[rules-users] Using work items in the Eclipse ruleflow editor

[bbking]

As followup, I should note that when trying to change the MyDefinitions.conf
name to WorkDefinitions.conf (and reflecting the change in the
drools.rulebase.conf file), the work item disappears. 

Does anyone know why this may be happening?


bbking wrote:
> 
> Thanks so much! Following this screencast worked like a charm for me!
> 
> My problem was that I had been creating a resources folder under root
> (which shows up as "resources" src folder in eclipse) rather than
> src/main/resources (which shows up as "src/main/resources" src folder in
> eclipse).
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> BB
> 
> 
> Kris Verlaenen wrote:
>> 
>> I created a screencast of how to define a domain-specific work item.
>> Could you verify this works for you?
>> http://people.redhat.com/kverlaen/DomainSpecificWorkItem.swf
>> 
>> Kris
>> 
>> Quoting bbking <badillo.brian at gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I've been attempting to contribute my own work item following the
>>> instructions on this post and the drools flow user guide to no
>>> avail.
>>> 
>>> I'm using Drools 5.0.1 in Eclipse which I added as a plugin using
>>> the
>>> software updates.  (checking the plugins folder I only have
>>> org.drools.eclipse_5.0.1 & org.drools.eclipse.task_5.0.1; i'm not
>>> sure if
>>> that has anything to do with it)
>>> 
>>> I've created a new drools project and created the resources directory
>>> as a
>>> source directory and created the META-INF directory and put the
>>> necessary
>>> files in the directory.  along with an icons package.  
>>> 
>>> Any insight?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jeremy Ary wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > Mike, 
>>> > 
>>> > I ran into a similar issue when I began working with ruleflows a
>>> few weeks
>>> > ago. Some of this may not be necessary and it's certainly not all
>>> causal,
>>> > but this was what I noted when working my issue out: 
>>> > 
>>> > 1) If you're working in JBoss Dev Studio, it's possible that you
>>> have a
>>> > conflict between the code you added as a runtime and what's already
>>> there,
>>> > so try the process with a fresh install of eclipse 
>>> > 2) Ensure that any projects you currently have open do not have
>>> > build/lib/classpath issues (I had the drools projects checked out
>>> and open
>>> > and build errors caused unnecessary complications for me) 
>>> > 3) Be sure that your project has a META-INF on the classpath and
>>> that it's
>>> > set up correctly 
>>> > 4) Place your drools.rulebase.conf & custom definitions .conf that
>>> it
>>> > looks for are both in your META-INF under resources
>>> > (src/main/resources/META-INF ) 
>>> > 5) Once you're sure this much is correct, give Eclipse a restart -
>>> my
>>> > project did not pick up my custom WI's until I restarted 
>>> > 
>>> > If you're still having issues, I'll be on the IRC channel for the
>>> next 5
>>> > hours or so as jary - feel free to reply here or look me up there.
>>> 
>>> > (well, I'm heading to lunch very soon, so back in around an hour) 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > Jeremy 
>>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> > From: "Mike Gill" <mgill at modusoperandi.com> 
>>> > To: rules-users at lists.jboss.org 
>>> > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:27:46 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
>>> Central 
>>> > Subject: [rules-users] Using work items in the Eclipse ruleflow
>>> editor 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > I am using Eclipse to build my Drools rulefow file. I am trying to
>>> add
>>> > custom work items, but I cannot seem to get anything (other than
>>> Email and
>>> > Log) to show up in my Work Items palette. 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > Does anyone know how to get the existing work items (such as
>>> FileFinder or
>>> > Exec) to show up on the palette in eclipse? 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > Eventually I will need to add custom work items to the flow, so
>>> this is
>>> > make-or-break Drools functionality for my team. 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > In pursuit of a solution to this I have combed the documentation,
>>> this
>>> > mailing list archive, as well as endless Google results to no
>>> avail. Any
>>> > help would be very valuable! 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > 
>>> > Thanks, 
>>> > 
>>> > Mike 
>>> > 
>>> > 
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