topic Rest API issue with TextArea in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-api-issue-with-textarea/m-p/179495#M132625 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am new to Activiti and using the version 5.17.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have successfully drawn a process diagram with custom fields i.e. textarea and deployed the same on activiti-explorer2. My process works fine on the explorer with the custom field.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I am having a problem when I am trying to start a new process instance for the same using the REST API.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>eg.</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://localhost:8080/activiti-rest/service/repository/process-definitions/CatalogueApproval:2:25004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/activiti-rest/service/repository/process-definitions/CatalogueApproval:2:25004</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Error: {"message":"Bad request","exception":"unknown type 'textarea' initcomments"}</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Request for some insights on the problem.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Deepyaman</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:47:05 GMT deepyamanchatte 2015-03-11T18:47:05Z Rest API issue with TextArea https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-api-issue-with-textarea/m-p/179495#M132625 HiI am new to Activiti and using the version 5.17.I have successfully drawn a process diagram with custom fields i.e. textarea and deployed the same on activiti-explorer2. My process works fine on the explorer with the custom field.I am having a problem when I am trying to start a new process instan Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:47:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-api-issue-with-textarea/m-p/179495#M132625 deepyamanchatte 2015-03-11T18:47:05Z Re: Rest API issue with TextArea https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-api-issue-with-textarea/m-p/179496#M132626 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The process engine in the REST application also needs to know the custom form fields (this is what the exception is hinting at)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:47:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-api-issue-with-textarea/m-p/179496#M132626 jbarrez 2015-03-17T08:47:46Z