Author: ochikvina Date: 2007-12-14 07:00:58 -0500 (Fri, 14 Dec 2007) New Revision: 5293 Added: trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/the_views.xml Log: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBDS-143 - the third chapter is devided into two chapters. So "the_views" is new one Added: trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/the_views.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/the_views.xml (rev 0) +++ trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/the_views.xml 2007-12-14 12:00:58 UTC (rev 5293) @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<chapter id="the_views" xreflabel="the_views"> + <?dbhtml filename="the_views.html"?> + <chapterinfo> + <keywordset> + <keyword>jBPM</keyword> + </keywordset> + </chapterinfo> + + <title>The views</title> + + <para>This chapter will explain you how to work with views and editors provided by JBDS.</para> + + <section id="the_outline_view"> + <?dbhtml filename="the_outline_view.html"?> + <title>The Outline View</title> + <para>To have a way to quickly see an outline of the process use the JBDS Outline view. If it is not + visible select <emphasis> + <property>Window &gt; Show view &gt; Outline</property> + </emphasis>. It is presented as the classical tree view. Also you can use <emphasis> + <property>Overview</property> + </emphasis> that comes as a scrollable thumbnail.</para> + <figure> + <title>The Outline and Overview Views</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/the_views/the_views1.png" + scale="75"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + </section> + <section id="the_properties_view"> + <?dbhtml filename="the_properties_view.html"?> + <title>The Properties View</title> + <para> Here, we dwell on the JBDS <property>Properties view</property>.</para> + <para>Notice if it&apos;s not visible you can access it by navigating <emphasis> + <property>Window &gt; Show view &gt; Properties</property> + </emphasis>. The view shows the relevant properties of the selected item. Some of these + properties may be directly editable in the properties view. An example of a directly + editable property is the name property of the process definition. As you can see in the + next figure, the name property of the process definition can be changed to <emphasis> + <property>jbay</property> + </emphasis>. You can also write a description for this property.</para> + <figure> + <title>The Properties of a Process Definition</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/the_views/the_views2.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + <para>Let&apos;s change the name of the first transition to <emphasis> + <property>to_auction</property> + </emphasis>. We repeat this name change for the second transition and name it <emphasis> + <property>to_end</property> + </emphasis>.</para> + <figure> + <title>Transitions Names</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/the_views/the_views3.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + </section> + + + <section id="direct_editing"> + <?dbhtml filename="direct_editing.html"?> + <title>Direct Editing</title> + <para>Besides, some properties can be directly edited in the graphical editor. One example of this is + the <emphasis> + <property>Name</property> + </emphasis> property of nodes. You can edit this directly by selecting the node of which + you want to change the name and then click once inside this node. This enables an editor + in the node. We change the name of the node to <emphasis> + <property>auction</property> + </emphasis>.</para> + <figure> + <title>Directly Editing the Node Name</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/the_views/the_views4.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + </section> + <section id="the_source_view"> + <?dbhtml filename="the_source_view.html"?> + <title>The Source View</title> + <para>Now that we have defined a simple process definition, we can have a look at the xml + that is being generated under the covers. To see this xml, click on the source tab of + the process definition editor.</para> + <figure> + <title>The Source View</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/the_views/the_views5.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + <para>This source tab is editable, so if you know your way around in jPDL, you can create or + tweak your process definitions directly in the xml source.</para> + </section> + <section id="the_design_view"> + <?dbhtml filename="the_design_view.html"?> + <title>The Design View</title> + <para>One more way to edit your file is to use <property>Design view</property> that&apos;s available at the bottom of the file editor. + You can see it in the next picture:</para> + <figure> + <title>The Design View</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/the_views/the_views6.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + </section> + <section id="the_deployment_view"> + <?dbhtml filename="the_deployment_view.html"?> + <title>The Deployment View</title> + <para>To adjust the deployment settings of the project you should switch to the next tab that opens the + <property>Deployment view</property>.</para> + <figure> + <title>The Deployment View</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/the_views/the_views7.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + </section> + <para>As we have already arranged the project, let's pass on to the next step.</para> + +</chapter> \ No newline at end of file