Dear Customers,

   We have released Aspose.Workflow 1.2.11.0, it contains

Feature Added:

• Add a ParentTask property in the ITask interface,when a task is created in a block activity, using ParentTask can access the parent block activity task.
• Add a new AssignTask api in IProcessInstance to assign task without accept task
• Add a return value IPackage for UpdatePackage API to return the updated package instance.
• Add a set of  ReevaluateAssignments API to IEngine interface, use these APIs can reevaluate the assignments when user/group change before task accepted.
• Add IEngine.SimulateInstanceAdmin to return an instance admin for simulate running workflow
• Add ISimulateInstanceAdmin interface for simulate running workflow.

Bug Fixed:

• Small bugs fixed in designer

Regards,

Stone

Dear Customers,

   We have released Aspose.Workflow 1.2.9.0, it contains

API Added:

• IActivity add a new property Applications, it returns all applications defined in current activity.
• IActivity add a new property Deadlines, it returns all deadlines defined on current activity.
• add a new interface ISimulateWorkList by customer request, please check detailed information at http://www.aspose.com/Community/forums/ShowThread.aspx?PostID=59563

Regards,

Stone

Dear Customers,

   We have released Aspose.Workflow HotFix 1.2.7.0,  it contains:

Behavior Changes:

• All Activity whoes start mode set to "Automatic" will be treated as "automatic" execute activity. The old implementation has different behavior based on if the activity has ToolAgent defined.

Feature Added:

• Designer panel now has scroll bars.
• Add a cache for the IActivity object.
• Add IPackgeAdmin.ReplacePackage API,  This api will replace the existing version package using the new XPDL, and UpdatePackage API will always create a new version.

Bug Fixed:

• Fixed a bug, when automatically running process end with exception, if the state already change to completed, don't change to terminate.
• Update the process context when load the already existing process. 

Please get the newest version from http://www.aspose.com/Downloads/Aspose.Workflow/Default.aspx

Regards,

Stone

Dear Customers,

   We have released Aspose.Workflow Hotfix 1.2.5.0, it contains:

Feature Added:

• Add new API IInstanceAdmin.CreateProcessInstance using which user can specify the activity id as start activity to create an instance of given process.
• Add new API IPackage.GetVariableType and IProcess.GetVariableType Return the datafield type
• Add new API IActivity.IsStartActivity and IActivity.IsEndActivity to determine if an activity is start activity or end activity
• Add a new interface IUserGroupManagerEx, using this interface to create custimized user group manager, user will get the runtime information through the new added IRuntimeArgs parameter.

Bug Fixed:

• Small designer bug fixing.

you can get the latest version of Aspose.Workflow from http://www.aspose.com/Downloads/Aspose.Workflow/Default.aspx

Regards,

Stone

Dear Customers:

    We have released the Aspose.Workflow Hotfix 1.2.3.0, it contains,

Feature Added:

• Wait Activity

               When the activity has an extended attribute called "Activity.Wait.Condition", Aspose.Workflow will treat the value of extended attribute as a condition expression, which written in VB.Net, and the engine will automatically start the Task when the condition expression evaluated to be true.

Bug Fixed:

• Save the process definition name in the processdefinition table
• When the data fields' name has some invalid characters, such as "-", "+", "*", the engine will report error, now it fixed, user have to use AsposeWorkflow_DataFields("DataField_Name") to access the datafield in condition or expression instead of directly put the data field name in the XPDL.
•  Add a flag in activities table to see if it is delayed.
   Add ITask.Delayed,ITaskHistory.Delayed to indicate if the task has exceed its deadline.
• Add delayed to process process_history
  Add IProcessInstance.Delayed IProcessInstanceHistory.Delayed
• When there are invalid processid in the database, the lock will fail, now it fixed.
• When Property return empty string instead of null in the IEngineConfiguration interface, the InitCaches method will fail. now it fixed.

Database Changes:

• Database Table Change:

1. Add delayed CHAR(1) To activities table
2. Add delayed CHAR(1) To activities_history table
3. Add processdefinitionname VARCHAR(255) to processdefinitions table
4. Add delayed CHAR(1) To processes table
5. Add delayed CHAR(1) To processes_history table

• Store Procedure Change, Update the following store procedures:

1. Workflow_DeleteProcess
2. Workflow_SaveProcess
3. Workflow_SaveProcessDefinition
4. Workflow_SaveActivity

Please goto http://www.aspose.com/downloads to get the newest version

Regards,

Stone

Dear customers,

   We have released Aspose.Workflow 1.2.1.0, It contains

Feature added:

• Designer can access the external reference package now.
• Recent file list add to Designer
• New APIs to update the variables directly IProcessInstance.UpdateVariable, IProcessInstance.UpdateVarabiles.
• New API to test if a process instance is a subflow, IProcessInstance.IsSubflow
• New API IWorklist2.CompleteTaskEx2 with a IRuntimeCallback parameter to let user can decide performer and next activity at runtime.
• Add an API to return package/Process level variables
    IPackage.GetAllVariableIdNameMap IProcess.GetAllVariableIdNameMap
• Add an API to return latest version of packages. IPackageAdmin.GetAllPackagesLatestVersion
• Add an API add to IPackge to return all versions. IPackage.AvailableVersions
• Add an API to return instance for all versions package
    GetProcessInstanceListForAllVersion GetPackageProcessInstanceListForAllVersion
• Add ProcessInstance.Cache.Size to configuration file, set Process.Cache.Size to 0 will disable cache.
• Query API for filter datafields, change the database table to plain table. Add IQueryService API.
• New API to return all user's history task, IHistoryAdmin.GetTaskHistoriesByUser

Bug Fixed:

• Join/fork node with no transition connected will not show correctly in designer, now it fixed
• Two packages with applcations which has same Id, then SetApplicationMapping didn't work. now it fixed.
• IHistoryAGetInstanceTaskHistories return Tasks in non-correct order, now it fixed to return in desc order,which means the newest tasks placed at index 0.
• Update database scripts for SQLServer 2005
• RemoveUserFromGroup doesn't work, now it is fixed
• IPackage.GetAllPackages will return duplicated IPackage object, now it fixed.
• When engine start, Aspose.Workflow will always update the processstate and activitystate table using default value, now it fixed to only use default value when the states not exists.

Please goto http://www.aspose.com/Downloads/Aspose.Workflow/Default.aspx to get the latest version

Regards,

Stone

Dear Customers,

   We have released the Aspose.Workflow 1.1.7.0, it contains:

• Prepare statement does not work when using under .Net 2.0 SDK, now it fixed
• the participant's processId always return packageId, now it fixed.
• Small display bugs fixed in designer.

Please goto http://www.aspose.com/Downloads/Aspose.Workflow/Default.aspx to get the new hotfix

Regards,

Stone