Hi. I've just started experimenting with the Workflow module. I don't see this issue, but I'm new here and its possible that my search strategy missed it.

The Workflow module and the Project Issue module have some complementary features which would be very powerful together. Is Workflow intended to interoperate with external states defined by other modules (and if so, how) or does Workflow work only with its own states?

For example, the Project Issues module manages just the right kinds of content and views for software issue tracking. It has states, also, but arbitrary state transitions are allowed. (There's a discussion of this over there right now. Search for Finite State Machine.) Conversely, the Workflow module has wonderful fine-grained control of transitions for states, but apparently only for states which are defined using the (very nice) workflow editor.

I'm looking at the code of both modules, looking for a way to make them work together or transplant some ideas from one to the other. If anyone has attempted this already, I'd enjoy hearing about it. I'm fairly new to Drupal, so this will be a learning curve for me.

Thanks,
Carlos

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Bastlynn’s picture

Bastlynn commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Since this request is over 2 years old, I'm going to assume a solution was found or you've moved on. If not, please get updated to the latest versions of all modules and see if things have fixed themselves. If not, open a new ticket and I'll be glad to look at it.

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johnv
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Issue summary: View changes

ITMT version 7.x-2.x has an alternative way for adding workflows to content using Fields.
If a field cannot be shared between two modules, the following issue is a possible solution (in the not-foreseeable future):
#2192319: Add Workflow to any field, property