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Opening a Workflow Stored in a Server Configuration
Workflow files must be stored in the StarFlow Extensions project of any server configuration in which workflows are used. You may have several server configurations, any or all of which may have a StarFlow Extensions project, although the paths to their working folders should be different.
To open an existing workflow file in a StarFlow Extensions project:
- Click File > Open.
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If you have not already logged on to a server configuration, the Open dialog box displays a list of servers.
If you have previously logged on to a server configuration, the Open dialog box displays any .Workflow.xml files found in the Projects folder of the StarFlow Extensions project on that server. If you want to select a different server configuration to log on to, you can open the Look In list, and select one from the tree it displays. You can also navigate to other projects, views, the projects folder’s child folders, and so on.
If the Open dialog box displays a list of server configurations or if you want to log on to a different server configuration, select one. If the Log On dialog box appears, log on using a valid user name and password.
If the Open dialog box displays a list of server configurations or if you want to log on to a different server configuration, select one. If the Log On dialog box appears, log on using a valid user name and password.
The Open dialog box replaces the list of server configurations with the list of item_type.Workflow.xml files in the selected configuration’s StarFlow Extensions project’s Projects folder. If you had previously logged on to a server configuration during this session, the Open dialog box showed these files initially.
- Locate the file to be worked on. You may have several project and view folders to choose from, many of which have workflow files.
- Click Open.
Workflow Designer displays the workflow steps from the selected file in the workspace.
If this workflow was created using a release of Workflow Designer prior to 5.2, a pile of linked steps appears in the upper left corner of the workspace. Within seconds, Workflow Designer applies its automatic layout routine, but you will probably prefer to apply an appropriate .flw file to this workflow so that it has the same look as in the old Workflow Designer.
