hwsOperation Element

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Defines the Microsoft BizTalk 2004 Human Workflow Services (HWS) operation type, such as adding an action to a new activity flow, adding an action to an existing activity flow, and responding to a task.

Type

xsd:complexType

Child Elements

Element Description
input Specifies the XML form file, which is encoded and submitted with the HWS operation.

Attributes

Attribute Type Required Description Possible Values
type xsd:string Yes Specifies the HWS operation type.
  • addActionToNewActivityFlow
  • addActionToActivityFlow
  • sendTaskResponse
typeID xsd:string Yes Contains the globally unique identifier (GUID) for the operation. string
serviceUrl xsd:string Yes Specifies the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) location of the HWS Web service. string

Definition

<xsd:element name="hwsOperation">
  <xsd:complexType>
    <xsd:choice>
      <xsd:element ref="xsf:input"/>
    </xsd:choice>
    <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" use="required"></xsd:attribute>
    <xsd:attribute name="typeID" type="xsd:string" use="required"></xsd:attribute>
    <xsd:attribute name="serviceUrl" type="xsd:string" use="required"></xsd:attribute>
  </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>

Remarks

Upon submit, the hwsAdapter element automatically creates a globally unique identifier (GUID), as required by the HWS Web service; encodes the XML file; and updates the processing instructions of the XML instance file with the new GUID.

Note  This item is not supported when the Disable Service Pack features option on the Advanced tab of the Options dialog box in InfoPath is selected or when Microsoft Office 2003 Editions Service Pack 1 or later is not installed. Any form defined by a form definition file (.xsf) that includes this item cannot be opened in InfoPath when service pack features are disabled or unavailable.

Example

The following is an example of the hwsOperation element:

<xsf:hwsWorkflow taskpaneVisible="yes">
   <xsf:location url="http://www.contoso.com/hwsservice/hwsservice.asmx"/>
   <xsf:allowedActions>
      <xsf:action  name="approval" actionTypeID="123" 
         canInitiateWorkflow="yes" caption="Get   Approval"/>
      <xsf:action  name="delegate" actionTypeID="234"   
         canInitiateWorkflow="no" caption="Delegate"/>
   </xsf:allowedActions>
   <xsf:allowedTasks>
      <xsf:task name="getManagerApproval"  taskTypeID="435" 
         caption="Send Response"/>
      <xsf:task name="getVPApproval" taskTypeID="436"  
         caption ="Send Response"/>
      <xsf:task name="delegateToManager" taskTypeID="420" 
         caption="Respond"/>
   </xsf:allowedTasks>
</xsf:hwsWorkflow>

<xsf:hwsAdapter  name="Start Approval"    
   wsdlUrl="http://www.contoso.com/hwsservice/hwsservice.asmx?WSDL" 
   submitAllowed="yes">
   <xsf:hwsOperation type="addActionToNewActivityFlow" typeID="{guid}"
      serviceUrl="http://www.contoso.com/hwsservice/hwsservice.asmx">
      <xsf:input source="HWSMessage1.xml">
         <xsf:partFragment match="/ns1:HWSMessage/ActionSection/param1" 
            replaceWith="/my:myFields/my:param1"/>
         <xsf:partFragment match="/ns1:HWSMessage/ActionSection/param2" 
            replaceWith="/a:some/b:thing" dataObject="Aux1"/>
      </xsf:input>
   </xsf:hwsOperation>
</xsf:hwsAdapter>

Parent Objects | hwsAdapter Element

Child Objects | input Element