Creation of the package and switching to the file system development mode

Introduction

After performing the [Download packages to file system] action in the development in the file system mode all custom packages will be uploaded to the ..\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg folder. The content of the custom package uploaded to the file system will not be bound to the SVN storage even if the package is bound to the storage in the [Configuration] section.

Fill out the [Revision control system storage] field to bind a package to the SVN storage (see “Creating and installing a package for development”). A working copy of the package will be created in the file system. A path to the folder where the work copies of the packages are being created is specified in the defPackagesWorkingCopyPath setting in the ConnectionStrings.config file (see “What parameters are used in ConnectionStrings.config” ).

This feature can be used to create a package bound to SVN and used for development in the file system. If you specify a path to the ..\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg folder in the defPackagesWorkingCopyPath setting, the package will be automatically bound to the SVN storage after it is uploaded to the file system.

To do this:

1. Specify a path to the ..\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg. folder in the defPackagesWorkingCopyPath setting.

2. In the development mode, use the built-in tools to create a package in the [Configuration] section bound to the SVN storage.

3. Commit the package in the storage in the [Configuration] section.

4. Switch to the file system development mode

5. Export the package to the file system.

6. Add new elements of the package to the SVN storage.

Case description

In the development mode, use the built-in tools to create a custom package in the [Configuration] section bound to the SVN storage. Configure the bpm’online so that the content of the package in the development mode was bound to the SVN storage after the package upload.

Case implementation algorithm

1. Modify the defPackagesWorkingCopyPath setting

Specify a path to the ..\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg. folder in the defPackagesWorkingCopyPath setting of the ConnectionStrings.config file. Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<connectionStrings>
  ...
  <add name="defPackagesWorkingCopyPath" connectionString="C:\bpmonline7.11.2\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg/>
  ...
</connectionStrings>

This modification enables to combine the folder with working copies of custom packages with the folder in which the packages will be uploaded in the development in the file system mode.

2. Create a custom package

In the development mode, create a custom package in the [Configuration] section bound to the SVN storage via the built-in tools. Please refer to “Creating and installing a package for development” for any details. Specify the name, storage and version of the created package (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. Package properties

3. Commit a package to storage

To commit a package to the storage perform the [Commit package to repository] action (Fig. 2). In the dialog box (Fig. 3) add the description of changes (1) and press the [OK] button. After the commit is complete, the corresponding message will appear (3).

Fig. 2. The [Commit package to storage] action

Fig. 3. Commit properties window

After the commit is complete, the ..\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg catalog will contain a local working copy of the package (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4. Package working copy

4. Switch to the file system development mode.

To enable the development in the file system mode, edit the Web.config file in the application root folder and set enabled attribute of the fileDesignMode element to true.

<fileDesignMode enabled="true"/>

After the development in the file system mode is enabled, two buttons will appear on the [Actions] tab in the [Configuration] section (Fig. 1):

• [Download packages to file system] – exports the packages from the application database to the following directory: ...\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg.
• [Update packages from file system] – imports the packages from the following catalog: ...\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg to the database.

Fig. 5. Actions in the [Configuration] section for development in the file system

5. Export the package to the file system.

Perform the [Download packages to file system] action to download packages to the file system. As a result, all elements of the package that were created or modified via built-in tools in the [Configuration] section will be downloaded to the file system to the ..\Terrasoft.WebApp\Terrasoft.Configuration\Pkg folder.

6. Add new elements of the package to the SVN storage

To add the new elements of the package to the storage, select the folder of the package working copy and perform the [Add...] command of the SVN application (for example, TortoiseSVN) (Fig. 6).

Fig. 6. Command of adding the elements to the storage

After this the dialog box with selection of the elements to add will be displayed (Fig. 7). Select the necessary elements and click the [OK] button, after that the window with the results of command execution will be displayed (Fig. 8).

Fig. 7. Selection dialog box

Fig. 8. Information window

Added elements will be marked as bound but not committed to the SVN storage (Fig. 9).

Fig. 9. Displaying of the added but not committed package elements

Perform the [SVN Commit...] command to commit all modified elements of the package in the storage. (Fig. 10).

Fig. 10. Command of adding the elements to the storage

See also

• Working with SVN in the file system
• Creating a package in the file system development mode
• How to install an SVN package in the file system development mode
• How to bind existing package to SVN
• Updating and committing changes to the SVN from the file system