Activiti

Installation

• extract activiti-5.0.zip to C:\Uwes\java\activiti\5.0\

Eclipse Plug-In

• as decribed in to local Helios eclipse version

Documentation

• Local Documentation file:///C:/Uwes/java/Activiti/5.0/docs/userguide/index.html
• Activite Home Documentation http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html

Architecture

• Eplorer: work item list
• Probe: admin area
• Cycle: business it alignment
• Modeler: modeling tool
• Designer: eclipse plugin modeling tool, started and maintained by Tijs Rademakers, Tiese Barrell, Ron van Liempd and Yvo Swillens.

Initial Tests

Users Guide

• C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\setup\ant demo.start
• hangs because tomcat port is already in use
• change tomcat port in C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\apps\apache-tomcat-6.0.29\conf\server.xml from 8080 to 8099
• replace all occurences of 8080 to 8099 in C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\setup\build.xml
• set CATALINA_HOME to C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\apps\apache-tomcat-6.0.29\
• import the example projects from C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\workspace into eclipse

Blog

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• C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\setup\ant h2.install h2.start
• C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\setup\ant db.create
• C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\apps\h2\java -cp h2*.jar org.h2.tools.Server -web
• start URL http://localhost:8082 with JDBC URL 'jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/activiti'
• New Java project 'ActivitiTest1' with eclipse und external jars in 'C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\setup\files\dependencies\libs\*'
• C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\setup\ant cfg.create
• add external jar C:\Uwes\java\Activiti\5.0\setup\build\activiti-cfg.jar to project