SPWorkflowAssociation Class
Represents the association of a workflow template with a specific list or content type, and contains members that return custom information about that workflow's association with the specific list or content type.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAutoSerializingObject
Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowAssociation
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online
Syntax
'Declaration
<SubsetCallableTypeAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class SPWorkflowAssociation _
Inherits SPAutoSerializingObject _
Implements IComparer
'Usage
Dim instance As SPWorkflowAssociation
[SubsetCallableTypeAttribute]
public sealed class SPWorkflowAssociation : SPAutoSerializingObject,
IComparer
Remarks
A workflow association represents the binding of a workflow template to a specific list or content type. Workflow associations enable you to specify properties of the workflow as it applies to the specific list or content type to which you bind it.
A given workflow template can be bound to the same list or content type multiple times, resulting in multiple workflow associations.
For more information, see Workflow Stages.
To associate a workflow template with a website, use the Add(SPWorkflowAssociation) method on the WorkflowAssociations property of the SPWeb object.
To associate a workflow template with a list or document library, use the Add(SPWorkflowAssociation) method on the WorkflowAssociations property of the SPList object.
To associate a workflow template with a content type, use the Add(SPWorkflowAssociation) method on the WorkflowAssociations property of the SPContentType object.
All of these methods take an SPWorkflowAssociation() object and add it to the specified website, list, or content type. To create the appropriate workflow association, use the CreateWebAssociation(SPWorkflowTemplate, String, SPList, SPList), CreateListAssociation, CreateListContentTypeAssociation, or CreateWebContentTypeAssociation method of the SPWorkflowAssociation object itself.
Use the Remove(SPWorkflowAssociation) method on the WorkflowAssociations property of the SPWeb, SPList, or SPContentType object to remove a workflow association from a website, list, or content type.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow Namespace
Other Resources
Workflows in SharePoint Foundation