Workflow Design

Hi
How to find an image attached with the FI Invoice document. Any method/function module that specifies whether a document is attached with the FI document or not. If not the WF should not start or should prompt an error message.
There is no event to start the reversal of the workflow, then should we run a batch job for the same? And run the workflow from the programu2026..
Regards

Hi sangeetha,
pls chk the following links
www.scelearning.sc.gov/sceis/OnlineResourceDocs/10/AP%20Quick%20Reference.doc
linkupeu2004.opentext.com/.../TEC2765_-_Getting_the_most_from_SAP_with_Open_Text_and_IXOS_Solutions.ppt
www.finance.utoronto.ca/faq/attachimage.htm
sapabapinterviewquestionsjobs.blogspot.com/2007/11/sap-abap-interview-questions-jobs.html - 48k
i hope they will help u
all the best
thanks
karthik

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Urgent Help needed in loggin to Workflow designer

Hi there,
I have a written a program from which a workflow get triggered automatically. The programs runs file in my machine. When i deploy it in my server machine it doesn't work. The server machine has a sandbox installed. But my machine doesn't have a sandbox. I have installed all tools separately in my machine.
When i run my application in the server machine the following error comes:
java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at $Proxy1.login(Unknown Source)
at com.adobe.workflow.client.QLCSessionImpl.login(QLCSessionImpl.java:11
6)
at TriggerWorkflow.main(TriggerWorkflow.java:50)
Caused by: java.io.InvalidObjectException: inauthentic principal assertion
at com.adobe.idp.Context.getValidatedAuthResultFromAssertion(Unknown Sou
rce)
at com.adobe.idp.Context.readResolve(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadResolve(ObjectStreamClass.java:92
5)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1
655)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1274)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:324)
at java.rmi.MarshalledObject.get(MarshalledObject.java:135)
at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.interfaces.JRMPInvokerProxy.invoke(JRMPInvo
kerProxy.java:136)
at org.jboss.invocation.MarshallingInvokerInterceptor.invoke(Marshalling
InvokerInterceptor.java:67)
at org.jboss.proxy.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.
java:46)
at org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:5
3)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.StatelessSessionInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessi
onInterceptor.java:100)
at org.jboss.proxy.ClientContainer.invoke(ClientContainer.java:85)
... 3 more
com.adobe.workflow.client.QLCException: Login failed, or you do not have permiss
ions to login to this application
at com.adobe.workflow.client.QLCSessionImpl.login(QLCSessionImpl.java:12
6)
at TriggerWorkflow.main(TriggerWorkflow.java:50)
I am seriously bugged by this error. I am giving the correct user name and password but still the error comes. I dont know how to solve this. This might be some small settings change. But i am not sure. Also when i try to connect the workflow designer through Eclispe in that server machine, even there the login failure message still comes.
Can anyone please advise on this as it is very urgent.
Suraj

Hi Suraj
Since you're getting this with Workflow Designer as well as your code, it doesn't look like it's anything with your code.
It looks very much to me like you're specifying an invalid username and/or password.
- Can you log into fm or adminui using the same username and password?
- Can you log in to either Workflow Designer or your custom application using a different username and password?
- Does your username or password contain non-USAscii characters?
One thing I have seen is where there is a user in LDAP whose login name is "administrator". This can conflict with the LiveCycle local "administrator" account, and prevent you from logging in.
I hope this is of some help...
Howard
http://www.avoka.com

Workflow Designer: template url problem

Hi all,
I successfully installed:
Forms/Form Manger 7.0.1 on w2k3_box1;
Workflow Server 7.0.1 on w2k3_box2;
Using:
Jboss 3.2.5,
MSS 2K,
JDK 1.4.2_11
with manual options. Adminui appears fine, FormsIVS appears fine.
In Workflow Desginer, I tried to define a new workflow. In initform, when I clicked on "browse" botton next to "template url" field, I got error msg:
com.adobe.appstore.AppstoreException
Can anyone give a clue of how to resolve it? I have uploaded a test form into forms repository, and trying to refer to it in the workflow designer.
Thanks!
Scott Jiang

