Creating and Configuring the StarFlow Extensions Project

The StarFlow Extensions project is used to store the customized workflows and APEs, as well as the workflow engine and other Java utilities and libraries.

Locator, a program used to distribute code and XML updates to client workstations for some clients, will look for a project with the name StarFlow Extensions and use the latest revision it finds for the required work flow elements for the APE. The clients provide users with the latest revision of these files whenever the APE is requested. The following procedure explains how to create this project. You need one for each server configuration that will use APEs.

Because of the StarFlow Extensions project:

You, as the administrator, are guaranteed that the user has connectivity to these files since they reside on StarTeam Server that the user is currently accessing.
You can revert to a previous revision of a workflow or APE if necessary.

Do not change the name of this project. The clients look for this project when doing anything regarding APEs and workflow. If this project is renamed or missing, StarTeam Extensions functionality will fail.

Important: All users need read access to the files in the StarFlow Extensions project or they will not be able to use the workflows and APE files. The ability to change the files in this project, however, should be limited to the few users who will be creating or modifying workflows, APEs or custom tools.