Web Dynpro ABAP to trigger workflow

Hi,
I have made a WD Application, where users are typing in free text.
I want the application to trigger a workflow (probably using FM SAP_WAPI_START_WORKFLOW) and then passing the text along to workflow inbox.
How can this be done?
Br,
Sonni

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Sonni Jacobsen wrote:
> I'm new to WD4A and WF - so I need some specific example to append what users have written in a text field of an WD Application and trigger a workflow.
I don't mean to sound discouraging - exactly the opposite in fact - but that sounds like quite a challenge to take on. Suggest you break the problem down into smaller chunks, concentrate on one new technology at a time. Start a workflow from an event as Paul described, but do so using a regular ABAP report. Use WDA to learn about views, windows, plugs, contexts etc. and write a piece of user input to a table.
The problem with trying to learn too many new things together is that you have no idea where to look if something doesn't work. Is it a WD plug? Is it workflow binding? Is it an event problem? This makes problem solving more difficult and that can become very disheartening.

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Saurav Mago wrote:
> hi,
> I dont think from workflow , you can call WD application.
>
> Thanx.
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