topic About the ProcessDefinitionEntity v5.0rc1 in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/about-the-processdefinitionentity-v5-0rc1/m-p/25524#M12619 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I was using activiti v5.0beta2 before.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>In 5.0beta2, the org.activiti.engine.impl.repository.ProcessDefinitionEntity has an attribute called startFormResourceKey that contains the string for the start form.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I upgraded to 5.0rc1 and I noticed that this attribute has disappeared. I noticed there is a new attribute called startFormHandler. I tried that attribute using this code:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ProcessDefinition pd; //get pd from somewhere<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ProcessDefinitionEntity pde = (ProcessDefinitionEntity) pd;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DefaultStartFormHandler dsfh = (DefaultStartFormHandler) pde.getStartFormHandler();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (dsfh != null) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; formKey = dsfh.getFormKey();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>However the dsfh is always null.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I tried using the new form service as well:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ProcessDefinition pd; //get pd from somewhere<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Object obj = formService.getRenderedStartForm(pd.getId());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (obj != null) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FormData fd = (FormData) obj;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("fd key: " + fd.getFormKey());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>However the obj is always null.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Update:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I tried another method given by form service:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; StartFormData sfd = formService.getStartFormData(pd.getId());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (sfd != null) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("sfd is not null");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String formKey = sfd.getFormKey();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("form key: " + formKey);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("sfd is null");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>And I get the output "sfd is not null" but the formKey is still null.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>For all the programs above, the sample data I used is the VacationRequest.bpmn20.xml.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can someone help me to get back the start form string again?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:52:45 GMT hery1 2010-11-11T01:52:45Z About the ProcessDefinitionEntity v5.0rc1 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/about-the-processdefinitionentity-v5-0rc1/m-p/25524#M12619 Hi,I was using activiti v5.0beta2 before.In 5.0beta2, the org.activiti.engine.impl.repository.ProcessDefinitionEntity has an attribute called startFormResourceKey that contains the string for the start form.I upgraded to 5.0rc1 and I noticed that this attribute has disappeared. I noticed there is a Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:52:45 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/about-the-processdefinitionentity-v5-0rc1/m-p/25524#M12619 hery1 2010-11-11T01:52:45Z Re: About the ProcessDefinitionEntity v5.0rc1 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/about-the-processdefinitionentity-v5-0rc1/m-p/25525#M12620 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Never mind. It is solved. The main problem is because I used the old version of the VacationRequest.bpmn20.xml.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The third way works with the new VacationRequest.bpmn20.xml, didn't bother to try the other ways.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:56:44 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/about-the-processdefinitionentity-v5-0rc1/m-p/25525#M12620 hery1 2010-11-11T07:56:44Z Re: About the ProcessDefinitionEntity v5.0rc1 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/about-the-processdefinitionentity-v5-0rc1/m-p/25526#M12621 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks for posting that, will help many people <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it clear to you know how to retrieve the formKey ?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:32:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/about-the-processdefinitionentity-v5-0rc1/m-p/25526#M12621 jbarrez 2010-11-12T08:32:05Z