[jboss-dev-forums] [jBPM Development] - Designer characteristics

[Andy McC]

Andy McC [https://community.jboss.org/people/andymcc] created the discussion

"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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