"Publishing" programatically created pages Cancel

1. Andrew

   

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   26 Jul 2007
   14 Aug 2007

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   Hello
   
   We have workflow enabled on our newly developed site. One part of the site uses a number of automatically created pages. When initially created these pages are at the "Draft" workflow stage and have to be manually moved through the other stages to "Published"
   
   How do I automatically "Publish" the pages when I am creating them.
   
   I have tried
   

   ICmsPage somePage = (ICmsPage)manager.GetPage(somePageID, true);

   somePage.Publish();

   
   and
   
   

   CmsWorkflowService.Instance.PublishPage(somePageID);

   
   but neither seems to work.
   
2. Pepi

   

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   15 Aug 2007

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   Hi Andrew,
   
   As the page workflow is allowed you should pass programmatically through the entire workflow process before calling Publish method. After saving the changes to the page you should send it for approval. To complete the workflow process you need to approve and publish the page.
   
   I am sending you an example:
   
   

   private void CreateUserPage(string pageName, string menuName, out Guid pageId)

   {

   // creates user's page

   CmsManager manager = new CmsManager();

   ICmsPage userPage = manager.CreatePage(pageName);

   pageId = userPage.ID;

   userPage.Navigable = true;

   userPage.MenuName = menuName;

   manager.SavePage(userPage);

   userPage = (ICmsPage)manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, true);

   Label lbl = new Label();

   lbl.ID = "Label1";

   lbl.Text = "My Label";

   IStagedPage stage = userPage.Staged.CheckOut();

   // adds Label control to the page in a container with ID Content

   stage.AddControl("Content", lbl);

   userPage = (ICmsPage)manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, true);

   // gets template with a name "default" and after that sets it for the newly created page

   IPageTemplate template = manager.GetTemplate("default");

   userPage.Staged.SetTemplate(template.ID, "Blue with right sidebar");

   userPage = (ICmsPage)manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, true);

   userPage.Staged.CheckIn();

   ExecuteActivity(userPage.ID, "SendForApproval");

   ExecuteActivity(userPage.ID, "Approve");

   CmsWorkflowService.Instance.PublishPage(userPage.ID);

   }

   private EventActivity FindActivity(string name, IList<Activity> activities)

   {

   foreach (Activity act in activities)

   {

   if ((act is EventActivity) && (((EventActivity)act).CommandName == name))

   return (EventActivity)act;

   EventActivity ea = FindActivity(name, act.Activities);

   if (ea != null)

   return ea;

   }

   return null;

   }

   private void ExecuteActivity(Guid pageId, string activityName)

   {

   WorkflowInstance instance = WorkflowRuntime.Instance.GetWorkflow(pageId);

   if (instance != null)

   {

   PageWorkflow workflow = (PageWorkflow)instance.Activity;

   EventActivity activity = FindActivity(activityName, workflow.Activities);

   if (activity != null)

   {

   activity.Execute(WorkflowRuntime.Instance);

   }

   }

   }

   
   The negative side of this solution is that the page functions as “Published” but in the grid it is displaying as “Draft”. We will investigate the reasons for this behavior and will contact you right way if we figure out some workaround.
   
   Hope this helps.
   
   Kind regards,
   Pepi
   the Telerik team

   
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3. Marcel S

   

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   19 Nov 2009
   20 Jul 2011

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   Very old thread, but anyway.
   
   I got this code:
   

   usedPage.Staged.AddControl("cplContent", "GenericContent1", ctlGeneric)

   manager.SavePage(usedPage)

   usedPage = manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, True)

   usedPage.Staged.AddControl("cplDList", "DownloadList1", ctlDList)

    

   userPage = manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, True)

   userPage.Publish()

    

   userPage = manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, True)

   userPage.Staged.CheckIn()

    

   ExecuteActivity(userPage.ID, "SendForApproval")

   ExecuteActivity(userPage.ID, "Approve")

    

   CmsWorkflowService.Instance.PublishPage(userPage.ID)

   
   ...but the page won't be published. In the pages section, the page is displayed as draft and needs to be approved.
   What's wrong? I just copied the essential part of your code.
   Maybe check in again?
   
   Edit: I recognized that the variable "instance" in ExecuteActivity is nothing, so nothing will be passed. Any solution for that?
   
   Regards,
   Marcel
4. Marcel S

   

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   19 Nov 2009
   20 Jul 2011

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   I got the final solution:
   
   Just give the WorkflowID to ExecuteActivity, not the page id.
   
   

   usedPage.Staged.AddControl("cplContent", "GenericContent1", ctlGeneric)

   manager.SavePage(usedPage)

   usedPage = manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, True)

   usedPage.Staged.AddControl("cplDList", "DownloadList1", ctlDList)

     

   userPage = manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, True)

   userPage.Publish()

     

   userPage = manager.GetPage(userPage.ID, True)

   userPage.Staged.CheckIn()

     

   ExecuteActivity(userPage.WorkflowID, "SendForApproval")

   ExecuteActivity(userPage.WorkflowID, "Approve")

     

   CmsWorkflowService.Instance.PublishPage(userPage.ID)

   
   Regards,
   Marcel