> > > > In our case, we will want to populate some dropdown list boxes from our > > database, such that when a workflow begins, the initiator can select > > some choices from the dropdown. > > > > Hi, if I understand you correctly you want to add an enumeration Databit > to > the workflow with values from an external database which is then used in > a dataedit-action so that the user chooses one option. > For such special tasks you could use a "custom-action" which is an > action that just > specifies a class name in the workflow definition that gets executet at > that point. > In that class you could do the database connection and adding the new > databit. > The example workflow contains an example for such an action. > See also > http://swamp.sourceforge.net/index.php?seite=doc2html&docpage=html- > adminguide/x96.html#AEN206 > > > I see there is a script action for a velocity script, but I am unclear > > as to how powerful the velocity scripts are. > > The velocity script actions can only interact with the workflow itself > and cannot > connect to external systems. > > Greetings > > -- > Thomas Schmidt (tschmidt [at] suse.de) > SUSE Linux Products GmbH :: Research & Development :: Internal Tools > "Don't Panic", Douglas Adams (1952 - 11.05.2001) >
Excuse me, but it seems that you are suggesting that I write the extensions in Java. As I mentioned, I am not a java person. I have no alternatives than to use Java? Thank you. Regards, Rich _______________________________________________ swamp-devel mailing list swamp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/swamp-devel http://swamp.sf.net
