How to programatically check on the initiation form whether workflow is running or completed and display some message

Question

I have a Sequential workflow in Sharepoint 2010 with an Initiation form. I want this workflow to do a check whether an approval workflow is already running on the same document when I click the start workflow button and if its running it should display a message. Does anyone know how I can implement this or any similar scenario?

Answer 1

You can try the following code:

http://geekswithblogs.net/dotnetrodent/archive/2008/08/13/124408.aspx

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Answer 2

Hi Osee,

In your project, add a InitiationForm item, then in page_load event, add the code as below to determine if the workflow is running.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            InitializeParams();

            // Optionally, add code here to pre-populate your form fields.

          


            foreach (SPWorkflow workflow in workflowListItem.Workflows)
            { 
                //Determine if the workflow called "ApprovalWF" is running.
                if (workflow.ParentAssociation.Name == "ApprovalWF" && workflow.InternalState == SPWorkflowState.Running)
                {
                    TextBox1.Text = "RUNNING";
                }
            } 

        }

Thanks,
Simon      

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Simon Huang

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