the workflow on its initiation form, customized in InfoPath 2010.

I know I need the List Item ID in order to do this and, after intense research, it appears that the only place the List Item ID is held during initiation is in the current URL, which is passed as a parameter into the workflow once it starts.

Can I get at that List Item ID in the URL, or is there another way?

Any help is appreciated.

FYI: I cannot use the InfoPath Form Web Part or any VB solutions.

Answer 1

This article seems to be helpful:

• Enhanced Workflow Initiation Forms in SPD – Part II
  
  • Part I of it

Update:
This article seems to refer to SPD2010 workflow on Sharepoint Foundation 2010 while on Sharepoint Server 2010 (and before but not after ( * )) any created workflow is based on Infopath forms. Read, for example in:

• S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton. 2 Ways SharePoint Designer 2010 integrates with InfoPath 2010

  "Note: If you have SharePoint Foundation 2010 installed instead of SharePoint Server 2010, the workflow forms generated by SharePoint Designer 2010 will be ASPX forms instead of InfoPath forms. In the latter case, you would use SharePoint Designer 2010 (and not InfoPath 2010) to modify the workflow forms"

All the other (msdn) replies on the issue tell about impossibility to get list item data on a workflow initiation form:

• can workflow Initiation form text label show List Item field?
• Customise Workflow Initiation Form
• etc.

though it is possible to set list item data on the following (not the initial) form:

• Show Current Item Field Information on Workflow Initiation Form
• Is it possible to add fields from infopath form library to a workflow task list tied to that same form library?

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On Sharepoint Server 2013 a workflow is impossible to have on Infopath forms