Configuring Main Task of Interactive Activity to use Portlets

Hi,
I currently have a ALBPM implementation where we are using Screenflows in our Main Task of the Interactivity Activity to interact with the user.
Now we plan to replace the screenflow with portlets as we are implementing the Weblogic Portal Server and would like to have all the UI be developed using portlets.
Unfortunately we are unable to find any tutorial or guide that can help us with the steps involved with the same. And also who can we test the invocation of the portlets using the ALBPM workspace.
Regards,
Kartik

Hi Ritu,
I'm guessing you might have logic inside your Interactive activity that looks like this:
input "Enter the customer id: " : customerName
    using title = "Customer Information",
          buttons = ["Ok", "Cancel"]
    returning selectedButton = selectionAlthough I find "input" and "display" statements useful for initial prototyping and some testing, don't take it beyond that. The problem with these statements is that they tie up a thread as long as someone has the input or displayed dialog up. Quickly you'll run out of threads as people march off to lunch with these dialogs left up on their screens. Instead use Screenflows with either JSPs or BPM Object presentations to render information to end users.
In direct answer to your question though, if you're using the input statement (again - don't do this in production) be sure to handle the variable that contains the value of the button clicked. The above logic would be changed to the logic shown below to handle the Cancel button being clicked:
selectedButton as String
input "Enter the customer id: " : customerName
    using title = "Customer Information",
          buttons = ["Ok", "Cancel"]
    returning selectedButton = selection
if selectedButton = "Cancel" then
   // action is a predefined variable that is an enumeration used in this case to cancel the user's input
   action = CANCEL
endHope this helps,
Dan

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