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The following example moves the document under workflow created in the Sample documents and objects topic to the subsequent workflow step.

 

private bool MoveToNextStep()

{

  TreeProvider tree = new TreeProvider(CMSContext.CurrentUser);

 

  // Prepare parameters

  string siteName = CMSContext.CurrentSiteName;

  string aliasPath = "/API-Example";

  string culture = "en-us";

  bool combineWithDefaultCulture = false;

  string classNames = TreeProvider.ALL_CLASSNAMES;

  string where = null;

  string orderBy = null;

  int maxRelativeLevel = -1;

  bool selectOnlyPublished = false;

  string columns = null;

 

  // Get the document

  TreeNode node = DocumentHelper.GetDocument(siteName, aliasPath, culture, combineWithDefaultCulture, classNames, where, orderBy, maxRelativeLevel, selectOnlyPublished, columns, tree);

 

  if (node != null)

   {

      WorkflowManager workflowManager = new WorkflowManager(tree);

 

      WorkflowInfo workflow = workflowManager.GetNodeWorkflow(node);

 

      // Check if the document uses workflow

      if (workflow != null)

       {

          // Check if the workflow doesn't use automatic publishing, otherwise, documents can't change workflow steps.

          if (!workflow.WorkflowAutoPublishChanges)

           {

              // Check if the current user can move the document to the next step

              if (workflowManager.CanUserApprove(node))

               {

                  // Move the document to the next step

                   workflowManager.MoveToNextStep(node, null);

 

                  return true;

               }

              else

               {

                   apiMoveToNextStep.ErrorMessage = "You are not authorized to approve the document.";

               }

           }

          else

           {

               apiMoveToNextStep.ErrorMessage = "The document uses versioning without workflow, changes are published automatically.";

           }

       }

      else

       {

           apiMoveToNextStep.ErrorMessage = "The document doesn't use workflow.";

       }

   }

 

  return false;

}

 

The following example moves the document under workflow created in the Sample documents and objects topic to the previous workflow step.

 

private bool MoveToPreviousStep()

{

  TreeProvider tree = new TreeProvider(CMSContext.CurrentUser);

 

  // Prepare parameters

  string siteName = CMSContext.CurrentSiteName;

  string aliasPath = "/API-Example";

  string culture = "en-us";

  bool combineWithDefaultCulture = false;

  string classNames = TreeProvider.ALL_CLASSNAMES;

  string where = null;

  string orderBy = null;

  int maxRelativeLevel = -1;

  bool selectOnlyPublished = false;

  string columns = null;

 

  // Get the document

  TreeNode node = DocumentHelper.GetDocument(siteName, aliasPath, culture, combineWithDefaultCulture, classNames, where, orderBy, maxRelativeLevel, selectOnlyPublished, columns, tree);

 

  if (node != null)

   {

      WorkflowManager workflowManager = new WorkflowManager(tree);

 

      WorkflowInfo workflow = workflowManager.GetNodeWorkflow(node);

 

      // Check if the document uses workflow

      if (workflow != null)

       {

          // Check if the workflow doesn't use automatic publishing, otherwise, documents can't change workflow steps.

          if (!workflow.WorkflowAutoPublishChanges)

           {

              // Check if the current user can move the document to the next step

              if (workflowManager.CanUserApprove(node))

               {

                  // Move the document to the previous step

                   workflowManager.MoveToPreviousStep(node, null);

 

                  return true;

               }

              else

               {

                   apiMoveToPreviousStep.ErrorMessage = "You are not authorized to reject the document.";

               }

           }

          else

           {

               apiMoveToPreviousStep.ErrorMessage = "The document uses versioning without workflow, changes are published automatically.";

           }

       }

      else

       {

           apiMoveToPreviousStep.ErrorMessage = "The document doesn't use workflow.";

       }

   }

 

  return false;

}

 

The following example archives the document under workflow created in the Sample documents and objects topic.

 

private bool ArchiveDocument()

{

  TreeProvider tree = new TreeProvider(CMSContext.CurrentUser);

 

  // Prepare parameters

  string siteName = CMSContext.CurrentSiteName;

  string aliasPath = "/API-Example";

  string culture = "en-us";

  bool combineWithDefaultCulture = false;

  string classNames = TreeProvider.ALL_CLASSNAMES;

  string where = null;

  string orderBy = null;

  int maxRelativeLevel = -1;

  bool selectOnlyPublished = false;

  string columns = null;

 

  // Get the document

  TreeNode node = DocumentHelper.GetDocument(siteName, aliasPath, culture, combineWithDefaultCulture, classNames, where, orderBy, maxRelativeLevel, selectOnlyPublished, columns, tree);

 

  if (node != null)

   {

      WorkflowManager workflowManager = new WorkflowManager(tree);

 

      WorkflowInfo workflow = workflowManager.GetNodeWorkflow(node);

 

      // Check if the document uses workflow

      if (workflow != null)

       {

          // Archive the document

           workflowManager.ArchiveDocument(node, null);

 

          return true;

       }

      else

       {

           apiArchiveDocument.ErrorMessage = "The document doesn't use workflow.";

       }

   }

 

  return false;

}