ReleaseNotes

RunaWFE Free Workflow System (BPMS) Version 4.5.0

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# version 4.4.1

General functionality:

• Internal storage of business objects is implemented
• Chat of participants of a business process instance is implemented
• Commands for working with signals have been added to WS API
• Validation of default values ​have been added
• The ability to validate parameters of subprocesses and multi-subprocesses at startup have been added

RunaWFE Free Server:

• Sending a signal from the web interface is implemented
• The ability to disable the use of rights to object categories added to the settings
• The rights to reports have been added
• The ability to compare versions of business processes in the web interface have been added

Graphic Designer:

• The contextual palette of graphic designer elements has been is expanded.
• Configuration of script tasks and bots "Word: Generating a DOCX document" is simplified.
• Configuration of SQL handler is simplified.
• The possibility of uninterrupted occurrence of events is implemented.
• Filter by the name of the business process when importing from the server have been added.

Task-notifier

• Options for configuring the task-notifier through the graphical interface is expanded.

# version 4.4.0

Released: XX March 2019

• Docx handler bug fix (https://sourceforge.net/p/runawfe/bugs/474/); added table cells vertical merge support
• Global roles added to Developer Studio
• Datasources added to Developer Studio
• Refactored authorization subsystem (use one-to-one between SecuredObjectType and class hierarchy, Permission.UPDATE, ProcessPermission.DELETE_PROCESS, delete view group permission and more)
• Developer Studio MacOS build support
• Developer Studio regulations algorithm changed
• Developer Studio install and update capability added
• Developer Studio joint form editor (with validation and script)
• Statistics improved, javamelody update
• Report handler added
• BPMN: signal on signal capability
• Ability to restore cancelled process instance

# version 4.3.0

Released: 14 August 2018

• Cache improved
• User-defined type variables were refactored (VariableUserType - > UserType, ComplexVariable - > UserTypeMap)
• Refactoring of the component forms (FreemarkerTag -> FormComponent) performed
• Reporting subsystem added
• Common profiles mechanism implemented
• The ability to use variables in read mode from another business process extended
• Work with temporary groups changed
• Ability to pause business process added
• The ability to manage transaction boundaries when running business processes added
• The ability to set conditions on Groovy for Multi-Task item added
• Extending freemarker added
• Ability to define a form script at the business process level (form.js) added
• API method for obtaining the timer process ExecutionService.getProcessJobs added
• The ability to delete the process definition version if the number of running processes on it is 0 added
• Configure for hung tasks bots detection added
• Added value of a selected transition in the global configuration of the validator
• Added a handler to set the date-time in another process
• Implemented a mechanism to transfer the task execution time and the timer in case of changing the value of the base variable
• Added support for Java 8 and Wildfly10
• Improved the mode shapes in multiple Windows of the browser (in connection with FormComponentSubmissionHandler, FormComponentSubmissionPostProcessor)
• Added the ability to change the role by administrator
• Type 'Formatted text' Added
• Tasks filter settings extended
• Process filter settings extended
• Fixed memory leak in form editor
• Signals implemented
• "Not interrupting" timers and signals implemented
• Gantt diagramm improved
• The possibility to change default value of the BPMN elements size added
• Support for bigdecimal added
• "Compact view" option for subprocess added
• The possibility of name declination based on the file added
• Added API for loading state of process variables on the specified date
• Implemented delayed substitution cache
• Added new user attributes: Department and Position (requires system restart)
• LDAP subsystem rebuilded
• Implemented the command to execute the SQL from the form
• Implemented view tasks of other users
• Added the handler in BPMN processes
• Added multiple task delegation
• The Designer is transferred to Java 8 at the platform eclipse-oxygen (4.7), - improved support for linux, mac
• Added the ability to customize node colors in BPMN notation in the Designer
• Added support for variable storage type as an array of bytes, not stored in the database (available in the transaction)
• The text schedule generation improved in the Designer
• Added support for categories in the Designer when importing business processes from the server
• Added a command to switch all incomplete instances to the new version
• The query configuration handler made multi-line SQL editor
• Password in the connection settings with the server is hidden
• Bugfix: in the handler, Groovy monitored not all situations are the changes in variables
• Added the ability to hide menus in the web interface
• "Select from list" and "Select from group members" form components has been changed
• Possibility of business process diagram export added to the Designer
• Fixed problems with drawing routes of control points on the process graph
• Added components for entering and displaying a list of user variables
• Implemented transactional composition with the special bots behavior
• added color to tasks transitions

