'Complete' status for Synchronous method

[Michael Pokraka]

Create Method. remove postprocessing code from other method. insert.
Create task. Mark as background.
OK, you need a bit of tweaking to make sure the right DATA statements
are there etc, but in principle that's it.
You can go to n-th detail, by putting everything in a loop and checking
that user has done what they need
 
If feasible, use a field in the transaction that needs to be set.
Alternatively - I'm busy implementing something similar - provide the
user with an option to say 'I'm not done yet' which they have to tick if
they aren't finished - places the onus on them.
Cheers
Mike
 
 
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:25:49AM -0800, Swami Bala wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply Mike. Sometimes the requirements are so weird
> that I could not even incorporate the Explicit confirmation. Excuse me if I
> ask this stupid question ! But Is it possible to have the 'Confirm end of
> processing' without the confirmation screen poping up !. But it is certainly
> worth considering for me abt the other option of having a separate task for
> the post processing though I donot know how do I proceed on that .
> Swami Bala
>
>
>
> >
> >Hi Swami,
> >It makes sense if you look at the method: It calls a transaction. Thus
> >when the user clicks back, the transaction has been called and is thus
> >complete. That's all the task is coded to do.
> >In async mode, it is told to wait for a document change, thus will not
> >terminate until it receives the appropriate event.
> >
> >I'd suggest using the 'Explicit confirmation' (or something like that)
> >option - to let the user specify whether (s)he is done or not - they may
> >even need to do more than one edit before completing the task.
> >I am not 100% certain about how passing of parameters work in this case,
> >but I think it should do the trick. Alternatively (I assume you do the
> >call transaction and then query stuff afterwards to pass back), you can
> >add the post-processing into a seperate task, or - even better - create
> >a virtual attribut if applicable.
> >
> >Cheers
> >Mike
> >
> >On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 08:54:04AM -0800, Swami Bala wrote:
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I am confused at the 'Complete' status of the workItem when it is a
> >> synchronous method. I have a task with sync. method and this seems to
> >work
> >> fine if the application is saved. But when the user just clicks the back
> >> arrow button without saving it, the work item goes into 'Complete'
> >status
> >> and dissapears from Inbox. I donot want a asynch.method since i am
> >passing
> >> parameters from the method back to wflow. How does defining a
> >terminating
> >> event in synch. method works ?
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Swami Bala
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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