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External Form Rendering (What is the alternative in 5.8?)

swapnonil — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:39:44 GMT

Hi,I just want to display the value of some process variables on a from that appears within a User Task. I am using Activiti 5.8 with the bundled Activiti Explorer.I tried putting a vote.form in my bar archive and referenced it in my user task like this<userTask id="voteTask" name="Vote to Promot

Re: External Form Rendering (What is the alternative in 5.8?)

trademak — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:50:48 GMT

Hi,

You can use form properties instead. Form properties are the new way of implementing user task forms since version 5.7.
Just look in the user guide for more information.

Best regards,

Re: External Form Rendering (What is the alternative in 5.8?)

swapnonil — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:01:30 GMT

Hi,

I have tried using form properties and from what I understand I can use

1. string as a datatype which renders a label:textfield combination
2. date as a datatype which renders a label:datefield combination
3. enum as a datatype which renders a label:select box combination
4. long as a datatype which renders a label:textfield combination
5. boolean as a datatype which renders a label:checkbox combination

My requirement is to simply display a label, with rudimentary formatting like bold and font size tags around it.

How can I do this using form properties?

Re: External Form Rendering (What is the alternative in 5.8?)

nandoztx — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:19:39 GMT

I have same problem… activiti-explorer dont render ".form" files. activiti-explorer use GWT api to show view components. I'm using Primefaces with jsf2, in my project to render "<activiti:formProperty>" elements.
Like:


<activiti:formProperty id="postalCode" name="Cod Postal" type="postalCode"/>

I have an formProperty.xhtml where has defined this type:


<p:inputMask rendered="#{cc.attrs.formProperty.property.type.name == 'postalCode'}"
   mask="99999-999" value="#{cc.attrs.formProperty.property.value}"
   disabled="#{!cc.attrs.formProperty.property.writable}" />

And a extended class where override AbstractFormType methods


public class PostalCodeFormType extends AbstractFormType {
private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(PostalCodeFormType.class);

  public PostalCodeFormType() {
    log.debug("PostalCode Property Type initialized");
  }
  
  @Override
  public String getName() {
    return "postalCode";
  }

  @Override
  public Object convertFormValueToModelValue(String propertyValue) {
    if (propertyValue==null || propertyValue.equals("")) {
      return null;
    }
    return new Long(propertyValue);
  }

  @Override
  public String convertModelValueToFormValue(Object modelValue) {
    if (modelValue==null) {
      return null;
    }
    return modelValue.toString();
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return getName();
  }
}

In my ApplicationContext I have:


<property name="customFormTypes" >
      <list>
        <ref bean="postalCodeFormType"/>
      </list>
</property>

It works fine!

but I have an problem with "enum" type mapped to "selectOneMenu" primefaces element:
my code is:


<p:selectOneMenu rendered="#{cc.attrs.formProperty.property.type.name == 'enum'}" value="#{cc.attrs.formProperty.property.value}" disabled="#{!cc.attrs.formProperty.property.writable}">
       <f:selectItems value="#{cc.attrs.formProperty.information}" />
     </p:selectOneMenu>

in workflow:


<activiti:formProperty id="direction" type="enum">
      <activiti:value id="left" name="Go Left" />
      <activiti:value id="right" name="Go Right" />
      <activiti:value id="up" name="Go Up" />
      <activiti:value id="down" name="Go Down" />
    </activiti:formProperty>

It,s return null values….
Anybody can help me with this?
Is a bug?

Thank's in advance!

Re: External Form Rendering (What is the alternative in 5.8?)

nandoztx — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:35:48 GMT

Hi everybody!
About 'null' values from 'enum' element.
I solved this, was a bug in my source when I need transform FormProperties to a Map.
If formProperty is an enum: catch ID;


for(String key: values.keySet()) {
                        //if(value == values.get(key)){ -> wrong comparation
   if(value.equals(values.get(key))){
    return key;
   }
  }

So… it works