2 new workflow functions

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The new functions explained below may be very useful to enhance your workflow integrations:

1. [_fd_CompletedForm(HideWorkflow)]:

This system code provides a copy of the completed form WITHOUT the workflow items. Very useful for example to include in a workflow message to the initial user or the first workflow recipient. Read more about the possibility to display the copy of the completed form in the manual.

2. Submit=Auto:

This url parameter automatically submits the form right after it was opened. This may be useful when combined with the possibility to auto populate entries in the url. If for example, you have a form with a question with identifier ‘Status’, you can pass through the answer by adding ‘?def_status=Approved’ to the url. So always use ‘def_<identifier>’. The form will open with the Status question answered with ‘Approved’. If we now also tell the form to automatically submit, a single link or url can change the status. All the user needs to do is to click the link. This can be very useful for the workflow member as you can see in the example below:

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*The first url parameter always starts with a ‘?’, all additional parameters start with a ‘&’. Because the system code [_fd_Workflow_Url] already contains the workflow code as a parameter, in the example above the ‘&’ is used.

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