Invoking pageflow action from Backing Files

Hi,
I have a requirement to be able to force a pageflow to a particular state by invoking a specific action on the pageflow from the preRender() method of a backing file.
I.e under certain circumstances i want to force the portlet to return to its 'initial' state by running the begin action. It has to be done programitically and not setting refresh-action on the portlet.
Is it possible to do this programatically from a backing file ? Is so any sample code would be appreciated !.
TIA
Martin

What do you mean by state of a page flow?
If you want to set the state of the portlet you can do that easily using the PortletBackingContext.
If you want to clear the instance variables of a pageflow, you can do that by overriding methods in the parent class of PageFlowController.
Kunal
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