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Accessing FormBuilder Desktop

FormBuilder Desktop is a web application that provides user access to forms. It runs inside a servlet container, serving content that end users can view in a browser. Like other web applications, FormBuilder Desktop must be deployed to a container before it can run.

Unlike other web applications, however, FormBuilder Desktop does not need to be explicitly deployed. When you deploy a formflow application, such as an archive that contains a formflow, FormBuilder Desktop is automatically deployed at the same time.

To start or stop FormBuilder Desktop, start or stop the associated servlet engine. For instructions, see Running a Servlet Engine.

To Specify FormBuilder Desktop’s URL

FormBuilder Desktop is specified as the resource name in the TIBCO Designer project. If the URL is not customized as described in the Changing FormBuilder Desktop's URL, the URL is

http://host_name:port/TIBCOpps/tibco/site_name/site

When the servlet engine is running, users can log into FormBuilder Desktop by accessing a URL. The URL is in the following format: http://host_name:port/TIBCOpps_context_name/TIBCOpps_servlet_Name/site_name/site.

Keep in mind the following:

•	Default value for TIBCOpps context name is TIBCOpps

•	Default value for TIBCOpps servlet name is tibco

•	host_name   This is the name of the machine where the servlet engine is running

•	port   This is the port number the servlet engine uses to communicate with web applications. For example, the port number for Tomcat is specified in the server.xml file. This value is typically modified after Tomcat installation.

Before accessing this URL, you must first deploy a formflow. Deploying a FormBuilder Desktop automatically deploys all Formflows associated with this Desktop.

To Use Get Formflow URL with FormBuilder Desktop

1.	If FormBuilder Desktop has been customized to change either the context name of the PageService (default is TIBCOpps) or the Servlet name of the PageService (default is tibco), the following RequestParameters must be added from the Request Parameters tab of the Get Formflow URL activity:

−	ps.ctxtname

−	ps.servletname

2.	Map the appropriate values from the Input tab to these variables.

For example, the FormBuilder Desktop’s URL can be customized such as the following:

http://host_name:port/pps/acme/site_name/site

Here, the context name has been customized to pps and servlet name has been customized to acme.

3.	In the Get Formflow URL activity, you need to add the following attributes:

−	ps.ctxtname

−	ps.servletname

4.	These attributes must be mapped in the Input tab such as the following:

−	ps.ctxtname = pps

−	ps.servletname = acme.

The values will have no effect if the Get Formflow URL activity is used to generate a URL for a TIBCO BusinessWorks Collaborator desktop.

To Log Into FormBuilder Desktop

Any user that exists in the TIBCO Domain can log in FormBuilder Desktop. The users can be seen in the TIBCO Admin console by selecting User Management > Users.

To log into FormBuilder Desktop and use a formflow application, see To Create an Application.

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