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    <title>topic execution.setVariable type in Alfresco Archive</title>
    <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-type/m-p/179201#M132331</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Hi everyone, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I encountered something a little weird. In my process I'm letting a Script Task calculate a value for me (from two form properties that have the type long) , which I set as variable and want to display in the following User Task. According to jUnit everything works fine.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;But: when I'm deploying my process ind start it in the Explorer the calculated value is suddenly a float, the Explorer obviously isn't happy with that, because it's expecting a long.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Why is that and is there a way to set the type when I do that execution.setVariable thing?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Here's the relevant part of my process definition:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;PRE class="language-none line-numbers"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start" activiti:initiator="initiator"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;extensionElements&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;activiti:formProperty id="anzahlAntrag" name="Der wie vielte Urlaubsantrag ist dies im betreffenden Jahr?" type="long" required="true"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/activiti:formProperty&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;activiti:formProperty id="anzahlTage" name="Anzahl der gewünschten Urlaubstage" type="long" required="true"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/activiti:formProperty&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;activiti:formProperty id="zeitraumVom" name="Gewünschter Urlaubsanfang" type="date" datePattern="dd-MM-yyyy" required="true"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/activiti:formProperty&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;activiti:formProperty id="zeitraumBis" name="Gewünschtes Urlaubsende" type="date" datePattern="dd-MM-yyyy" required="true"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/activiti:formProperty&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;activiti:formProperty id="resturlaub" name="Resturlaub (den aktuellen Antrag nicht mit einbezogen)" type="long" required="true"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/activiti:formProperty&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/extensionElements&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/startEvent&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;sequenceFlow id="flow15" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="scripttask1"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sequenceFlow&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;scriptTask id="scripttask1" name="Ermittlung des Resturlaubs" scriptFormat="javascript" activiti:autoStoreVariables="false"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;script&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;var restNeu = resturlaub - anzahlTage;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;execution.setVariable("restNeu", restNeu);&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;print('Neuer Resturlaub: '+restNeu);&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/scriptTask&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;sequenceFlow id="flow20" sourceRef="scripttask1" targetRef="usertask1"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sequenceFlow&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;userTask id="usertask1" name="Gegenprüfung des Antrags" activiti:candidateGroups="teamAssistance"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;extensionElements&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;activiti:formProperty id="urlaubsantragsnummer" name="Urlaubsantragsnummer" type="long" expression="${anzahlAntrag}" writable="false"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/activiti:formProperty&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;activiti:formProperty id="resturlaubNeu" name="Resturlaub nach Abzug der gewünschten Tage" type="string" expression="${restNeu}" writable="false"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/activiti:formProperty&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;/extensionElements&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/userTask&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Thanks and best regards&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Sarah&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:25:25 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>fussel</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2015-03-11T13:25:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>execution.setVariable type</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-type/m-p/179201#M132331</link>
      <description>Hi everyone, I encountered something a little weird. In my process I'm letting a Script Task calculate a value for me (from two form properties that have the type long) , which I set as variable and want to display in the following User Task. According to jUnit everything works fine.But: when I'm de</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:25:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-type/m-p/179201#M132331</guid>
      <dc:creator>fussel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-11T13:25:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: execution.setVariable type</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-type/m-p/179202#M132332</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Hi Sarah,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;If you want it to be a Long you should use Java types in your Javascript script.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Otherwise numbers are automatically transformed to floats from Javascript to Java.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Best regards,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:45:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-type/m-p/179202#M132332</guid>
      <dc:creator>trademak</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-11T19:45:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: execution.setVariable type</title>
      <link>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-type/m-p/179203#M132333</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Hey Tijs,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;thanks for the hint &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-type/m-p/179203#M132333</guid>
      <dc:creator>fussel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-13T12:37:01Z</dc:date>
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