Trigger an exception in BPM ( Control Step )

Hi everyone,
I have a BPM which has a switch with three branch, one of them has a transformation to generate a mail structure and a sender to send the email, now I need throw an exception after send the email, I have think use a control step to do it, but I don't know how use the control step to throw an exception.
Could someone please help me?
Thanks, in advance.

Jose,
Please refer to the following url
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
Also refer to the example scenarios in the Design: Integration Builder. For example
Software component SAP BASIS
Software component version SAP BASIS 6.40
Namespace http://sap.com/xi/XI/System/Patterns
Integration Scenarios and Integration Processes
Integration Processes BpmPatternReqRespTimeOut
Regards,
Mike

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/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--step-by-step
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/3f/81023cfa699508e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
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/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--step-by-step
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