Document approval through SDK

Question

Hello Experts!
  Do you know if there is a way of performing the approval of a document through SDK?
  There are some DI API objects for Approval stages and approval templates, but that's all i can find.
  The reason i ask is,  that one of our partner finds the way of approving inconvenient. The approval report cannot be customized exactly to their needs. So i offered them to develop a custom form with all the info they need in one screen, but all i can do is to place a button on the screen, and clicking this button would open the native Document approving form, where they could confirm or reject the document. It is still not enough for them, they want to approve the document inline, without opening another form.
  Is there a way to do this?
Thank you, Gergő

Answer 1

Hi,
To Edward: I think your comment is out of topic
To János: A big thank you. Your answer (before you edited it) force me to try it in code, because I was searching the same information as Gergely did and I was sure, it is not possible to handle Approval Procedures (not Approval Stages and Approval Templates ) by DI API. The reason is: No Google finds, no DI API Help info, no sdn.sap forum finds.
To all: Although there is no info in DI API help (and nowhere else) it is possible to approve/reject document via DI API through ApprovalRequestsService.
How to do it:
SAPbobsCOM.ApprovalRequestsService oApprovalRequestsService = null;
SAPbobsCOM.ApprovalRequestParams oApprovalRequestParams = null;
SAPbobsCOM.ApprovalRequest oApprovalRequest = null;
SAPbobsCOM.ApprovalRequestDecision oApprovalRequestDecision = null;
oApprovalRequestsService =
  (SAPbobsCOM.ApprovalRequestsService)MyCompanyService.GetBusinessService(
      SAPbobsCOM.ServiceTypes.ApprovalRequestsService);
oApprovalRequestParams =
  (SAPbobsCOM.ApprovalRequestParams)oApprovalRequestsService.GetDataInterface(
      SAPbobsCOM.ApprovalRequestsServiceDataInterfaces.arsApprovalRequestParams);
int wddCode = 1;
oApprovalRequestParams.Code = wddCode;
oApprovalRequest = oApprovalRequestsService.GetApprovalRequest(oApprovalRequestParams);
oApprovalRequestDecision = oApprovalRequest.ApprovalRequestDecisions.Add();
oApprovalRequestDecision.Status = SAPbobsCOM.BoApprovalRequestDecisionEnum.ardApproved;
oApprovalRequestDecision.ApproverUserName = SAPB1UserName;
oApprovalRequestDecision.ApproverPassword = SAPB1Password;
oApprovalRequestsService.UpdateRequest(oApprovalRequest);
Hope it helps
D.