Generating Forms for the User Tasks

Once you have assigned a data field to a task, you can generate a form for that task. This provides fields in which the user can enter data, or in which data can be displayed. The form automatically contains fields corresponding to each of the sub-fields belonging to the data field assigned to the task.

1. Select the Record no-fault claim details task.
2. In the General tab of the Properties view, select the Form button in the right-hand pane. The Open Form warning dialog is displayed.
   
3. The warning indicates that any subsequent changes you make, for instance assigning more fields to the same task, will not be reflected in the form. You can optionally check the box so that the warning is not shown again. Press OK on the Open Form dialog.

   The address of the form is displayed

   
4. Click Open Form to view the form.
   

   Note that the form displays a field for each attribute of the class. It has default Cancel, Close and Submit buttons as runtime controls.

   If you click the GWT Preview tab, you can see a preview of the runtime appearance of the form as defined by the Google Web Toolkit.

5. Edit the form as follows. Select the claimant field. Details of the field are displayed in the Properties view.
6. On the General tab, enter Details of Claimant in the Label field.
   
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the witness field. Note that the form now displays the amended labels for these two fields.
   
8. Repeat steps 1 to 7 for the Record fault claim details task. When you compare the two forms, note that they contain most of the same fields. The form for Record fault claim details additionally includes a Counterparty field, corresponding to the additional attribute of the FaultClaim class in the business object model.
9. Repeat steps 1 to 4 again to generate a form for the Specify Claim Type task. This contains only one field, for the isFault data field.

   For more information about forms, see the Forms documentation.

   You have now completed this tutorial.

   You should now be familiar with:

   • Defining data fields that reference business objects.
   • Assigning those fields to tasks in a business process.
   • Generating the associated forms.

     Verifying the Results

You can verify the results of your tutorial by installing the tutorial from the samples folder in the product directory. Your project must look similar to the sample solution project.

10. Find the easyasusebusinessdatasolution.zip file, in the location where you installed TIBCO Business Studio (for example, <STUDIO_HOME > \studio\3.n\samples).
11. In TIBCO Business Studio, select File > Import.
12. The Import wizard is displayed. Select General > Existing Projects into Workspace and click Next.
13. Click Select archive file, and click on the Browse button.
14. Browse to easyasusebusinessdatasolution.zip and click Open. The easyasusebusinessdatasolution project is displayed in the Import wizard.
15. Click Finish. The easyasusebusinessdatasolution project is installed in your workspace.
    Note: In this solution project, a Participant has been defined by reference to the EasyAsExtendedOMSolution organization model, as described in How to Use Business Data. An error will be displayed unless you have the EasyAsExtendedOMSolution project open in your workspace.