Hello,

I have a requirement to extend SharePoint's built-in approval workflow by
appending just one extra feature: after the very last step, we want to copy
the document to a second destination (i.e., another document library), whose
URL should be configurable in the workflow settings page. All of the
settings and functionality of the base approval workflow needs to be
retained.

I'm very new to SharePoint workflows, but I did spend the last few days
reading articles, reviewing sample code, and watching tutorials. So far,
nothing I've seen has demonstrated how to derive from one of SharePoint's
default workflows, or if it's even possible.

Would someone please be so kind as to advise me of how/where to begin to
tackle this task?

Thank you,
-Sabrina

Hi Sabrina,

You can't modify the built-in approval workflow like that. First, even if
you were able to modify the InfoPath form used to collect the workflow
settings, you'd then need to modify the source code to act upon that new URL
field that you added to the form. The source code for that workflow is, to
my knowledge, unavailable.

However, that doesn't mean you can't accomplish what you're trying to do. If
what you meant by "the very last step" is that you want this new action to
occur when the document has been approved, then what you could do is create
another workflow in Visual Studio that would check the value of the approval
status of the item whenever the item is edited and when the status is
approved, it would copy the item/document to the other document library that
was configured in the "workflow settings page". I think what you meant by
that "workflow settings page" is the association form. You're going to need
to create an association form for your workflow that will have a field where
the user can enter the url to the document library where the items should be
copied to. The form can be built as either an ASP.NET aspx page or as an
InfoPath form.

Thanks, this is an acceptable solution! I'll give it a try.

"Bart Tubalinal" <bart.tubalinal> wrote in message
news:5956
[..]

Hi Sabrina,
I have the same problem from last december but i could not find any solution
, i also want the same default association from of built in approval
workflow.i dont want to add more options . how can i get just this
association form having code.
please please help me if u can , thanx in advance

Nadia Noor

"Sabrina Veksler" wrote:
[..]