Instead of writing the XML definition by hand, you can use the visual modeler. Although it's a little more restricted than the manual approach, it is very useful for non-technical people to specify a business process.
You can start the designer by typing java jar designer.jar
on the command line of your system (given that the java
command is on your path). First copy designer.jar
into the lib/designer
path of your unpacked OSWorkflow distribution. You have to do this because some library files cannot be found otherwise hopefully this will be fixed in the next version of OSWorkflow.
After the splash screen, a blank workspace screen will be displayed, like the one that follows:
This welcome screen prompts you to load an existing workspace or create a new one. We will create a new workspace to model the same holiday example, but this time visually. In the Select Workspace dialog, select the Create new workspace checkbox, and...