Automatically Submit Start Button on Worklfow Page

Is there a way to force the "Initiation" form of a workflow to click the "Start" button?
What I really want is to use a "Custom Action" on a list to start the workflow without having to go to the first page where the Start button is.
David Jenkins

Hi David,
According to your description, my understanding is that you do not want to redirect to the workflow start page.
Here are two ways for your reference:
1. You can create a JavaScript function and call the function when clicking the button in the ribbon.
function StartWorkflow(ItemURL, ItemID) {
var loadingImage = ‘Loader’ + ItemID;
var workflowDiv = ‘WorkflowDiv’ + ItemID;
//Show our loading image
document.getElementById(loadingImage).style.visibility = ‘visible’;
$().SPServices({
operation: "StartWorkflow",
item: ItemURL,
templateId: "{04ee1c93-f6b7-49b3-a79c-fa3142ecd688}",
workflowParameters: "<root />",
completefunc: function() {
document.getElementById(workflowDiv).innerHTML = ‘Workflow Started’;
Mor information, please refer to the link:
http://spservices.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=StartWorkflow
2. You can create a ribbon button using visual studio 2010 and start workflow using C# code.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jfrost/archive/2009/11/06/adding-custom-button-to-the-sharepoint-2010-ribbon.aspx
http://jainnitin2411.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/programmaticallystartsharepointworkflow/
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Wendy
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