Andy McC [
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"Designer characteristics"
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[My config - jBPM 5.4.0.Final, Windows Server, 7 and 8. Eclipse Helios and Juno]
Where possible I'd like to use Designer in preference to the Eclipse editor but it has
a number of features which I'm finding are "spoiling my enjoyment" :) and
I wondered if they are likely to change in the next release.
Please be assured, these are not complaints and my aim is constructive. Here goes:
* On my Windows set-up, Script tasks may start life as multi-line text, but always seem to
end up being collapsed onto a single line which is awkward to work with.* The Eclipse
tools seem to maintain multiline editing but for some reason this isn't the case in
Designer.
* Is this just a Windows/Unix file-ending issue? (related-
https://community.jboss.org/thread/223637 Problem with designer "losing" newline
characters in Script Tasks)
* I've not yet been able to import an existing BPMN process using the Designer Import
BPMN feature. I can do so using the Eclipse-Drools-Guvnor toolchain but direct import
fails, even for diagrams created for jBPM 5.3.* I can export a BPMN file created in
Desinger and then reimport it back in, i.e. Designer is able understand it's own
output.
* (related -
https://community.jboss.org/thread/223567 Guvnor Designer Import BPMN error
- "Could not find BPMNDI information")
* After a few minutes of use I get a "Local history cleared" pop-up and after
that point it appears very frequently and often intrusively. Although I can disable local
history, it resets to "on" whenever I save my diagram which I tend to do quite
frequently. Again this may be a quirk of my set-up but it quickly gets in the way.
* On a more positive note, will we be able to define a template to be used by the
automatic user task form generator? The current facility is very useful but it would be
even better if I could include layouts specific to my project (company information,
in-house styles etc.) My apologies if this feature already exists and I've just missed
it!
I wondered if these are likely to be addressed in the next release. I'm happy to raise
Jira items if that's preferable.
Best regards and thanks,
Andy McC
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