Adding an Open Client HTML or Java Processor to the Workflow
Note: Before you add the processor to the workflow,
the workflow must have already been created using the FileNet Process
Designer. For details see the Help documentation, Help for Process
Designer.
Once you have either created a new HTML or Java Step Processor or Launch
Step Processor or extended an existing out-of-the-box Processor, you must add your custom Processor to the workflow for the end
user to use it. You add an Open Client Processor to the workflow
on a client system that can connect to the Web server on which you deployed
the Process Open Client.
Caution:
If you upgrade to a new Process Engine, Open Client, or PJAC for Open
Client version, you must redeploy all existing custom Step and Launch
Step Processors (for additional information, see Deploying
an Open Client Java Processor).
Note: If you add the new HTML Step Processor or
Launch Step Processor while Designer is running, the new Processor
will not be available until the next time you start Designer.
Stop Designer before adding a custom Processor to the Workflow.
(Refer to Configure Step Processors under the Management
tab of the Configuration Console Help for additional information
on adding Step Processors or Launch Step Processors to a workflow.)
The steps for adding a custom Step Processor or Launch Step Processor
are essentially similar for both HTML and Java Processors. The primary
difference is that for HTML Step Processors and Launch Step Processors
applets hosted in ASPX, you need not specify the package in the Class
Name field (see below).
Note: Perform the following steps on a client
system that can connect to the Process Engine server on which you installed
the JAR file containing the Step Processor files. This procedure assumes
you have already set the Web application properties for either this
isolated region or VWServices (see Configuring
the Server for the Web Application).
Adding a Step or Launch Step Processor application/applet to the workflow
consists of two basic steps:
- Registering the Step Processor
- Adding the Processor to the Workflow
Each of these steps is described below.
Registering the Step Processor
Use the Process Configuration Console to register a custom step or launch
Step Processor as follows:
- Connect to your Process Engine server, and select Process on the FileNet Open Client page to open the Configuration
Console
- Click on the Tools tab and select Process Configuration Console;
for information, see Help for Process Configuration Console on
the Process Documentation for FileNet Image Manager CD.
- Log on to the proper region. Locate and select the router associated
with the region.
- Highlight and right-click the router name.
- Select Properties. From the Isolated Region Properties dialog box, select the
Step Processor Info tab.
- Click add and enter the following step definition information:
- Type: Enter either Step or Launch.
- Name: Enter the name you want to display in the Designer.
- Language: Enter HTML for all Step Processors that
are HTML. Enter Java only when specifying a Java or JSP application.
- Location: Enter the location and name of the file for
the modified JSP or HTML file.
- Width: Enter the width in pixels.
- Height: Enter the height in pixels.
- Class Name: Enter the class name only if you specified
Java earlier. The class name is the package name containing
the modified .JAR file. For example, if the .JAR was created in
the \newStep directory and the class is called
newStepApplet ,
the package name is newstep.newStepApplet .
- Click OK, and commit the changes.
- Close Configuration Console.
- Open Designer. The newly added Step Processor or Launch Step Processor
should now display as one of the available Step Processor options.
Adding the Processor to the Workflow
Use the Process Designer to add a custom Processor to the workflow as
follows:
- Open the Process Designer by selecting Process on the FileNet
Open Client page, then on the Tools tab,select Process Designer;
for information, see Help for Process Designer on the Process
Documentation for FileNet Image Manager CD.
- Select the step on the map for which this Step Processor is to be
added.
- Click the General tab in the Properties pane.
- Under Step Processor, select the custom Step Processor as the
Processor for this step.
For additional information, see Help for Process Designer > Steps
> General steps > General properties.
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