FormBuilder Archive

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Chapter 6 FormBuilder Palette : FormBuilder Archive

FormBuilder Archive

Shared Resource

A FormBuilder Archive resource is used for deploying FormBuilder Desktop and dependent resources.

To deploy a FormBuilder Desktop, you first need to add FormBuilder Archive to an Enterprise Archive, then the FormBuilder Desktop to a FormBuilder Archive, and finally deploy the Enterprise Archive to a servlet container in TIBCO Administrator.

When a FormBuilder Desktop is added to a FormBuilder Archive, all dependent resources such as formflows, forms, TIBCO BusinessWorks process definitions, and custom resources in a Form Resource Store are also added to the archive.

All formflows in a FormBuilder Archive should be related, since a TIBCO BusinessWorks FormBuilder Archive is treated as a single application in TIBCO Administrator.

An Enterprise Archive can contain only one FormBuilder Archive resource.

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If a formflow is deployed and then modified, the Enterprise Archive must be rebuilt.

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If a formflow is called dynamically in the Call Formflow activity by using the button Add non process starter, any referenced resources must be manually added.

For an example of how to build a FormBuilder Archive and an Enterprise Archive, see TIBCO BusinessWorks FormBuilder User’s Guide.

Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field

Description

Name

The label for the resource in TIBCO Designer. When the FormBuilder Archive is added to an Enterprise Archive, this name must be unique in the Enterprise Archive.

Description

A short text description of the archive.

Author

The user who created the archive.

FormBuilder Desktop

The FormBuilder Desktop resource for this application. For more information on this resource, see FormBuilder Desktop.

Formflows

The Formflows tab has the following fields:

Field

Description

Formflow Definitions/ Process Definitions

Click button Add a non-process starter process to this archive to select processes to deploy. Formflow process definitions in the current project can be selected.

Click button Remove a process from this archive to remove the process.

Field	Description
Name	The label for the resource in TIBCO Designer. When the FormBuilder Archive is added to an Enterprise Archive, this name must be unique in the Enterprise Archive.
Description	A short text description of the archive.
Author	The user who created the archive.
FormBuilder Desktop	The FormBuilder Desktop resource for this application. For more information on this resource, see FormBuilder Desktop.

Field	Description
Formflow Definitions/ Process Definitions	Click button Add a non-process starter process to this archive to select processes to deploy. Formflow process definitions in the current project can be selected. Click button Remove a process from this archive to remove the process.