# version 4.2.2

Released:"'20 January 2016"'

• Building a list of tasks bug fixed.
• Added the ability to perform special tasks by the administrator
• A new criterion of substitution added
• Storage variables of type List changed from BLOB to component model
• Ability to access BP variables from form script added
• Ability to use variables in read mode from another business process added
• Ability to configure handlers, called on completion of business process added
• Add a handler to merge DOCX files
• Access to variables and roles now is possible by the script name
• Added ability to update business process definition of any version (to fix errors)
• Added the ability to update the version of the business process instance to any of the existing ones
• Added page with view versions of BP definition of the statistics of the instances of BP
• DOCX handler can call code now
• The default settings for the palette elements are set in the DevStudio settings
• TaskService API created

# Version 4.2.1

Released: 24 September 2015

• BPMN: Multitask added
• cache errors fixed

# Version 4.2.0

Released on 29 June 2015

• Added form components for variables of list of user types
• Email handler syntax has been extended
• Bot station autostart mode introduced (on system startup)
• Form editor components UI improved
• BPMN editor Undo - Redo now supported (partly)
• Added dynamic settings through web-interface and windows-installer
• Added task delegation feature
• DOCX to PDF handler feature added. test mode
• ExecutionContext now available in groovy handler code
• User type support improved
• LDAP authentication fixed
• Extended process audit in raw tables (disabled by default)
• Excel support improved
• Sequentical execution mode added to bot tasks
• Added form components: Choose string from list, Choose relation name
• Jboss4 support has been finished
• CKeditor4 set as default in form editor
• Email transactional and guaranteed delivery for email sending handler
• Auto-invocation of bot tstation on bot task assignment
• Form editor components images now generated dynamically and can contain parameter info
• Form editor components can be disabled by other plugin
• File variable external storage added
• Added ability to upgrade process definition to next version
• Added ability to remove finished process from system
• New formula function: random
• Added ability to load multiple files in bot station
• Added trusted authentication
• Added ability to use transition name in validators
• Added ability to get new and old variable values in validators
• Added ability to import and export projects from file system

# Version 4.1.2

Released on 29 Jule 2014

• Bot task now can contain additional binary file which can be used by handlers at its discretion (docx handler uses it as a document template)
• BPMN2: display swimlane and name in start event
• BPMN2: display name in end event
• Added form treeview support
• Added autocomplete from SQL query
• Added ability to configure Mozilla browser in form editor under Windows
• Added process definitions multiple upload
• CKeditor (version 3) has been removed from form editor
• Form editor (CKeditor4): added ability to use tabs in forms
• Added tooltips for variable of (Executor, Group, Actor) types
• Regulations auto-generation based on graph
• C++ tasks notifier: added login/password auth
• Added ability to change process variables
• BPMN: added Copy/Paste
• Added InputVariable and DisplayVariable support for variables of type "Map"

# Version 4.1.1

Released on 21 April 2014

• almost all entities now have CREATE_DATE column in database
• changed message handling to multithreaded architecture
• forms are now able to edit and display complex variables
• moved timers from Spring to EJB transaction management (due to bug with Hibernate current session in nested transactions).
• escalation configuration can use relations
• Developer Studio (gpd) maven build based on Tycho
• MultiSubProcess discriminator refactored
• MultiTask discriminator can be group or relation now