Hi all, Thanks for the response. I have tried WF designer on both client and WF server side. Same result. If anyone can point me to the documention where it says Form Manager and Workflow have to be installed in the same box that's great. I'm told to install them on separate boxes because version 6, has been done in that way, and due to transaction volume we'd like to install them separately. Has any customer done in this kind of configuration? BTW, I already checked "Integrating LiveCycle Products" doc. There is the log from java console. Seems like JNDI lookup failed on the client side code when I click the "template url" button. =================================================================== com.adobe.appstore.AppstoreFactoryException: com.adobe.appstore.AppstoreException at com.adobe.ebxml.registry.appstore.AppstoreFactory.getAppstore(Unknown Source) at com.adobe.workflow.saf.SAFApplication.getAppstore(SAFApplication.java :827) at com.adobe.workflow.saf.SAFApplication.browseAppstore(SAFApplication.j ava:837) at com.adobe.workflow.tools.processdesigner.JUrlCellEditor$1.actionPerfo rmed(JUrlCellEditor.java:104) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$ForwardActionEvents.actionPerformed(Unknow n Source) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Sour ce) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: com.adobe.appstore.AppstoreException at com.adobe.ebxml.registry.appstore.AppstoreDelegate.lookup(Unknown Sou rce) at com.adobe.ebxml.registry.appstore.AppstoreDelegate.<init>(Unknown Sou rce) ... 27 more Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: com not bound at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:495) at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:503) at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getObject(NamingServer.java:509) at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:253) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor163.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:261) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:148) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:144) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:4 60) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport .java:701) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534) at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(Unknow n Source) at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(Unknown Source) at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.jnp.server.NamingServer_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source) at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:530) at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:509) at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source) ... 29 more

Problem logging into Workflow Designer

Hi,
here is my problem. Workflow 7.0 is installed on W2k3 EE (with Forms and Form Manager) via turnkey installation ( and is on Jboss of course). I've got four other computers in domain. All with XP. And only from one i can login into Workflow Designer. All computers has access to server (with workflow installed), and to server with AD. Workflow is integrated with LDAP (i see new users added in AD after synchronization). And the problem is: that i can log into workflow designer only from one computer. And on all users that have process developer rights i can also log (on that one and only computer). On all other computers i got the following error:
java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at $Proxy1.login(Unknown Source)
at com.adobe.workflow.client.QLCSessionImpl.login(QLCSessionImpl.java:116)
at com.adobe.workflow.saf.SAFLoginDialog$3.run(SAFLoginDialog.java:122)
Caused by: java.io.InvalidObjectException: inauthentic principal assertion
at com.adobe.idp.Context.getValidatedAuthResultFromAssertion(Context.java:291)
at com.adobe.idp.Context.readResolve(Context.java:246)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadResolve(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.MarshalledObject.get(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.interfaces.JRMPInvokerProxy.invoke(JRMPInvokerProxy.java:136)
at org.jboss.invocation.MarshallingInvokerInterceptor.invoke(MarshallingInvokerInterceptor.j ava:67)
at org.jboss.proxy.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:46)
at org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:53)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.StatelessSessionInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInterceptor.java:1 00)
at org.jboss.proxy.ClientContainer.invoke(ClientContainer.java:85)
... 3 more
com.adobe.workflow.client.QLCException: Login failed, or you do not have permissions to login to this application
at com.adobe.workflow.client.QLCSessionImpl.login(QLCSessionImpl.java:126)
at com.adobe.workflow.saf.SAFLoginDialog$3.run(SAFLoginDialog.java:122)
I've tryied reinstalling system, jdk, workflow designer and nothing helped.
Maybe someone has any clue.
Regards

Hi,
Howard's first post:
1 - i can't log as administrator/password from any other machine than my
2 - all the machines can ping server by name and by ip
3 - i don't know anything about that patch (so didn't install)
4 - yes
5 - yes, they are identical
Howard's second post:
that is from where i took the error message
Mr. Style's post:
i compared the size of workflow designer on my machine and on other and
EUREKA, they are different, also i got some extra directories in workflow designer directory (but this is because of using janel trick), so i copy all extra directories and workflow designer exe to other machines and now it's working.
Thank You Mr. Styles.
ps. still don't know how to check workflow designer version and from where i got different version on my machines (i was sure that i installed from one archive)

