Workflow – commit all pending changes

Some workflow actions don’t run immediately. They are queued in workflow batch and executed when the workflow commits. Typical batched actions are “Set Field in Current Item” and “Update List Item”. If you need commit pending changes, you can use the following action.

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Workflow.Activities;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel;
using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowActions;

namespace Sample.SharePoint.WorkflowActions
{
    [PersistOnClose]
    public partial class CommitActivity : Activity
    {
        public CommitActivity()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        protected override ActivityExecutionStatus Execute(ActivityExecutionContext executionContext)
        {
            return ActivityExecutionStatus.Closed;
        }

        protected override ActivityExecutionStatus HandleFault(ActivityExecutionContext executionContext, Exception exception)
        {
            try
            {
                ISharePointService service = (ISharePointService)executionContext.GetService(typeof(ISharePointService));
                if (service == null)
                {
                    Trace.WriteLine("CommitActivity.HandleFault: ISharePointService is null");
                }
                else
                {
                    service.LogToHistoryList(base.WorkflowInstanceId, SPWorkflowHistoryEventType.WorkflowComment, 0, TimeSpan.MinValue, "Error", "Commit pending changes error: " + exception.Message, string.Empty);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Trace.WriteLine("CommitActivity.HandleFault: " + ex.Message);
            }
            return base.HandleFault(executionContext, exception);
        }

        public static DependencyProperty __ContextProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("__Context", typeof(WorkflowContext), typeof(CommitActivity));
        public static DependencyProperty __ListIdProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("__ListId", typeof(string), typeof(CommitActivity));
        public static DependencyProperty __ListItemProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("__ListItem", typeof(SPItemKey), typeof(CommitActivity));

        [ValidationOption(ValidationOption.Required), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible), Browsable(true)]
        public WorkflowContext __Context
        {
            get
            {
                return (WorkflowContext)base.GetValue(__ContextProperty);
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetValue(__ContextProperty, value);
            }
        }

        [ValidationOption(ValidationOption.Required), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible), Browsable(true)]
        public string __ListId
        {
            get
            {
                return (string)base.GetValue(__ListIdProperty);
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetValue(__ListIdProperty, value);
            }
        }

        [ValidationOption(ValidationOption.Required), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible), Browsable(true)]
        public SPItemKey __ListItem
        {
            get
            {
                return (SPItemKey)base.GetValue(__ListItemProperty);
            }
            set
            {
                base.SetValue(__ListItemProperty, value);
            }
        }
    }
}