Message Expansion functions

Use the attachment function to send the value of an attachment field (the actual document) via Web Services by adding a MIME attachment to the SOAP message. This function is only useful in the XML modality of Web Services.

NOTE  This function is designed to work only in a Web Services message used in the XML modality of invoke or reply; it is not for general use in other areas of a workflow definition.

Function What it does

attachment

Adds the contents of an attachment field to a Web Services message.

attachment

attachment (attachment_field_name)

For example, in the outgoing message for an Invoke system function, you could insert the contents of a document specified by an attachment field, MyAttachment, into a string field:

....
"<DataFields>"+
     "<Data1>"+ attach(MyAttachment) + "</Data1>"+
     "<Data2>"+ _string + "</Data2>"+ .....