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Setting the Default Workflow Process for Exchange Server

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The Default Workflow Process (DefaultWorkflow property) specifies the default workflow process to be applied to a workflow-enabled folder. When workflow is enabled for a folder, items in the folder use the default workflow process unless another workflow process is specified explicitly for use by your application.

To set the default workflow process

  1. Open the Development Environment. Open an existing solution, or use File, New to create a workflow project. The solution, along with any of its projects and existing workflow processes, is displayed in the Solution Explorer.

  2. Select the workflow project from the Solution Explorer.

  3. From the View menu, select Property Pages. You also can right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and select Properties from the context menu.

  4. In the Default Workflow Process: text box, enter the name of the workflow process you want to set as the default, or select the "" to browse for other available workflow processes. When browsing for the desired workflow process, the filter will only filter for *.wfd or *wef files. In addition, the name of the default workflow process can be entered into the Property Grid, in the DefaultWorkflow property field.

    If the selected workflow process is not in the current folder, a URL including the location and name of the process will be entered in the text box. It is important to note that external default workflow process will not be displayed in the Solution Explorer; it is displayed only in the Properties Grid.

    Note   The default workflow process must reside on the same server as the Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server project folder.

    Note   To use a workflow process other than the default, the Ad-hoc workflow allowed on documents option must be selected on the Property Page or set to True on the Properties Grid.

See Also

Setting the Project Properties for Exchange Server | Displaying the Project Properties | Setting the Security Mode | Enabling a Workflow Process for Exchange Server | Creating the Workflow