Calling one workflow from another
ToadMan8
January 13th, 2009
I have a workflow that, given a user, returns the technical support person who should respond to the given user's request. I want to call this workflow from many other workflows. I established an input and output variable in the project, and the model is valid. I published it as a DLL, but when I import the DLL into my other projects, it doesn't generate any new components. How do I use the model from other projects?
Thanks!!
Filed under: Endpoint Management and Virtualization
You could deploy the workflow
You could deploy the workflow as a web service and call the webservice via a generated WS component. Optionally, you could turn this workflow into a decision project, publish it as an executable, and call it using the Shell Execute component.
hrm...
I made a .exe and it shows the input var when I run it at the command line, then it says it completed successfully but doesn't give me output. When I use the Shell Commands component in the workflow I am trying to call it from, it returns the following:
Name: System.String[]
Command: System.String[]
Arguments: System.String[]
CommandToExecute: System.String[]
and Workflow considers those vars singles, so I can't use the array functions like "Build Text from Elements"
Have you tried going the web
Have you tried going the web service route? I completely overlooked the fact that this returns output. Usually I go the web service route for stuff that outputs stuff, and executables for workhorses that don't return output.
This did it!
This worked for me, and is a reasonably eloquent way of pulling it off, thank you!
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