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Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

norberts — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:01:43 GMT

Hey,I'm using the source base of 5.12 for my adaption of the Designer. I was trying to open bpmn files externally defined to see how my tool behaves with "real" business processes from the real world.When I try to open the file however, the drawing pane remains empty. I guess the element definition

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

jbarrez — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:00:59 GMT

It doesn't have any BPMN DI info to start with … but it should show something at least, probably screwed up.

Is it really just a blank panel?

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

norberts — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:47:03 GMT

Yeah, the whole drawing pane is empty. Nothing displayed, no scrolling possible so really nothing there…
I guess the main missing thing is the whole graphical information per element that Activiti normally writes into the files…

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

jbarrez — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 09:41:43 GMT

I tried it with the latest release of the designer and I get a picture (the auto layout actually adds the DI on the fly so it looks OK). See the attachment (rename .txt to .png)

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

norberts — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:05:11 GMT

Well, the auto layout seems to be not available in 5.12. Anyway, I don't need the graphical representation any more so I wrote a small parser that reads such an xml file in and creates the elements. That's all I need.

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

marvin1 — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:46:35 GMT

I have the same question. I tried to import a valid BPMN file, created with Yaoqiang, but there is nothing shown in Eclipse.

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

marvin1 — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:29:29 GMT

I will try to find the problem, but can someone help me to find the Layout function in the code. I was only able to find the Kickstart Layouter.

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

frederikherema1 — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:49:50 GMT

Take a look here, for the auto-layout implementation:

https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/tree/master/modules/activiti-bpmn-layout

Also, take a look in the "problems" or "error log" view in eclipse, prolly the uncaucht exceptions during import will be listed there…

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

jillianmiller — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:37:59 GMT

somehow your conversation gave me an idea to solve a certain problem .so thanks.

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Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

marvin1 — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:24:53 GMT

Strange thing, it's working now. No idea what the problem was.
Thanks!

Do I get it right that the auto-layout is triggered only on a file import, or is there any way to do an auto-layout once a diagram is drawn?

Re: Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

jbarrez — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:46:40 GMT

That is correct, only on import currently. A button to do autolayout would be nice to have though.