How work with multiple processdefinition.xml and graphical d

[simonbaker]

We're working with multiple workflows, each needing its own process definition xml file. We'd like to name them each uniquely and make them available as a "resource", and deploy them dynamically. In other words, our code knows the names of the process definition files and deploys them if they are not already deployed.

The problem is that the GPD plugin for Eclipse seems to want the name "processdefinition.xml". Is there a way to work with arbitrarily named process definition files in Eclipse?

[simonbaker]

What is the recommended way to develop and organize many workflows for an application?

[koen.aers]

You can use an arbitrary name, with the '.xml' extension. In that case the graphical information (the gpd.xml file) should have the same name but prefixed by '.gpd'.

Regards,
Koen

[kukeltje]

prefixed by "gpd." that should be I assume

[simonbaker]

Thanks! That works.

Interesting note: I cannot easily create or rename a file with the leading period, such as ".gpd.customname.xml". However, the plug-in creates one for you when you create a custom-named process definition file, e.g. customname.xml, and then open it in the plug-in editor . So I cut and pasted the contents of the original gpd.xml file into the one the plug-in made for me. (I'm wondering if there might be deployment glitches caused by the unorthodox name with a leading period.)

By the way, is there any magic to naming the folder containing these files with the ".par" suffix? Does that trigger any functionality in the plugin?