7.3. Editor
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## 7.3. Editor

In the Designer there are 5 main parts detailled below :

1/ Connecting zone

This zone is composed by :

The login name is displayed before "connected as"

Full screen button : to reduce the green zone Orchestra on the top of the screen

Logout bouton : to return to the login window and change the current user

2/ Menu and toolbar

- Menu

  File/Edit : options to save/select/undo/redo

  Option

  - Orchestra connection : change the JMX URL and ObjectName used to connect with Orchestra server (not mandatory to design a process but mandatory to deploy a process)

  - Show view : Customize the Designer to show/hide window properties or micro-image.

  Help : Version of the Orchestra Designer and Copyrights

- Toolbar

- Create a Folder (just one level of folder)

- Create a process into a folder (this name must be unique by folder)

- Save current edited process into the server

- Save all opened process

- Export the current edited process to bpel and wsdl (generate a BAR archive)

- Deploy the generated BAR of the current edited process

- Cut / Copy / Paste : Not implemented in this version

- Zoom in / Zoom out : Not implemented in this version

- Undo / redo

3/ Explorer

- File explorer (Folder and processes)

- BPMN Palette with 3 BPMN elements (to be completed soon)

- External Services explorer : with the Add button you can choose from your local files a wsdl file which describe your external service. You can drag&drop this service into process Editor to add a BPMN Pool.

4/Process designer tab

For each BPMN 2.0 process, a diagram editor opens a new tab.

In each diagram editor you can drag and drop BPMN elements from the BPMN palette.

Each BPMN element can be selected. When selected, a contextual menu appears around the element :

- On the top, the element can be renamed or removed.

- On the left, the type of the BPMN element cna be changed.

- On the right, the element can be connected with another element.

5/Properties

This editor shows the properties of the current selected element.

You can edit value of a writable property.

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