Run a Workflow from Windows Shell

Guido Sitta (GeoGraphics S.r.l.)

April 23, 2018 09:18

Hello, is it possible to execute a standard Workflow from a batch file on a server?

 

Thank you

 

Guido

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  Berend Veldkamp

  April 26, 2018 15:17

  I don't think Geocortex includes that possibility. But workflows being a standard Microsoft technology, it is not hard to write a tool that does what you want (if you are a .NET developer). I actually wrote such a tool for a client, but I can't share it here.

   

  To explain every detail would be beyond the scope of this forum, but here are the three basic steps.

  1. Load the XAML file using ActivityXamlService.Load(filename);
  2. Create a workflow application, e.g. app = new WorkflowApplication((DynamicActivity)activity);
  3. Run the workflow application: app.Run();

  Things to add would be:

  • Passing input parameters to the workflow,
  • Loading external libraries needed by the workflow, such as Esri.ArcGIS.Client etc.
  • Error handling

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  Guido Sitta (GeoGraphics S.r.l.)

  April 27, 2018 07:01

  Thank you Berend, we could try this!

   

  Ciao

   

  Guido

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  Berend Veldkamp

  April 27, 2018 08:51

  Another way would be to have the batch process make an HTTP request to the workflow's REST endpoint. The downside of doing that is you may get a timeout if the workflow takes more than 30 seconds.

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