thanks for you input Ruth.
yes I was more asking what webtool functionality would I use or need to
create to accomplish what you described.
from what some of the errors are, it is not the artifact but other
things the artifact depends on that has caused the errors.
Not on my radar to fix currently
Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 9/22/2010 3:12 AM:
Hi BJ:
Thanks for the clarification. Let me ask the question another way: Are
you automating the development of process flow diagrams for exist OFBiz
applications such as the eCommerce application? If so, it will depend on
how the process was implemented and where you want to start. IMHO it all
starts with a user clicking on a form's "submit" button. So, in this
case if you want to document how an order is processed starting from the
webstore, you will need to read the controller.xml file(s) and go
through any Events called from the form "submit" and figure out what
happens based on the response message(s). Within any particular Event,
you will need to be able to detect calls to Services and follow all the
SECA chains and then parse and process each Service call. You will
probably also need to detect calls to read/write from the database since
1) this is an integral part of what OFBiz does to implement business
rules and 2) there are ECAs on database tables that further refine
business processing.
FYI - I've not had much luck with the Artifact tool. I'm running 9.04
and have plenty of memory and CPU cycles but I can't get it work
reliably. It often hangs and/or just fails completely. I think if
someone could make that took more reliable, that would go a long way
towards helping understand how OFBiz works.
Regards,
Ruth
On 9/21/10 10:04 PM, BJ Freeman wrote:
I tried to make it general enough to cover many situations but here is
the core.
what information (in ofbiz terms) do I need from the frame work and
applicatinos so display the business flow of say processing an order.
in the context of things like the using the Aritfact and entity
maintance code, in webtools
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Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 9/21/2010 6:55 PM:
Hi BJ:
I'm not sure I understand your question. Could you re-state it?
Many Thanks
Ruth
On 9/21/10 9:49 PM, BJ Freeman wrote:
honest answer
Don't know.
I have used this applet for doing neural nets so have that coded and
familiar with it. is my only answer.
i an not sure you can do what the applet does without a lot of
overhead to the server is my other thought.
james_sg sent the following on 9/21/2010 6:33 PM:
Hi BJ,
May I know what is the advantage of using applet over javascript?
-james
BJ Freeman wrote:
I posted on the dev list but the user list may be better place.
I am going into uncharted waters for me so I could use some pointers.
I am building many applets to show visual mapping of processes.
you click on one of these and the data is marshaled and presented to
the
applet though the FTL for display. That part I got down.
they are meant to help in development.
they are display only.
one of these is to show the flow from a specific point to the end
point.
so lets say an order is created is the start point selected. the
graph
would step through all processes till the end point of accounting.
so the help is Using things like the webtools what do I need to
implement as based processes to support such a display.
Like artifact slimmed down as well as entity relationships.
I will figure it all out in time but some help would speed up the
process.
i think these would great tools for tutorials as well.
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BJ Freeman
Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation
<http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52>
Specialtymarket.com<http://www.specialtymarket.com/>
Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist
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