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Chapter 1 : Starting ProEd and modes of operation

When the ProEd editor plugin is installed in Eclipse, XPDL files will be displayed in the Package Explorer with the characteristic ProEd editor icon as shown on the left. When opened for editing in the normal Eclipse fashion, these files will open in the ProEd editor.

To be accessible in Eclipse, an XPDL file must be located in Eclipse's current workspace. Import and Export wizards are provided to transfer a file to or from the remote Workflow Repository, located on the server.

ProEd uses 2 modes of operation; Connected, and Offline. This mode is shared amongst all ProEd editor instances that are open in the same copy of Eclipse. When Eclipse starts, it is in the Offline mode.

These operation modes are described in the following sections.

Connected mode

In "Connected" mode, ProEd has access to information from server side databases regarding various resources that are available to the workflow engine. These resources are displayed to the user in the appropriate dialogs, usually in the form of a selection combo box or list. This simplifies the workflow creation process because the user does not have to remember and type in the values for these resources.

Connected mode is entered by selecting the Logon menu item from the ProEd menu in the Eclipse main menu bar. The user may logon at any time, regardless of whether a ProEd editor window is currently open or not.

The following resources are available in connected mode:

Offline mode

If ProEd can not establish a connection back to the server, then "Offline" mode is used. In Offline mode, the above resources can not be retrieved from the server. In this case, the user can still manually enter the values where appropriate, and they are validated at the time the workflow is imported using the Process console.

 

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