Launching a workflow from a custom menu item

I have asked these questions before in an old thread to keep things together, but I didn't receive any replies. Next try:

I am launching a workflow from a custom menu item. It works, but I still have some questions for improvement of the interface.

1. Is it possible to let the custom menu item launch the workflow form immediately. For the moment I need a button (in an empty form) in the custom menu item to pass all parameters to the iwwft_instantiator, which is launched by the submit button.
1b. Or is it possible to pass the TAG_info information to the instantiator from the custom menu item?
This would save the users some clicks

2. <FORM ACTION="http://host/iw/webdesk/login/iw-bin/iwwft_instantiator.cgi? _ _ _
It opens a browser with Login prompt, but how can I leave this out? The users are already logged in when launching the custom menu item. I tried passing the session but that is not enough.

3. iw_first_time=true
You are prompted for every interactive element in your wft (TAG_info). The form to start the workflow shows the required fields in red, even if I pass iw_first_time=true as mentioned in the iwwft_instantiator.

Thanks,
Sara

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james1

> 1. Is it possible to let the custom menu item launch the
> workflow form immediately. For the moment I need a button (in
> an empty form) in the custom menu item to pass all
> parameters to the iwwft_instantiator, which is launched by
> the submit button.

You can do some JavaScript magic to submit the form when the page loads, e.g.:

<body onLoad="document.form.submit()">

> 1b. Or is it possible to pass the TAG_info information to
> the instantiator from the custom menu item?

I think that you should be able to pass in some additional name/value pairs to iwwft_instantiator.cgi, and it will use the data to populate tags.

> 2. <FORM ACTION="http://host/iw/webdesk/login/iw-bin/iwwft_instantiator.cgi? _ _ _
> It opens a browser with Login prompt, but how can I leave
> this out? The users are already logged in when launching
> the custom menu item. I tried passing the session but that is
> not enough.

Remove "/iw/webdesk/login" from the action URI. And, optionally, remove "http://host".

-- James

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James H Koh
Interwoven Engineering

sara

removing the login/iw-bin (<form ACTION="http://host/iw/webdesk/iwwft_instantiator.cgi?&iw ... ) works out best, but unfortunately only in webdeskpro and we use webdesk.

but my required workflow fields keep showing up in red, despite the "iw_first_time=true "
Any idea?

Sara

Edited by sara on 06/03/03 06:12 AM (server time).