copletely open source?

[midhun.ri]

Hi
Could any one give me info about jboss jbpm.
1 Is this completely open source ?
2 Will this be able to create standalone application also
3 the designer tool fully funtional?
4, can any one compare it with some other good bpms available in the mamarketrket

[kukeltje]

1: yes
2: yes
3: yes, it supports all jpdl node types, actions etc
4: Sorry, no time for that

[salaboy21]

Remember that jBPM is basically a development framework for Java Developers.

[midhun.ri]

Thanks for your reply.
Could you suggest where I can get the exact documents for creating a fresh jbpm application from scratch. Mainly the designer and workflow controlls

[kukeltje]

designer and workflow controls

No idea what you mean. jBPM is a developer framwork where you build your gui around e.g. with jsf, seam etc...

The designer is as is...

[midhun.ri]

Hi Ronald
there is no option for creating default GUI in JBPM? .so u mean we have to use jsf etc. externally and then connect to the process.

[kukeltje]

There is a an option to create a very basic gui (jsf pages in the process definition). You can adapt these pages a little, but they always run IN the jBPM webconsole, which is not end-user targeted.

Connecting to the process is not difficult and keep in mind that you should store as much of your domain model outside the workflow engine. So much of your ui is not jbpm related at all.

[midhun.ri]

Thanks a lot for your valuable information
Which are all the dbs supported by this open source edition

[kukeltje]

database? For the 3.2.4 and upcomming 3.3 release the official tests currenty runs against MySQL, HSQL and Postgress, but I know it works with Oracle, MSSQL, Sybase as well. Each DB that is supported by Hibernate could be used.

[midhun.ri]

HI,
jbpm supports Rules and actions?

[kukeltje]

yes

[kukeltje]

rules via drools integration