Flow-New
method
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Use this instruction to start a new flow execution of a known flow rule.
To start and complete an
additional flow execution for a work object already open, call
the standard activity Work-.StartNewFlow in your
activity rather than this method. This activity locks the work
object, adds and runs the identified flow completely, and then
commits changes.
To start an additional flow
execution for a work object that is already locked, call the
standard activity Work-.StartFlow in your activity
rather than this method. This adds a flow execution but does
not commit.
Type Flow-New in the Method field, followed by one space and a flow type (the second key part of a Rule-Obj-Flow rule) as a literal constant.
Usually, this instruction associates the primary page of the activity with the flow instance, and the Step Page field is left blank.
If the Step Page field is not blank, it may contain a reference to a top-level clipboard page, or a reference to an embedded page of the work object, such as embedded page .pyWorkParty(zzz). The latter is known as an interest page.
This instruction has no other parameters.
This instruction can lead to the creation of one or more new work objects, assignments, or other objects on the clipboard. It also performs the equivalent of the Obj-Save method on these objects, but not a Commit method.
When you create a custom
activity that uses the Flow-New method, make sure that the
Commit method occurs at the appropriate time in the activity
(or in a later activity) so the new work object, assignment,
and other objects are saved.
This instruction updates the pxMethodStatus property. See How to test method results using a transition.
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