Get Custom Attribute

Description

Retrieves a single custom attribute.

Syntax

public virtual object GetCustomAttr(string customID, string name);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
customID	string	A work object ID as identified in the process instance. This method allows only one custom ID (work object ID).
name	string	A string that contains the name of an item, such as a property or attribute.

Output

Custom attribute value (can be string, integer, float, double, bool, and/or DateTime).

Example

IWFWorkflowService svc = GetWorkflowService();
string customID = …// for example, "013933F128C3415F81D6F545594D4CB6";
string name = …// for example,"/pd:myFields/pd:Name" or "Approval"

try
	{
    Object obj = svc.GetCustomAttr(customID,name);
	}

catch (Exception ex)
	{
    Console.WriteLine("Failed! " + ShUtil.GetSoapMessage(ex));
	}

Supported Versions

3.2.0.4 and higher

Parent topic: Methods for Custom Attributes