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HTML Step Processor Page Data Flow

In order to develop a custom HTML Step Processor, it is important to understand the basic HTML Step Processor page data flow. A Process Open Client Step Processor (such as the OOTB FnStepProcessor) is invoked by the Personal Workflow Manager (PWM). When an end user in the PWM selects either the "Inbox" user queue (a user involved in a Process workflow will typically receive new assignments in a workflow user Inbox) or a public "work" queue, the queue's contents are displayed in the PWM window. When the user selects a particular step assignment from the displayed queue contents, the appropriate Step Processor client application is launched in a browser popup window.

The following figure illustrates the basic page data flow for the OOTB HTML Step Processor.

As indicated in the figure, when the end user completes the step with any of the following actions: Complete, Save, Return, Move, or Cancel, the user is redirected back to the Personal Work Manager (PWM) queue content page. If the user elects to reassign the step assignment, the Step Reassignment application is launched. From the Step Reassignment page, the user can then either cancel (returning to the popup Step Processor application) or apply the reassignment, in which case the user is redirected back to the PWM queue.