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If your Process Commander development work involves activities
(Rule-Obj-Activity rule type), user interfaces, or system
interfaces, you can extend Process Commander's built-in Java code
with your own code.
Process Commander supports open authoring, so you can
work with any of several popular Java Integrated Development Environment
(IDE) tools, including JEdit, Microsoft Visual J++, Eclipse, Borland
JBuilder, Sun ONE Studio (previously Forte), or IBM Visual Age.
Follow these instructions to make Java in Process Commander available
to your IDE. After you set up editors, you can start your Java editor by
clicking the pencil icon () on certain rule forms. (If you don't set up a Java
editor, Process Commander uses Notepad.)
Remember that Java compilation and execution occurs only on the
Process Commander server. Process Commander does not use Java
applets.
Java open authoring is available from the Activity, Edit Input, Edit
Validate, and Function forms. A large set of predefined interfaces are
available through the PublicAPI calls.
Setting up a
Java IDE in Windows XP
1. From the Start
menu, select Settings>Control Panel>Folder Options.
Select the View tab, and clear the check
box for Hide file extensions for known file
types.
2. Select the File Types tab. A new
dialog box appears.
2. Select Java
as the file type and click Change . A new dialog box appears.
3. Complete the Open With dialog box by selecting your Java IDE or
editor. Click OK .
4. If desired, select the View tab
again and check the Hide file extensions.. box.
5. Click OK again to close the Folder Options dialog
box.
5. The next time you click the pencil icon () in a certain rule forms, Process Commander opens this
program.
Local CLASS
files and Microsoft Visual Studio
The Microsoft J++ editor works best if the compiled CLASS files are
available locally. To activate the IntelliSense™ feature:
- Copy the large
prpublic.jar
file from the Process
Commander server into a local directory.
- Add the full path name of this file to your
CLASSPATH
Environment variable.
- Log off. Then log back on so that this Environment variable is
set.
This feature places several Java package "includes" and a
variable declaration into each temporary file used for Java open
authoring.
To confirm that your environment is set up correctly, create a Java
class called TestPega.Java
, with this code:
import Pega.*;
class TestPega{
public static void main(String[ ] args)
{
Property p;
// p } }
In the fifth line: Remove the comment (“//”). After the
“p”, enter a “.”. If IntelliSense works
correctly, Visual J++ lists the available Property methods.
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