Find activity id in an Oracle Workflow Item Type

Dear all,
I am having a problem locating the activity id
in order to use it with Wf_Engine.GetActivityAttrText(itemType, itemKey, actId, parameter_name) function.
Any ideas? Thanx in advance

Hi,
All PL/SQL stored procedures that are called by function or notification activities in an Oracle Workflow process should follow this standard API format so that the Workflow Engine can properly execute the activity.
This standard API has the activity id passed as an "IN" parameter
procedure <procedure name> (itemtype in varchar2,
itemkey in varchar2,
actid in number,
funcmode in varchar2,
resultout out varchar2)
So, in the procedure, you have access to the activity ID.
Hope this helps,
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