Calling On Demand Workflow through a Button in Ribbon (launchOnDemandWorkflow) in CRM 2011

I had to call an on demand workflow through a custom button click inside the ribbon. I thought of using launchOnDemandWorkflow function.

http://inogic.blogspot.com/2009/06/call-workflow-from-isv-button.html

But couldn’t really find a way of calling that function.

So thought of calling it through its url, which would be something like this

http://servername/orgname/_grid/cmds/dlg_runworkflow.aspx?

iObjType=10004

&iTotal=1

&sIds=%7b4BEBDCAF-8F66-E011-A475-00155D045711%7d%3b

&wfId=%7bF0ED25C7-5129-4297-8515-69DFFA0739FF%7d

function CallOnDemandWorkflow() {

var recordID = crmForm.ObjectId;

var url = “http://server/org/_grid/cmds/dlg_runworkflow.aspx?iObjType=10004&iTotal=1&sIds={“ + recordID + “}&wfId={F0ED25C7-5129-4297-8515-69DFFA0739FF}”;

window.open(url);

}

However I keep getting some JavaScript Error.

Finally found out the correct way of doing so.

function CallOnDemandWF() {

var a = new Array(crmFormSubmit.crmFormSubmitId.value);

var sIds = crmFormSubmit.crmFormSubmitId.value+“;”;

var sEntityTypeCode = “10004”; //Replace this with your entity type code

var sWorkflowId = “{F0ED25C7-5129-4297-8515-69DFFA0739FF}”; //Replace this with your actual workflow ID

var iWindowPosX = 500; //Modal dialog position X

var iWindowPosY = 200; //Modal dialog position Y

var oResult = openStdDlg(prependOrgName(“/_grid/cmds/dlg_runworkflow.aspx”)+“?iObjType=” + CrmEncodeDecode.CrmUrlEncode(sEntityTypeCode) + “&iTotal=” +

CrmEncodeDecode.CrmUrlEncode(a.length) + “&wfId=” + CrmEncodeDecode.CrmUrlEncode(sWorkflowId)+ “&sIds=” + CrmEncodeDecode.CrmUrlEncode(sIds) , a, iWindowPosX, iWindowPosY);

}

Check out the thread

http://axforum.info/forums/showthread.php?t=29333

Final Output

The ribbondiffxml used is following

    <RibbonDiffXml>

            <CustomActions>

                <CustomAction

                Id=“CA_MyFirstButton”

                Location=“Mscrm.Form.new_rip.MainTab.Workflow.Controls._children”

                Sequence=“31“>

                    <CommandUIDefinition>

                        <Button

                        Id=“B_MyFirstButton”

                        Command=“Cmd_JavaScript”

                        LabelText=“Invite Service Member”

                        ToolTipTitle=“Invite User”

                        ToolTipDescription=“Use this workflow to invite Service Member to the portal”

                        TemplateAlias=“o1”

                        Image16by16=“/_imgs/ribbon/startdialog_16.png”

                        Image32by32=“/_imgs/ribbon/startdialog_32.png“></Button>

                    </CommandUIDefinition>

                </CustomAction>

            </CustomActions>

            <Templates>

                <RibbonTemplates

                Id=“Mscrm.Templates“/>

            </Templates>

            <CommandDefinitions>

                <CommandDefinition
Id=“Cmd_JavaScript“>

                    <EnableRules>

                        <EnableRule
Id=“Mscrm.Enabled“></EnableRule>

                    </EnableRules>

                    <DisplayRules></DisplayRules>

                    <Actions>

                        <JavaScriptFunction

                            Library=“$webresource:new_InOut”

                            FunctionName=“CallOnDemandWF”

                    >

                        </JavaScriptFunction>

                    </Actions>

                </CommandDefinition>

            </CommandDefinitions>

            <RuleDefinitions>

                <TabDisplayRules/>

                <DisplayRules/>

                <EnableRules/>

            </RuleDefinitions>

            <LocLabels/>

        </RibbonDiffXml>

Bye.