input comment when trigger workflow

helloworld

In the each task UI of workflow, there is a field for input transition comment. But in my case, the author need to input a comment for trigger the workflow and submit to reviewer, like this:

                           -->                                         -->
Author(submit w/ comment)       Reviewer(reject or submit w/ comment)       End
                           <--                                         <--

I have tried to use TAG_INFO for getting the user inputted comment, but how can I set the comment to workflow? Because at that moment, workflow has not been initiated. It's right?

Thanks!

Adam Stoller

In the each task UI of workflow, there is a field for input transition comment. But in my case, the author need to input a comment for trigger the workflow and submit to reviewer, like this: --> --> Author(submit w/ comment) Reviewer(reject or submit w/ comment) End <-- <-- I have tried to use TAG_INFO for getting the user inputted comment, but how can I set the comment to workflow? Because at that moment, workflow has not been initiated. It's right? Thanks!

TAG_info is only used for the comment supplied during the workflow instantiation - generally with the form variable iw_desc.

Task transition comments are entered via the UI but, as far as I recall, were always "optional". At one project we were on, we had a cgitask after the usertask and the cgitask scripts sole responsibility was to check to see if the user had filled in a transition comment. If they did, the task transitioned right away without opening a window; If they didn't, the task would open a window with a textarea prompting for a transition comment - but utilized javascript code to ensure that the textarea was filled in with at least N characters before accepting it as a comment and transitioning to the next task.