Workflow design questions: FM vs WF to call FM

Hereu2019s a couple of workflow design questions.
1. We have Workitem 123 that allow user to navigate to a custom transaction TX1. User can make changes in TX1. At save or at user command of TX1, the program will call a FM (FM1) to delete WI 123 and create a new WI to send to a different agent.
Since Workitem 123 is still open and lock, the FM1 cannot delete it immediately, it has to use a DO loop to check if the Workitem 123 is dequeued before performing the WI delete.
Alternative: instead of calling the FM1, the program can raise an event which calls a new workflow, which has 1 step/task/new method which call the FM1. Even with this alternative, the Workitem 123 can still be locked when the new workflowu2019s task/method calls the FM1.
I do not like the alternative, which calls the same FM1 indirectly via a new workflow/step/task/method.
2. When an application object changes, the user exit will call a FMx which is related to workflow. The ABAP developer do not want to call the FMx directly, she wants to raise an event which call a workflow .. step .. task .. method .. FMx indirectly. This way any commit that happens in the FMx will not affect the application objectu2019s COMMIT.
My recommendation is to call the FMx using u2018in Update tasku2019 so that the FMx is only called after the COMMIT of the application object.
Any recommendation?
Amy

Mike,
Yes, in my first design, the TX can 1. raise a terminating event for the existing workitem/workflow and then 2. raise another event to call another workflow. Both 1 and 2 will be in FM1.
Then the design question is: Should the FM1 be called from TX directly or should the TX raise an event to call a new workflow which has 1 step/task, which calls a method in the Business object, and the method calls the FM1?
In my second design question, when an application object changes, the user exit will call a FMx which is related to workflow. The ABAP developer do not want to call the FMx directly, she wants to raise an event which call a workflow, which has 1 step/task, which calls a method, which calls the FMx indirectly. This way any commit that happens in the FMx will not affect the application objectu2019s COMMIT.
My recommendation is either call the FMx using u2018in Update tasku2019 so that the FMx is only called after the COMMIT of the application object or raise an event to call a receiver FM (FMx).
Thanks.
Amy

LiveCycle Workflow Designer 7.1

I have successfully installed:
Adobe Live Cycle Form Manager 7.02
Adobe Live Cycle WorkFlow 7.0
Adobe Live Cycle Reader Extensions
They are installed on the server. I installed:
Adobe Live Cycle WorkFlow 7.0 Designer
It is on my workstation. This is sometimes connected to the
server and most of the time it is not. I can not login to the
Adobe Live Cycle WorkFlow 7.0 Designer on the workstation.
I have tried to login as Administrator, password but, it does
not allow me to sign in.
How do I set privliges for the Adobe Live Cycle WorkFlow 7.0
Designer on the workstation?
What do I need to use the Adobe Live Cycle WorkFlow 7.0
Designer by itself on the workstation?
Can Workflow Designer run dis-connected from the server?
Sincerely,
Frank Burns
Consultant
RockwellCollins/Cedar Rapids
(319) 295-9486

Hello -
It is entirely possible that you have a version mis-match on the client and the server you are pointed to. The 'context' object which identifies a logged in user must be of the exact same version in the client and server software.
A trick you can use to try and identify problem you are having using the Workflow deisgner is to turn on the JavaConsole for the designer session. On windows you can do this by modifying the shortcut to start designer. Add the following parameter to the end of the path:
"c:\wf\adobe_livecycle_workflow_7_0_designer.exe" -is:javaconsole
Note the Quotes around the path, and the parameter after the quotes.
This will open a console window along with workflow designer - any exceptions thrown will print a stack trace here (as well as any System.out lines you use in a QPac Dialog etc.) I would recommend using this option all the time as it may help diagnose issues.
In the case if mis-matched versions on the server and client you can expecct errors like "InAuthenticPrincipalException", "InvalidClassException" or SerialVersionUID mis-match.
Hope this helps,
Will

How to handle exception thrown in standard bo method in the workflow design

Hi Experts
 how to handle exception thrown from standard bo method in the workflow design. For example, bo BUS2032, METHOD confirm. If the user cancel it, it will throw exception. In the workflow, how to catch this exception and add corresponding steps in the workflow.

