5 Replies Latest reply on Oct 23, 2012 7:52 AM by tsurdilovic

How to find problems with Human Task forms?

mparaz Oct 18, 2012 10:19 AM

Hi,

I'm trying out Human Task forms. I have the following problems:

When I generate the default ProcessName.ftl from Oryx, it works and the form appears. But, when I download it, edit it and upload (using a WebDAV client - as I couldn't find any upload feature in Guvnor), the change is not reflected. Even when I delete the file, the change is not reflected. Is the form cached somewhere?
HumanTask.ftl is not detected and no form appears.

There are no logs in the JBoss server.log.

Thanks in advance.

1. Re: How to find problems with Human Task forms?

melc Oct 19, 2012 7:12 AM (in response to mparaz)

Hi,
Although i'm not answering your question directly i propose two other approaches to modify forms.
1. Directly within designer i.e. you may even copy paste the content you have prepared. It is a small icon that appears when you select and hover a human task on your bpmn diagram, that looks like a person. If you click it the code of the ftl is presented and rendered real time as you edit it.
2. If you go within guvnor to the assets of your package i.e. defaultPackage, and select "open" for the specific form, a page is shown with download and upload fields.
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2. Re: How to find problems with Human Task forms?

tsurdilovic Oct 19, 2012 9:19 AM (in response to mparaz)

Most likely your form was archived. In Guvnor to completely delete a versioned asset is to archive it first, then go to Administration tab -> Archive and permanently delete it there. Currently in Guvnor with its REST api that jBPM Designer extensively uses for communication with Guvnor, archived assets are _still_ parts of the packages (are seen as such) unless you permanently delete them.

Also check out the live-preview form editing in jBPM Designer here: http://surdilovic.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/process-and-task-form-editing-in-jbpm-designer/. It allows you to catch possible errors and preview your form as it will be seen by your users.

Hope this helps.
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3. Re: How to find problems with Human Task forms?

mparaz Oct 19, 2012 9:38 AM (in response to mparaz)

Thanks for the tips! I will try these out.
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4. Re: How to find problems with Human Task forms?

mparaz Oct 20, 2012 4:51 AM (in response to tsurdilovic)

I'm trying to archive then delete the .ftl file in Guvnor.
When I check the .ftl file and choose Archive, the entire package gets archived, and not just the checked file.
Is there anything I'm obviously doing wrong?
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5. Re: How to find problems with Human Task forms?

tsurdilovic Oct 23, 2012 7:52 AM (in response to mparaz)

Open the asset first (select form and click open button), when File-Archive.

HTH
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