Author: ochikvina Date: 2007-12-13 10:45:38 -0500 (Thu, 13 Dec 2007) New Revision: 5284 Modified: trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd.xml Log: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBDS-143 - transitions between sections Modified: trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd.xml 2007-12-13 15:44:58 UTC (rev 5283) +++ trunk/jbpm/docs/reference/en/modules/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd.xml 2007-12-13 15:45:38 UTC (rev 5284) @@ -10,19 +10,23 @@ </keywordset> </chapterinfo> <title>A Guided Tour of JBoss jBPM GPD</title> - <para>We have included a wizard in the GPD plugin to create a jBPM project. We have opted to - create a project containing based on a template already containing a number of advanced - artifacts that we will ignore for this section. In the future we will elaborate this wizard - and offer the possibility to create an empty jBPM project as well as projects based on - templates taken from the jBPM tutorial.</para> + <para>In this chapter we suggest a step-by-step walk-through of creating and editing your own + simple process. Let’s start with organizing a new jBPM project.</para> + <para>A wizard for creating a jBPM project is included in the GPD plugin. We have opted to + create a project based on a template already containing a number of advanced artifacts that + we will ignore for this section. In the future we will elaborate this wizard and offer the + possibility to create an empty jBPM project as well as projects based on templates taken + from the jBPM tutorial.</para> <section id="CreatingjBPMProject"> <?dbhtml filename="CreatingjBPMProject.html"?> <title>Creating a jBPM Project</title> - <para>To create a new jBPM project using the project creation wizard, we select <emphasis> + <para>This section will show you how to use the Creation wizard for creating a new jBPM + project with already included source folders.</para> + <para>At first you should select <emphasis> <property>File &gt;New Project...</property> - </emphasis> and in the New Project dialog, we select <emphasis> + </emphasis> and then <emphasis> <property>JBoss jBPM &gt; Process Project</property> - </emphasis>:</para> + </emphasis> in the New Project dialog:</para> <figure> <title>New Project Dialog</title> <mediaobject> @@ -74,8 +78,8 @@ <section id="creating_an_empty_process_definition"> <?dbhtml filename="creating_an_empty_process_definition.html"?> <title>Creating an Empty Process Definition</title> - <para>When the project is set up, we can use a creation wizard to create an empty process - definition. Bring up the <emphasis> + <para>Now when the project is set up, we can use a Creation wizard to create an empty + process definition. Bring up the <emphasis> <property>New</property> </emphasis> wizard by clicking the <emphasis> <property>File &gt; New &gt; Other...</property> @@ -116,12 +120,13 @@ <title>The Process Definition Editor</title> <mediaobject> <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour6.png" scale="75"/> + <imagedata fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour6.png" + scale="75"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> </figure> - - + + <para>You can see in the Package Explorer that creating a process definition involves creating a folder with the name of the process definition and populating this folder with two .xml files : <emphasis> @@ -135,21 +140,20 @@ </emphasis> file contains the actual process definition info without the graphical rendering info. At present, the GPD assumes that these two files are siblings. More sophisticated configuration will be supported later.</para> - + <section id="minimal_process_definition"> <?dbhtml filename="minimal_process_definition.html"?> <title>A Minimal Process Definition</title> - <para>We will create a very simple process definition, consisting of a begin state, an - intermediate state and an end state.</para> + <para>Now we are ready to create a very simple process definition consisting of a begin + state, an intermediate state and an end state.</para> <para>To make the configuration of actions much easier it&apos;s better to use the - jPDL perspective. It provides the tabbed - Properties Editor which allows to configure all the relevant properties of the current - selected item. </para> + jPDL perspective. It provides the tabbed Properties Editor which allows to configure + all the relevant properties of the current selected item. </para> <section id="adding_the_nodes"> <?dbhtml filename="adding_the_nodes.html"?> <title>Adding the Nodes</title> - <para>Select respectively <emphasis> + <para>At first select respectively <emphasis> <property>Start</property> </emphasis>, <emphasis> <property>State</property> @@ -161,7 +165,8 @@ <title>A Simple Process With Three Nodes</title> <mediaobject> <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour7.png" scale="75"/> + <imagedata fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour7.png" + scale="75"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> </figure> @@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ <section id="adding_transitions"> <?dbhtml filename="adding_transitions.html"?> <title>Adding Transitions</title> - <para>We will connect the nodes with transitions. Select the <emphasis> + <para>Then we will connect the nodes with transitions. For that select the <emphasis> <property>Transition</property> </emphasis> tool in the tools palette and click on the <emphasis> <property>Start</property> @@ -185,27 +190,31 @@ <title>A Simple Process With Transitions</title> <mediaobject> <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour8.png" scale="75"/> + <imagedata fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour8.png" + scale="75"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> </figure> </section> </section> + <para>Now the simple process is already defined and we can examine it more carefully. For + that JBDS provides a number of multiple editors and viewes.</para> </section> <section id="the_outline_view"> <?dbhtml filename="the_outline_view.html"?> <title>The Outline View</title> - <para>You can see an outline of the process being drawn in the JBDS outline view if it is - visible (if not select <emphasis> + <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> + </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/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour9.png" scale="75"/> + <imagedata fileref="images/guided_tour_jboss_jbpmgpd/guided_tour9.png" + scale="75"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> </figure>