[Zope-CMF] workflows what are they and how to use them

J. Cameron Cooper jccooper@rice.edu
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:27:14 -0500


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>Hello I am having real difficulty in understanding workflows and how they
>are attached to a portal type.
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>>From the portal workflow tool, contents tab, I have the option to add
>workflows, and thats simple ;^), BUT what determines what goes inside this
>property, as in the default_workflow we have [ Simple Review / Publish
>Policy ] where do we specify what the actions of Simple Review are?
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You don't. The default_workflow is so simple that there's nothing you 
can do about it through the web. It has hardcoded in the default private 
-> pending -> public workflow. If you want to change that, find another 
workflow or write one.

See the design docs on the cmf dogbowl for the workflow API.

If you don't want to write one, download the DCWorkflow, which allows 
through-the-web creation of arbitrary state machines. It's pretty slick.

        --jcc
    (slick? where?)