@jrockman li
Try to implement the logic that what ever you are performing in the BO mehtod in a FM and in the FM you have tab with name EXECPTIONS define the execption in that tab.Now in the BO method you call this FM and if the exception occurs by using RAISE you can raise the exception in the FM and based on the number of exceptions your sy-subrc value will be set
so when sys-subrc is not eq 0 then pass a value back t the workflow container., I think this will work.
a sample Snippet for understanding purpose
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
EXPORTING
 filename = <path>
 filetype = 'ASC'
IMPORTING
 filelength = lv_len
TABLES
 data_tab = l_txt_tab
EXCEPTIONS
 file_write_error = 1 " If this Exception occurs
 invalid_type = 2
 no_authority = 3
 unknown_error = 4
 OTHERS = 10.
CASE sy-subrc.
WHEN 1. " SY-SUBRC value will be 1 then,
 " Pass or set the value back to the workflow conatiner element
ENDCASE.

Hint: Start a Java Console Window to diagnose problems in Workflow Designer

Hello -
A trick you can use to try and identify problem you are having using the Workflow deisgner is to turn on the JavaConsole for the designer session. On windows you can do this by modifying the shortcut to start designer. Add the following parameter to the end of the path:
"c:\wf\adobe_livecycle_workflow_7_0_designer.exe" -is:javaconsole
Note the Quotes around the path, and the parameter after the quotes.
This will open a console window along with workflow designer - any exceptions thrown will print a stack trace here (as well as any System.out lines you use in a QPac Dialog etc.) I would recommend using this option all the time as it may help diagnose issues.
In the case if mis-matched versions on the server and client you can expecct errors like "InAuthenticPrincipalException", "InvalidClassException" or SerialVersionUID mis-match.
Hope this helps,
Will

I have created two projects, one by Java and the
other one by VC++. Now I want to start the VC++ app,
which is a console app, in the Java program. I tried
using "Runtime.getRuntime().exec(path of VC app)",
but it doesn't work. Even I found with this way, the
Window cmd line cannot be started either. Coz this VC
app is console based, I suspect if there are some
restrictions on the Window Console App to be called
by this Runtime class. Could anybody here help me
with that? Thanks a lot!No. There often seems to be some confusion about how the exec methods work and the restrictions since it is coming from Java.
Let me clear that up.
That is 100% rubbish.
When runtime exec "doesn't work" it means that you have not used it correctly or understand the environment in which it is running or a a myriad of other confusions. But this question gets asked alot and about one point I cannot be more clear. There is NOTHING special happening because it is Java. Windows or Linux or whatever you are running is NOT saying "Well I won't run that program run because it is Java and I hate it. Ha ha!"
No. What it means when it "doesn't work" is that either the OS is saying "what they hell did you just say?" or because the OS says "okay" and does something that you didn't expect.
At any rate please read the following article that has helped many before you http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1229-traps.html

Custom Classpath when launching Workflow Designer (and other Java bits)

Hello - I thought this tid-bit might come in handy (if it's not already mentioned anywhere else)
If you want to add additional classpath entries to Workflow Designer you can do so in the following way:
1) find the adobe_workflow_designer.exe that the installer created
2) Create a file with a .cp extention in the same folder. MyJars.cp is an example
3) put one line in this file for each jar file to load. Example:
The Designer executable is generated from InstallShield - there are other ways to change the java startup parameters (like memory options, garabage collection, etc.) documented here: http://helpnet.installshield.com/robo/projects/isxuniversalhelplibrary/topics/native_laun cher_modifying.htm#CP
Have Fun!
Will@Adobe

How do you create a custom bulk action such as "CreateOrUpdate"?
I'd really like to be able to do this...

Workflow Design Document

Can any one send me Workflow high level design document.

