Can't deploy my first custom workflow, can anybody helps?

[paolo26670]

Hi everybody

I'm trying to deploy to alfresco my first workflow but I cannot reach the goal!

I'm using Eclipse

I've tried to reproduce the tutorial recorded at Alfresco Summit 2013 (http://summit.alfresco.com/boston/sessions/boost-your-productivity-next-gen-bpm-tooling)

I do everything the programmer do in the tutorial, the Form is ok , then I deploy with CMIS to my alfresco with no error , then I enter Alfresco, start a new Workflow on a document, the Workflow name is in the list  but when the start form shows.. the result is not what I was expecting, the fields I designed in Eclipse are not in the Alfresco form..

The form displayed is a mix between the form I designed and a standard workflow form..

Can somebody help me?

thanks in advance!

Paolo

[jbarrez]

What Alfresco version are you using?

Are you using the dynamic deploy? Did you read https://github.com/frederikheremans/alfresco-share-modules-refresh ?

[paolo26670]

I'm using Alfresco Community 4.2f and yes, I didn't read ….

After reading the article, I did all the steps but I got an error from Tomcat

Do you think this is needed? Is it not enough to restart alfresco server?

thanks for your help, be patient with Newbies 🙂

[paolo26670]

SOLVED..

Problems with reload-module-deployments… the module didnt' work for PATH problems..

Now everything is ok

thanks!

P

[beltranlope]

Hi, how did you fix this? I'm having troubling in running the github hack. If I do the steps, my Share stops working giving:

"CannotLoadBeanClassException: Error loading class [org.al…] for bean with name 'webscript.module-deployments-reload.get' defined in file [/opt/alfresco-4.2.f/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/redeploy-modules-share-context.xml]: problem with class file or dependent class; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/spring….

can you guys, expand the instruction in the github in a more defined manner? I may be doing something wrong.

[frederikherema1]

The hack is what is is -> a hack . Probabily it uses a configuration feature/class in share which is no longer supported, hence the java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError.

Can you share the full stacktrace, so we know the offending class?

[paolo26670]

My problem was that the Share Reload Webscript  URL in the Eclipse->Preferences->Kickstart Settings didn't work..
if you copy the URL in a browser it should give you back a simple string that says that the Reload works correctly.
my setting is http://192.168.1.239:8080/share/service/reload-module-deployments, you should change the server IP address.

I tried many times to make the GITHUB hack works. at the end, following step by step the instructions (my server is a Virtual Server so I rolled back the initial snapshot everytime) the system worked. If something is wrong the entire Alfresco Share doesn't work anymore..

Be patient and try it again…

(https://github.com/frederikheremans/alfresco-share-modules-refresh)

[paolo26670]

https://github.com/frederikheremans/alfresco-share-modules-refresh


Adding the webscript to share should be done the same as with any other
custom webscripts. To get started quick, you can find a simple guide to add
the webscript, using the tomcat 'shared' folder.
1.Add the 'reload-modules.jar' file to the classpath of the Share-webapp
(eg. WEB-INF/lib)
2.Make sure the 'shared' folder is added to the shared loader of your tomcat
container (see http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Install_Tomcat6, or
alternatively, just use the real WEB-INF/classes folder)
3.Make sure the folder '$tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension'
exists.
4.Copy all files in 'share-artifacts' folder to the web-extensions folder.
5.Add (or modify if you already have one) the share-config-custom.xml file
in the web-extensions folder and add the folowing line to the
'Web-Framework' config evaluator:
<enable-dynamic-extension-modules>true</enable-dynamic-extension-modules> .
6.Also, alter the module-deployment mode configuration in the same
'Web-Framework' config evaluator:
      <mode>auto</mode>
      <enable-auto-deploy-modules>true</enable-auto-deploy-modules>
   </module-deployment>….

Diventa
           <mode>auto</mode>
           <enable-auto-deploy-modules>true</enable-auto-deploy-modules>

<enable-dynamic-extension-modules>true</enable-dynamic-extension-mo$
        </module-deployment>



then from the shell
export tomcat="/opt/alfresco-4.2.f/tomcat/"

[modsley]

Hello.
I have same problem with forms
http://localhost:8080/share/service/reload-module-deployments  returns "Refreshed all internal caches" so I think reload script works.

What am I doing wrong?
May be I have to try to deploy manually? But I can't find info where to deploy files created by Kickstart.
Please, help.

[jbarrez]

it's not that trivial, see http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/concepts/forms-intro.html