WF with OO - dialog step issue

Hi folks.
I'm on ECC 6.0. My Zwf works with a Zclass. There is a dialog step that user receive in workplace ans can execute. BUT this WI terminates even user do nothing.
I'd like the WI get out its inbox ONLY if hin/her does the correct action in SAP document.
This step is configured with a method of a Zclass that calls a transaction.
I tryied configurations like explained in others posts, but without sucess.
I followed this explanation ( ABAP OO Method, you can select it as "Background Processing" else it will be a "Dialog Process) but it doesn't work. The WI always gets out of users workplace inbox. I want it to stay there while user did nothing in document.
Thanks.
Glauco

When a method completes execution it is finished and workflow moves on.
If you want to control when it is considered complete, you can either:
- Use "Confirm end of Processing" on the task
- Raise an exception CX_BO_CANCELLED or a subtype thereof in your method (this does not set the item into error)
- Use a condition on the WF step if there is something you can check
- Make it asynchronous with a terminating event
The first two options are the easiest to implement.
Hope that helps,
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