"massimiliano_cuccia" wrote : (this means that ti.getTask() is null) No, this means getTaskController() is null, as I mentioned in the post before. Try it without the controller or create one. In order to get variables (without variableaccess): taskInstance.getVariable("Name") For further information, please have a look at the testcases. There are much examples. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4067292#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...