Developing a custom HTML Step Processor or Launch Step Processor involves providing the user interface, information, and resources a user needs to complete a step in a Process workflow as an HTML page (or pages) to the client web browser. Certain aspects of development, such as what you can customize and the basic Step Processor operations, are common for all Step Processors and Launch Step Processors. Other aspects of development, such as how to customize and deploy an HTML Step Processor or Launch Step Processor, vary according to your FileNet web application (FileNet Workplace, FileNet Web Services, or FileNet Open Client).
Before you start, you should be familiar with the following topics:
Note If you are planning to use work performers to perform one or more step-related operations, see Developing Work Performers and Component Integrator Operations. If you using the FileNet Workplace web application and plan to use the Component Integrator (for example, to obtain a Java object or JMS message from an Object Store, File Store, or an external system or application), see Building a Component Integrator-based Work Performer.
For information on how to develop a custom HTML Step Processor and on the various toolkits and HTML Step Processor and Launch Step Processor sample applications provided with the Product Development Environment as part of the Process Engine installation for your FileNet web application, select the appropriate topic: