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Flow-New methodUse this instruction to start a new flow execution of a flow rule.
To start and complete an additional flow execution for a work item already open, call the standard activity Work-.StartNewFlow in your activity rather than this method. This activity locks the work item, adds and runs the identified flow completely, and then commits changes.
To start an additional flow execution for a work item that is already locked, call the standard activity Work-.StartFlow in your activity rather than this method. This adds a flow execution but does not commit.
Parameters
Type Flow-New in the Method field, followed by one space and a flow name (the second key part of a Rule-Obj-Flow rule) as a literal constant.
Usually, this instruction associates the primary page of the activity with the flow instance, and the Step Page field is left blank.
If the Step Page field is not blank, it may contain a reference to a top-level clipboard page, or a reference to an embedded page of the work item, such as embedded page .pyWorkParty(zzz). The latter is known as an interest page.
This instruction has no other parameters.
Results
This instruction can lead to the creation of one or more new work items, assignments, or other objects on the clipboard. It also performs the equivalent of the Obj-Save method on these objects, but not a Commit method.
When you create a custom activity that uses the Flow-New method, make sure that the Commit method occurs at the appropriate time in the activity (or in a later activity) so the new work item, assignment, and other objects are saved.
Checking the method status
This instruction updates the pxMethodStatus property. See How to test method results using a transition.
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