Hai Krishna
Check the following Links & Example Code
Check the below PDF file on Workflow:
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PSWFL/PSWFL.pdf
There is a good book from SAP Press that I would
recommend as a starting point.It's called Practical Workflow for SAP and it is by Alan Rickayzen.
http://www.sap-press.com/product.cfm?account=&product=H950
I am giving you links for Workflow....
/people/ginger.gatling/blog/2005/12/01/link-workflow-business-objects-to-your-collaboration-tasks
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/fb/135962457311d189440000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/c5/e4a930453d11d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw33/helpdata/en/92/bc26a6ec2b11d2b4b5006094b9ea0d/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bw31/helpdata/en/8d/25f94b454311d189430000e829fbbd/content.htm
Workflow
http://www.sap-img.com/workflow/sap-workflow.htm
http://www.sapgenie.com/workflow/index.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a5/172437130e0d09e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm
For examples on WorkFlow...check the below link..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/3d/6a9b3c874da309e10000000a114027/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/4a/dac507002f11d295340000e82dec10/frameset.htm
http://www.workflowing.com/id18.htm
http://www.e-workflow.org/
http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html
Go through the following:
1) Goto Tcode PFTC : Standard Task > Create Button>Workflow Templete
For Create Container
Element : ZBUS1001006
Name : ANy Name
Description
Data Type & Properties
Data Type:
select Object Type : BOR Object Type for BUS1001006
Properties:
Parameter Settingd : check all Import, Export & Mandatory Checkboxes
Basic Data :
Abbr : Create_View
Name : Some Name
Work Item Text : Create View Material & -
Click on DELE Button & Select Material From The List
Object Catagory : BOR Object Type
Object Type : BUS1001006
Method : View
Triggering Events
Obj Catagory Object Type Event
BOR Object BUS1001006 View
activate it
Enter on BUS1001006 Object Type you will get Quadratel<> Button after that
double click on Quadratel<> button you get green button
after that the system will generate the task No.
check in the Event linkage Tcode : SWETYPV
if you find an entry with your Workflow and linkage active
goto Tcode : SWEC click on New Entries
Change Doc Obje Obj Cat Obj Type Event on create
Material BOJ Obje BUS1001006 View Option Button(Checked)
save this
goto Tcode : SWEC
Change Doc Object : Material
Obj Catagoty : BOR Type
Obj Type : BUS1001006
Event : View
Check with On Create Button
Goto SWETYPV
Obj Catagoty : BOR Type
Obj Type : BUS1001006
Event : View
Receiver Type : Some Work Flow No: WS80000431 like this
Click on Work flow Builder
Thanks & regards
Sreeni

Error log in to livecycle workflow designer

Hello,
I can't log in wokflow designer, i've got this message :
error
com/ibm/CORBA/IIOP/ObjectURL
My installation of livecycle on the server (websphere 6) is good (forms 7.2.2 + assembler 7.2.2 + workflow 7.2.2), the connection to the database work fine too.
need help :(

Hi Kevin
I suspect the Websphere Client is incorrectly installed.
You will have to uninstall and then re-install.
When installing the client, you MUST choose a custom install and install the "Pluggable Application Client".
Diana@adobe

Any best practices on workflow design??

I feel difficult when migrating applications from DEV->TEST->PROD.
       This is because I have created web services in .net.
       So, for each migration, I am suppose to change all the WSDL links in all forms and Workflows.
       Currently:
          I do open the processes in notepad replace all wsdl connection with TEST/PROD connections.
          I do open each form and goto XML Source and replace all WSDl strings.
        Is there any other best practice(s) to do that?
Nith

I followed a different approach for one of my project as:
created several form variables which hold the WSDL for each different servers.
Calling the web service from javascript code (instead of data connections).
This solves the problem but increases the development overhead.
http://groups.google.com/group/livecycle/web/form%20variables.PNG
Another way is to design all your web services within adobe itself. In this case we will have the same host name (localhost) forever which doesn't require any modification throughout its lifetime.
Nith

How to use Workflows Designed with Aris in WLI?

Hello everyone. We are using Aris Tools to design our business workflows. Is there any way of importing those processes into Weblogic Integration?
Best Regards,
JosÃ© M. Selman

I might be able to help you here. My solution allows you to import the ARIS models as EPC diagrams. They become BPMN standard based along the way and can then be bound to your existing underlying IT systems such as WLS.
Take a look here:
www.intalio.com
We can show this to you anytime.

