Scripting in the Workflow Designer for Exchange Server

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When creating workflow processes with the Workflow Designer for Exchange 2000 Server, you are not required to write any scripts to make a workflow process run. However, to add functionality to your workflow process, you can add Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) to your workflow events.

In This Section

• Creating Script Procedures
  Create the script in the script editor to use procedures or functions in your workflow process.
• Workflow Process Security Mode
  The workflow process security mode controls the types of actions that can be executed by your workflow scripts.
• Choosing Workflow Events
  Determine the appropriate event to use to trigger a procedure.
• Debugging Script in the Workflow Designer for Exchange Server
  The Workflow Designer for Exchange 2000 Server relies on server-side script that cannot display user information. As a result, you cannot use typical debugging options. The options available to you depend on your access to the server on which the scripts are running.
• Script Examples for Exchange Server
  The examples in this section are available for use in your workflow scripting.

Related Sections

• Developing Workflow Applications for Exchange Server
  Generally, the term "workflow" is used to describe applications that are modeled as business processes. Typical workflow applications include forms routing/approval, document review/publishing, and issue tracking.
• Workflow Applications Architecture for Exchange Server
  A workflow application consists of forms and documents that a user manipulates and tools on the server that manage those documents according to a set of rules.
• Planning a Workflow Process for Exchange Server
  As with all development, planning is the key to creating successful solutions. The Workflow Designer for Exchange 2000 Server automates many of the activities required to create a workflow process for Exchange 2000 Server or SharePoint Portal Server.
• Building a Workflow Process for Exchange Server
  The Workflow Designer makes it possible for you to build, modify, and add script to workflow processes for Exchange 2000 folders.
• Developing the User Interface for Exchange Workflow
  Typically, the user interface is independent of CDO Workflow objects and runs on a client computer.
• Advanced Workflow Process Management
  When you have created your workflow processes using the Workflow Designer, you can use the advanced management features.
• Troubleshooting Workflow Application for Exchange Server
  This topic provides information to help you avoid or resolve the most common errors and issues you might encounter when using Workflow Designer.