Easier Said Than Done….
January 25, 2007
I must be going at snail speed. Today, I was only able to complete the Form objects retrieval which includes the Form Foregound text,the fields and their markings (simple validations) .I still have problems in getting the helpMessage. Although these components can be easily retrieved via the vFMarking and vAFMarking objects, there is no straight way to find a relation between them I mean, how do you find the help message and the validation for a particular field in a form! The SSO libs do need some serious re-work. I had to use around 3 loops do it. It is done but then what about the performance..its killing me!!!
The form object is important as I intend to provide abilities for requeing and the like. As the methods for Queue and WorkItem listing are already there, the form Object will definitely help in completing the loop. I seriously would have been far better off if the OpenForms were available for Java as well.
Tomorrow I will start putting up the cutom libs to action. I have already started with Swing, lets see how easy it gets….
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‘It’s easier said than done.’
… and if you don’t believe it, try proving that it’s easier done than said, and you’ll see that ‘it’s easier said that ‘it’s easier done than said’ than it is done’, which really proves that ‘it’s easier said than done’.
Draft Version 1.0
January 22, 2007
The Extended iProcess Client is a miniature front end for administering the iProcess Engine as well as runtime Case and WorkItem management. The client, will be available in both Swing and JSP and relies on a set of core cutomied libraries based on the TIBCO SSO API and an additional Admin Daemon. This daemon will run on the iProcess Node and will be communicated by the Client via RV or EMS implementations. I had to resist redeveloping the agent without using any of the commercial messaging systems, but I guess that will have to wait until I am done with the Java Messaging Backbone.
The draft version is available here
The design is not flawless and I strongly believe many changes will take place until the first phase of development begins. Right now, I am busy putting together the first Swing based prototype for the client….
