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Process Information Library



Process Information Library This library allows you to easily and quickly add a form to any map which will display the Process Map for the Folder. This process Map includes:
  • Highlighted path of the Folder through the Map
  • Roles for actions and stages in popups
  • Audit trail (history) details for all actions taken, by whom and when
  • Audit trail information for each Stage visited showing the time spent there
  • The image is automatically updated whenever the procedure is republished
More information

Customization

The output can be customised in the following ways

  • Use your own images for stages and actions
  • Show comments that have been added to process maps in the Designer
  • Show information about the overall process (number of folders at a stage etc)

For developers

Using the image generation assembly in a Windows application

The process information library comes with a standalone .NET 2 assembly that can be used in your own applications to display images of Metastorm processes. See the screenshot to the right where the assembly has been used to show a process image in a Windows application.

Usage is as simple as the following -

      // read from an XEP file
      MapImageGenerator gen = MapImageGenerator.FromFile(
        @"C:\Procedures\Flight.xep", "Flight");
      Bitmap img = gen.GetImage();

      // read from the database
      MapImageGenerator gen = MapImageGenerator.FromDatabase(
        "connection string", "Flight", "folder ID");
      Bitmap img = gen.GetImage();
View the documentation for developers