Alfresco Workflow from scratch

[pp20218]

Hi all,

I am new to Alfresco and wants to create some workflows. I have setup eclipse JBPM,JPDL, alfresco. Can anyone tell me what are the steps or files required to buid and run the workflow.

I saw only the process defination and i clicked deploy from eclipse. I really blind on creating it.I will truely appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance.

[pp20218]

Can anyone help me out?

[mrogers]

I suggest that you start by studying the existing workflows within Alfresco.
You will find the definitions in.
Repository/config/alfresco/workflow.

In parallel learn about JBPM.   http://www.jboss.org/jbpm/documentation.html
And have you looked here?
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Workflow

[pp20218]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.In the document  http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Workflow_Reqs_and_Design   .I saw some java classes available.Is it really required if you are defining a new advanced workflow? If You ahve a binary version of alfresco installed and you are going to create the advanced workflow, where will you place the java codes?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
PP

[mrogers]

You only need to write Java code if you want to write your buisnesss logic in Java.     And if you do write Java then it just needs to be added to the class path, like any other piece of Java code.

You can also write your tasks using BeanShell or Alfresco Java Script.  I'm sure you will find examples.

[pp20218]

Hi,

I would like to know some more clarrification.

Consider I have installed alfresco from a .exe file. I don't have the code base of alfreso.And I am going to write the advanced workflow, Then where my class files will be put to run?

Thanks
PP

[pp20218]

Hi..

Can anyone clarify me pls.

Thanx

[stevegreenbaum]

Check out this article, I think it will explain much of what you need to know.

http://ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-workflow/advanced-workflow-article.pdf

The Jeff Potts, the author of the article also has a book which is very helpful.