Creating an Activator Process

An activator process consists of two service operations, On StartUp and On ShutDown, which can be used to perform tasks when an application starts or after an application stops. An application or shared module can contain only one activator process.

The following steps describe how to create an activator process for:

Application Module
Shared Module
    Procedure
  1. From the Module Descriptors > Overview > General Information area, click the icon in front of the Activator Process input field.

    For application module:

    For shared module:

  2. Review the fields in the Create Activator Process wizard and click Finish to create an activator process. The New BWProcess Diagram wizard is displayed as follows.

ResultAn activator process with the service operations On StartUp and On ShutDown is created.

Note:
  • You can change the activator process anytime after its selection.
  • You can choose the activator only from the module for which the Overview editor is opened, and locate anywhere within the module.
  • To open the list of existing activator processes, click the icon in front of the Activator Process input field. As you start typing the name of the existing process in the Select an item to open (?=any character, *=any string): input field, the matching results are displayed. The Select a BusinessWorks Process window is displayed as follows.