I would like to add workflow to my webpart. Whenever items added or removed from webparts my workflow needs to be started. I am not sure what my web part will have - it can have any items like list, asp.net controls, etc. Is this possible?
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2Your question doesn't make sense - web parts don't 'have' lists and asp.net controls don't have workflow. Are you talking about putting a workflow on a list?– RyanCommented Mar 1, 2012 at 8:19
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My scenario is whenever particular user edits or create any item inside web part i need to call a workflow and that workflow should decide whether particular user has permission to create or edit..am i clear..– SankerCommented Mar 1, 2012 at 8:42
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Clear? Not really. Is the web part a custom web part or the built in ones? What is it creating - is it items in a SharePoint list or something else?– RyanCommented Mar 1, 2012 at 8:44
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Custom web part with any type of content..– SankerCommented Mar 1, 2012 at 8:47
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if it is a webpart you have built you can manualy start and stop the workflow
here is a snippet
public void StartWorkflow(SPWorkflowManager manager,string eventData,SPListItem listItem,SPWorkflowAssociation workflow)
{
SPWorkflowCollection workflows = manager.GetItemActiveWorkflows(listItem);
if (workflows.Count > 0)
{
return;
}
manager.StartWorkflow(listItem, workflow, string.Empty, true);
}
WorkFlow Manager Refrence http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.workflow.spworkflowmanager_members.aspx
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You will have to create the method that fires the workflow i usualy use an eventreciver of some sort. but as your question is very general i cannot give you a solution for that. but if for example you are displaying a list via a webpart. attatch an event reciver to the list and it will be kicked of if you edit it in the workflow
answered Mar 1, 2012 at 8:49
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my web part can have any type of content..also if my web part has more than one content then i have to write event receiver for each content..– SankerCommented Mar 1, 2012 at 8:55
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1the issue is that your question is very general. but for every type of webpart you would have to code a different even reciver Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 9:07
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ok then i have to use event receiver for every content that i use in my web part and from there i have to start my workflow..– SankerCommented Mar 1, 2012 at 9:10
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no, its not realy about the type of content its more about. how the content gets manipulated is it a list is their a form with a submit button etc. because depending on that you will either attach a event reciver or create a custom function. because if you look at the event reciver specs it can only attach to certin events Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 9:45
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You shouldn't pass an empty string for the eventData parameter. You should pass an empty XML tag instead, like
<root />. Commented May 28, 2013 at 13:57