# Version 4.1.0

Released on 9 February 2014

• added function IsExecutorInGroup() to FormulaActionHandler
• fixed bug with history record type when completing task by substitution
• added SelectFromList tag, MultipleSelectFromList tag
• GPD: server connector changed to jboss7.ws by default
• add new element "Embedded Subprocess"
• added process definition property AccessType = { Process | OnlySubprocess }
• added new form type "quick" based on templates
• highlight completed multi process instances on parent process graph
• added process graph context history, configurable
• GPD: added ability to copy forms
• added handler for asynchronous tasks cancellation
• added handler for expending groups (conversion from List(Executor) to List(Actor))
• Added file input ajax tag, configurable
• GPD: added form CSS templates
• new feature: import and export whole system configuration (except process instances)
• added user defined variables
• added new variable format ProcessIdFormat for process reference
• added form editor option: CKeditor to 4.3.1
• added process permission handler

# Version 4.0.6

Released on 10 October 2013

• fixed error about marking task as read in case of multiple executors
• wfe-alfresco project moved to proxies for referenced properties and associations
• Business calendar refactoring
• improved "strict-mode" in Word bot
• process definition can embed template for docx and xlsx handlers
• process errors: ability to download required files for technical support
• added TestNG tests
• tasks notifier build ported to maven
• tasks notifier uses WebServices API (so added jboss7 support)
• extended syntax for Docx handler template document ()
• changes in bot subsystem: ParamBasedVariableProvider for extended tasks; removed CDATA for XML configs
• extended Docx templates syntax: improved tables, added loops, ability to use maps

# Version 4.0.5

Released on 12 August 2013

• added performance log category for long running service operations
• WebServices API change: variable methods moved to ru.runa.wfe.service.decl.ExecutionServiceRemoteWS
• bot subsystem: formal parameters can be defined in configuration as param:parameterName
• now container types "List" and "Map" are typed
• added tag "Edit linked lists"
• web: display user status despite of UPDATE_STATUS permission
• added ajax command framework for advanced forms
• web: unified required fields in system
• relations: added adminscript operations, tags, handlers
• API change: added ru.runa.wfe.service.ExecutionService.updateVariables(User, Long, Map<String, Object>)
• add READ_LOG permission
• added variables strong typing
• unified tag for forms

# Version 4.0.4

Released on 21 June 2013

• added extension mechanism (without runawfe.ear change)
• actualized public API javadocs
• added xss filter
• BPMN: element "ScriptTask" aligned with spec
• synchronization with LDAP
• added maven build profile for jboss7
• variable and swimlane names restrictions removed
• added asynchronous task completion mode
• WebServices API improvement for variables
• API change: added ru.runa.wfe.service.ScriptingService.executeGroovyScript(User, String)
• fixed error with encoding in process editor

# Version 4.0.3

Released on 24 May 2013

• javamelody included in distributive by default
• JPDL: added element "Junction"
• BrowserFunction used for visual form editor

# Version 4.0.2

Released on 30 April 2013

• fixed error when creating relation
• timeout transition can have arbitrarily name [1]
• ported integration tests from version 3
• BPMN: element "End token" aligned with specification

# Version 4.0.1

Released on 4 April 2013

• added proxies for file variables
• added search by string value for variables of any type
• added TTL for messages used in "SendMessage" and "ReceiveMessage" elements
• AjaxFreemarkerTag: added JSON support
• process errors: view stack traces in web interface
• ajaxified batch presentation filters
• JavaScript handlers added
• added grouping by subprocesses in processes list
• performance improved in authorization subsystem (additional indexes)
• BPM_TASK now contains only active tasks

# Version 4.0.0

Released on March 2013

Version 3 was deep refactored.

The most significant changes:

• core engine code changed (former jbpm3), DB structure simplified
• moved to Spring framework
• added support for executable BPMN
• added support for Jboss7
• build moved from ant to maven
• process editor moved from Eclipse 3.4 to Eclipse 3.7
• moved from BSH to Groovy
• Java API moved from EJB2 to EJB3
• WebServices API is synchronized with Java API