Import bpmn file not from Activiti?

[norberts]

Hey,

I'm using the source base of 5.12 for my adaption of the Designer. I was trying to open bpmn files externally defined to see how my tool behaves with "real" business processes from the real world.
When I try to open the file however, the drawing pane remains empty. I guess the element definition is not sufficient?
How could I alter, for example the attached example, that way, that it would be possible to open it properly with the Designer?

Best regards

[jbarrez]

It doesn't have any BPMN DI info to start with … but it should show something at least, probably screwed up.

Is it really just a blank panel?

[norberts]

Yeah, the whole drawing pane is empty. Nothing displayed, no scrolling possible so really nothing there…
I guess the main missing thing is the whole graphical information per element that Activiti normally writes into the files…

[jbarrez]

I tried it with the latest release of the designer and I get a picture (the auto layout actually adds the DI on the fly so it looks OK). See the attachment (rename .txt to .png)

[norberts]

Well, the auto layout seems to be not available in 5.12. Anyway, I don't need the graphical representation any more so I wrote a small parser that reads such an xml file in and creates the elements. That's all I need.

[marvin1]

I have the same question. I tried to import a valid BPMN file, created with Yaoqiang, but there is nothing shown in Eclipse.

[marvin1]

I will try to find the problem, but can someone help me to find the Layout function in the code. I was only able to find the Kickstart Layouter.

[frederikherema1]

Take a look here, for the auto-layout implementation:

https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/tree/master/modules/activiti-bpmn-layout

Also, take a look in the "problems" or "error log" view in eclipse, prolly the uncaucht exceptions during import will be listed there…

[jillianmiller]

somehow your conversation gave me an idea to solve a certain problem .so thanks.

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[marvin1]

Strange thing, it's working now. No idea what the problem was.
Thanks!

Do I get it right that the auto-layout is triggered only on a file import, or is there any way to do an auto-layout once a diagram is drawn?