SOAP call to initiate existing .wft

jdbellamy

I'm completely new to the Interwoven product line and have been scouring the forums looking for a solution to the following problem with little success.

I'm trying to invoke an existing .wft file on a TeamSite server from a Java servlet. I'm using the CSSDK to build the underlying SOAP call. The only way I can find to initiate the .wft is by creating a workflow from a job spec XML file. Here is a simplified version of my spec file:

<workflow name = "JobSpec_invokeWft"
    owner = "username"
    creator = "username"
    description = "">
    <wftask owner="username" start="t" name="StartTask">
 <description></description>
 <areavpath v="/default/workarea"/>
        <successors>
            <successorset description = "Go to EndTask">
                <succ v = "EndTask"/>
            </successorset>
        </successors>
 <wftfile background="t" v="/full/path/to/my.wft"/>
    </wftask>
    <endtask name="EndTask"/>
</workflow>

The problem I'm having is that this requires a user to "finish" the task before the .wft is invoked.

Am I going about this the wrong way?
Is there a way to automate the required interaction?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
jdbellamy

Bill Klish

A few thoughts come to mind:

1. Do a servlet redirect to the newjob URL command (see the TeamSite UICG manual)

2. You can try calling the iwwft_instantiator.cgi program that should kick off your workflow with the correct parameters, but this ties you to some proprietary Interwoven code.

3. Use a JSP page to forward to the newjob url command with your workflow parameters.

Hope that helps.