Workflow Design in Oracle Database

Hi Pals,
Problem : Designing a Vendor Management Application which will keep track of all the request created, approved, rejected or in between of any business process.
Front end: Java
Backend : Oracle
I am new to Database Design so forgive my technical writing.
Client want business logic on database end only.
Here is an example :
1. New Request for IT enabled services created in application.
2. This Request should go to concerned department such as Finance, Sourcing, Legal etc.
3. We have to keep track of every activity (Modify, Approved, Rejected or cancelled) done by each department.
4. Each Request will go to different departmet for approval based on type such as Software Services, Hardware, Software & Maintenence.
5. At each phase of request, We have to notify requestor + approver about the status of request by Email (Also from Backend).
6. We also have to maintain audit trail for some attributes for each phase of request in database.
Could you please suggest any idea how we can implement such workflow in database ?
Any link or any suggestion is welcomed..
Many Thanks in advance
Kamal

Hi Sybrand Bakker,
First of all.. Thanks a lot for replying.
It's perfectly make sense that answer to my question will take hours. I don't want anybody to do such large amount of work without being paid. That's the reason I clearly mentioned that any link or suggestion is welcomed...
Here is what we are trying to implement just for information"
1. Workflow Table : for Each Type of workflows such as Software Services, software & hardware etc.
2. Workflow_Task Table : Each Workflow can have multiple tasks assigned and in particular order in this table.
3. Request_Info Table : We will check the type of request, then according to workflow tables, we will assign a set of tasks to that request in say request_process_tasks table.
4. Request_Contract : For keep a track of record of activites taking place on request, we can keep records in Request_Contracts table.
Just want to know if this kind of table structure is somewhat okay to start with (Ready to face challanges later :) )
Just looking for guidelines or any link which can help how to prioritize things and all that..
One simple question : In Normal CRM or Ticketing system, do we keep such kind of business relations on database or application front end.
Which one is better Database or Applicaiton front end to keep workflow ?
Hope These are some questions which can be answered in less than 30 Mins...
Thanks a lot Sir :)

After Flash Catalyst discontinued - What Workflow Designer / Developper to use? and how skin compone

Hi,
Now that Flash Catalyst is discontinued before being totally usable,
I used Flash Catalyst for skinning components and prototyping design of App.
So i wonder how experienced people do that without Flash Catalyst?
And more im asking to Adobe the same questions. What do you propose to do now what Flash catalyst helped to do until now?
how do you skin components?
how do you work with designers to get their App Pages designs?
in a word, what is the WorkFlow?
Thanks

I couldn't agree more with you that developers need a solid WYSIWYG tool, and Catalyst was Adobe's closest rival to Blend. It had much more potential than the amount of attention it received. Adobe was very foolish pulling the plug on it, not to mention all their other recent decisions related to the Flash Platform.
My point was that with all of the importing and exporting capabilities of Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash Professional, and especially Fireworks, you already have all of the capabilities of Flash Catalyst, at least in regards to making creative assets available to the Flex framework. That was the sole purpose of Catalyst- to bridge the gap between Adobe's design applications and Flex. If you weren't concerned with Flex, Flash Catalyst would be of no use, even if it were still in development. Exporting a Catalyst project to Flash Professional or HTML was never on it's roadmap, although I'm sure I'm not the first person who thought of those possibilities.
Catalyst, simply put, was the FXG editor which Flash Builder's design mode was not. For example, you could not draw a rectangle using Builder's design mode. With Catalyst CS5.5, it allowed you to directly assign FXG assets to MXML skins for ten of the nineteen Spark components which use the MXML skin architecture. This was a huge limitition, and espeically obvious with the new roundtripping feature, because using any of the non-supported components could easily break the connection between Builder & Catalyst. Honestly, myself and many of the Adobe engineers I talked to on the Flash Builder team, still do not understand why Catalyst wasn't merged into Flash Builder in the first place.
Perhaps it's not as useful out of context, but I compiled a presentation a few months ago for my Adobe user group, titled "Creative & Production Harmony": https://acrobat.com/#d=jNyu*qRjpF68tbl*8lCiTw&x=s
Basically what it outlined, was when to use Catalyst, and when you are better off exporting straight from the other design apps. My conclusion, was that you're generally better off designing your assets in the app you're comfortable with. That IS your WYSIWYG editor, to the precision of 1px. It was also a future proof answer since Catalyst was discontinued and many of the other Flex related workflows have evaporated. The main loss behind discontinuing Catalyst, were its states, timeline, and visual editing of FXG less commonly preserved when exporting from the other apps.
A workflow example for a project I recently used Catalyst with, http://disneycruiseadventure.com/ was to open the PSD provided inside of Photoshop, launch Catalyst, draw a shape (or copy/paste in a vector smart object from Illustrator), and use it's properties panel to match the Photoshop layer styles. This basically the climax of the day, because the rest of it was all spent manually editing code in Builder (and often fixing a lot of the crap code Catalyst spit out). For advanced use of graphics, we relied heavily on the Flex Component Kit, which basically lets you work with any MovieClip inside of Flex or even insert Flex components into a Flash Professional container. The integration between Flex & Flash Pro is most commonly overlooked, which is sad because it still offers the very most design freedom for Flex and has been around long before Catalyst.
In my personal project, my workflow heavily involves Fireworks. It's exporting capabilities are unparralled by any of the other Adobe design apps. You can design with the 1px precision you are after, and almost always preserve that precision after exporting to Flex 3, FXG, and even CSS. Speaking of CSS, now you can export to CSS3 and jQuery mobile themes using Fireworks. If I had a choice between Fireworks and Catalyst, I would take Fireworks without any question. If you're looking for another workflow, consider the idea of taking HTML/CSS exported by Fireworks and opening it inside of Adobe Edge for adding animation and interactivity. Then do your final editing with Dreamweaver, or skip the Edge step if you don't need it.

