Problems with variables during workflow execution

blackout — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:11:28 GMT

I encountered problems using some Alfresco defined variables during workflow execution.I wanted to create some folders at run time, the best way I found to do it was using code like this:Node createFolder(string name)‍ and this:Node createNode(string name, string type)‍and I noticed that companyhome

Re: Problems with variables during workflow execution

davidc — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:10:42 GMT

I noticed that companyhome, userhome and initiatorhome were not working

1.4 community does not support these variables.

1.4 enterprise, 2.0 preview and HEAD all do support them.

so I thought to use bpm_context, and even this time I had a null reference!

bpm_context (and other workflow instance variables - as listed in http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/WorkflowAdministration#Process_Data) are only available once the start task has been completed. So, you can use the "node-leave" event on your start-state to create folders.

Another thing: can I add dinamically documents to the bpm_package? If yes, how?

Unfortunately not. The Javascript API does not yet allow the addition of an existing node into a folder. I'll raise a JIRA task - it's a common workflow request. The call would be something like:

folder.addNode(node);

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