Have had some trouble in getting the Activiti Designer 5.9.1 to work. I have not been an active developer for ages - sold my soul years ago and moved into project management and stuff like that… So I am painfully aware that this might be a really stupid post (in which case have fun and flame away). 
My OS is Windows 7 Enterprise w. Service Pack 1 and I have JDK7 installed.
On my first attempt I was using the latest 64 bit Eclipse Indigo version:
The installation went smooth enough but when I tried creating a simple test process the Properties tab for the process elements simply was not there.
On my second attempt I changed to the latest 32 bit Eclipse Indigo version instead (thought that it might be an issue with the 64 bit version):
The re-installation did not go all that smoothly… Did not work until after I had deleted the old workspace and config directories for Eclipse. But after that I thought everything might be fine. But…
When I tried creating my simple test process the Properties tab for the process elements was there and I thought that I was home free until I tried adding Form Values. In the Form Property Configuration window there where no "Ok" or "Cancel" buttons allowing me to save whatever I have entered. Is there a magic trick to applying what I have entered there or is my installation still giving me trouble?
Grateful for any help!
My OS is Windows 7 Enterprise w. Service Pack 1 and I have JDK7 installed.
On my first attempt I was using the latest 64 bit Eclipse Indigo version:
The installation went smooth enough but when I tried creating a simple test process the Properties tab for the process elements simply was not there.
On my second attempt I changed to the latest 32 bit Eclipse Indigo version instead (thought that it might be an issue with the 64 bit version):
The re-installation did not go all that smoothly… Did not work until after I had deleted the old workspace and config directories for Eclipse. But after that I thought everything might be fine. But…
When I tried creating my simple test process the Properties tab for the process elements was there and I thought that I was home free until I tried adding Form Values. In the Form Property Configuration window there where no "Ok" or "Cancel" buttons allowing me to save whatever I have entered. Is there a magic trick to applying what I have entered there or is my installation still giving me trouble?
Grateful for any help!
Have had some trouble in getting the Activiti Designer 5.9.1 to work. I have not been an active developer for ages - sold my soul years ago and moved into project management and stuff like that… So I am painfully aware that this might be a really stupid post (in which case have fun and flame away).
Hi twse,
there are no stupid posts. Your questions are a quick win.
- To open the (missing) properties tab in eclipse you can click Menu->Window->Show View…->Other…->General->Properties.
- To save your work just type CTRL + S - it's just like saving your work in any other editor.
If your intention is not to develop but more on the requirements side - there is a professional web based editor from Signavio (see http://www.signavio.com/en.html). They have excellent BPMN2 support - and an Activiti specific version is available as well. If you want to try a limited core version - check out and build/install this: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/ACT/How+to+build+Activiti+Modeler+from+Signavio - the result will give you a good impression. Or try the official SaaS version.
Cheers
Gunnar
