VAF C# copy Object AND set workflow state

Question

Hi community, 
 I'm working through the copyObject example https://developer.m-files.com/Samples-And-Libraries/Samples/Processes/Copying-Objects/ 
 This works fine. Now I was wondering if and how it is possible to set the cloned object to a certain workflow (and workflow-state). 
 
 var ClonedObjectId = env.Vault.ObjectOperations.CreateNewObjectExQuick(
 env.ObjVer.Type,
 newObjectPropertyValues,
 newObjectSourceFiles,
 isSingleFileDocument,
 CheckIn: true,
 AccessControlList: accessControlList); 
 Since this "is not an object itself" but only returns the ID of the new created object.... My approach would be to pick up / search for the object with the ClonedObjectID and set the workflow / state afterwards. 
 However I figure I'd then would already create version 2 by changing the workflow (and workflow state). 
 
 Is there an approach to set the workflow / state right away? 
 Kind of looking for something like 
 ClonedObject.SetWorkflowState(WF, WFS); 
 Thank you 
 Best regards 
 Alex

bright-ideas.dk · Accepted Answer

If you edit the newObjectPropertyValues to have the correct workflow and state before cloning that should do the trick.

Craig Hawker · Answer

If you are using the plain COM API approach (not the extension method I linked to above) then you would need to populate the collection using the various methods that the API expose: M-Files API - PropertyValues Collection 
 In short: you would create two PropertyValue instances (one to represent the workflow, and one the state), and populate them with appropriate values. You would then add them to the collection. There's an example of creating a single property value for the state here: Updating objects with the COM API (m-files.com)

Craig Hawker · Answer

The workflow and state properties are just property values on the object. If you ensure that your "newObjectPropertyValues" collection includes valid values for these properties then the copied object would end up in the correct workflow/state. 
 If you're using the VAF Extensions then there is an ObjVerEx.CreateCopy extension method which you may find makes this much easier. It takes a set of instructions that you could use to overwrite the workflow and state properties with the values you need.

VAF C# copy Object AND set workflow state

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