Below is the setting that places this topic under approval control.

• Set APPROVALDEFINITION = ApprovalDefinitionExample

We can now use any of the %APPROVAL{...}% tags in this topic:

• Show the state message
  • %APPROVAL{"statemessage"}%
  • This document is waiting to be sent to the Stage Reviewers for review.

• Show a preference defined in the definition topic
  • %APPROVAL{"pref" name="MYPREF"}%
  • My very own preference!

• Show the transition form
  • %APPROVAL{"transition"}%
  • ApprovalPlugin - You are not permitted to change the state on this topic.You may need to log in.

We can also set a preference for the history format in the following way:

• Set APPROVALHISTORYFORMAT = "| $state | $wikiusername | $date |"

The history is displayed by using the %APPROVAL{"history"}% variable.