Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Scripting Cookbook

Starting a workflow from a dialog

We have looked at workflows and dialogs. But they can function together to achieve a result. For example, we can start from a dialog, capture specific information, and then kick off a workflow as part of the same process to process the information and generate a result.

Getting ready

Using the same solution package, we will be creating two new processes. One is a workflow that sends an e-mail when a field value changes, which we will mark as a child process. The other is a dialog that will call this workflow.

How to do it...

Create the child workflow by performing the following steps:

1. Create a new workflow, on the Account entity this time. Mark it to run as a child process.
2. Add a send e-mail step to the workflow, and ...