Arch workflow design advice for a designer?

Sorry for the ambiguous title, I couldn't figure out what to call this post.
I'm new to Arch, though not Linux, and I must say, this is an amazing distro (I'm on the 64bit version). Dead simple, super fast, and nearly as flexible as a Gentoo system (that can use binaries!). Pacman is rockin'.
I'm a designer by trade: Web, video, and image. And I STILL boot into Windows for important tasks like Flash work, video work, and ftp work. I would obviously like to reduce that dependency, though there is little hope in the video department, right now.
But for web, I see no reason I couldn't do it all in linux. But I'm not sure how to go about it. Here is the workflow I need, and I was wondering if you could advise how I might set up such a system (I have just a base system with Gnome installed right now):
* WYSIWYG html and CSS editting (NVU/Kompose is fine for html, but NOT for CSS) for the design phase
* A way to output image slices with html (does GIMP do this?)
* Accurate web fonts
* Reliable ftp, preferably one with drag n' drop functionality (I use filezilla on Windows, but I think the linux version lacks the drag n' drop)
It's not a real complicated workflow, I just need to save time wherever possible because I need to work very fast. In windows, it's like having a ball and chain strapped to your leg, but it does work. With linux, I will very much appreciate access to terminal and file management advantages.
I'm not stuck on Gnome, I just like the simplicity. I'm mainly interested in speed and efficiency (NOTE efficiency... I like time savers and fluxbox always seems to add clicks to my tasks). Let me know what you think! I may be able to move my flash work over with a little help from VirtualBox too, but I think I'm stuck when it comes to video . Thanks for any advice you might have!

No offense, but using WYSIWYG to design web pages doesn't sound very professional imo. They just don't offer the control that one would want with the code. I have tried a few (Frontpage, Dreamweaver, NVU, Bluefish, ...) and they all suck. They just don't do what you want it to. You drag something or add some formatting and it just messes up the code. It's better to just use a text editor and view the results in browser. Maybe that's slow or inefficient for you, but I find that's the best way to do it.
As for image slicing, I find that annoying as well. In Photoshop I never really liked the way it worked. I sliced a few images and then trashed most of the others. I tend to go for simple designs and focus on making it mostly CSS, so when I slice images it's usually a 1px wide/high gradient which would get repeated. I don't need image slicing for that. As for graphic intensive sites... well... really, you should review that. People still have slow connections and having a lot of graphics is just bad, even if your client wants it. You might as well go with flash, and waste some more bandwidth
If you really want to do it though, I think Inkscape is quite a nice tool. I do all my designing in it, and though I don't use slicing, you can do it quite easily (though it's a bit hackish) by adding a layer and creating transparent rectangles around the stuff you want, then just select the rectangle and export it. I'm not sure if there's a more automatic way - there are plenty of tutorials.
The MS-fonts should be fine, I just want to know that I am looking at an accurate representation of what I my windows customers will see.
Fonts won't help you much there. You know most people use IE, so you need to view the website in IE regardless, and that means you need Windows (I think wine uses some weird IE version which uses gecko). Maybe there's some good Linux alternative for viewing stuff in IE, but I just view it on Windows. Also the font shouldn't change the general layout of the site... I don't see how that would be a problem unless it's some weird font that not everyone has, in which case you'd use @font-face anyway...

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