task Element
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Contains the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Human Workflow Services (HWS) task information enabled for the form.
Type
Child Elements
None.
Attributes
name
Yes
The unique name of the task, as specified in the HWS Workflow designer; used for the onClick event of the button in the HWS Workflow task pane.
Cannot contain the following characters:
\ / " [ ] : < > + = ; , ? * @
xsf:xdHWSname
taskTypeID
Yes
The unique ID for the task.
string
xsd:string
caption
No
The label for the corresponding button in the HWS Workflow task pane to start or respond to a task.
minLength = 1
maxLength = 255
xsf:xdHWSCaption
Definition
<xsd:element name="task">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsf:xdHWSname" use="required"/>
<xsd:attribute name="taskTypeID" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
<xsd:attribute name="caption" type="xsf:xdHWSCaption" use="optional"/>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
The task element is an optional element of the allowedTasks element.
Each task enabled for the form must have a corresponding task element in the allowedTasks section of the form definition file (.xsf).
Note If this element or attribute is in the form definition file (.xsf), InfoPath Forms Services will prevent the form template from being deployed to the server as a browser-compatible form.
Example
The following is an example of the task element:
<xsf:hwsWorkflow taskpaneVisible="yes">
<xsf:location url="http://www.contoso.com/hwsservice/hwsservice.asmx"/>
<xsf:allowedActions>
<xsf:action name="approval" actionTypeID="123"
canInitiateWorkflow="yes" caption="Get Approval"/>
<xsf:action name="delegate" actionTypeID="234"
canInitiateWorkflow="no" caption="Delegate"/>
</xsf:allowedActions>
<xsf:allowedTasks>
<xsf:task name="getManagerApproval" taskTypeID="435"
caption="Send Response"/>
<xsf:task name="getVPApproval" taskTypeID="436"
caption ="Send Response"/>
<xsf:task name="delegateToManager" taskTypeID="420"
caption="Respond"/>
</xsf:allowedTasks>
</xsf:hwsWorkflow>
<xsf:hwsAdapter name="Start Approval"
wsdlUrl="http://www.contoso.com/hwsservice/hwsservice.asmx?WSDL"
submitAllowed="yes">
<xsf:hwsOperation type="addActionToNewActivityFlow" typeID="{guid}"
serviceUrl="http://www.contoso.com/hwsservice/hwsservice.asmx">
<xsf:input source="HWSMessage1.xml">
<xsf:partFragment match="/ns1:HWSMessage/ActionSection/param1"
replaceWith="/my:myFields/my:param1"/>
<xsf:partFragment match="/ns1:HWSMessage/ActionSection/param2"
replaceWith="/a:some/b:thing" dataObject="Aux1"/>
</xsf:input>
</xsf:hwsOperation>
</xsf:hwsAdapter>