How is an object created in a workflow ?

Question

Hello,
When i create a task and assign an organizational business object to it along with a method. When the workflow is activated then it will call this method, but who will create the object and who will fill up the initial attributes of the object. As an example:
if my organizational business object is called CAR, and it has an attribute caller COLOR, and a methif called get_Color. Then when i start my workflow, it will call the method get_color, but will it first create the CAR object ?
-Can someone point out how the workflow works ?
-Onemore question, do you know a good resource on how to create Organizational business objects
thanks
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Hassan

Answer 1

It is not clear my your message if you want to create a new instance of an object (i.e. a new car) or if you want to create an instance of an existing car.
If you want to create a new car, you need to see if there is a method CREATE for this object and if a task already exists for this method.  If no tasks exists, then you need to create one.
My guess is that you want to create an instance of an existing car (i.e. you want car number 1234 and exectue method get_color).  You will use object SYSTEM, method GENERICINSTANTIATE to accomplish this.  The easiest way to do this is by using workflow wizards.  Under the workflow wizards "others" folder, select wizard "Include 'Create Object reference'".  It will create a background task that will create an object instance.  All you need to do is bind the object key to the task and you are all set.
Mike