BPMN Activity Graphical Icon

[lovettb]

I would like to be able to associate an image with a BPMN Activity element (i.e. task), e.g. a computer screen icon to signify that the task involves interaction with a computer or a person icon to indicate that the task is a manual task performed by a person.  

See Web Stereotypes (class elements with graphical icons instead of the usual <<stereotype>> format) in EA help for an example of the kind of thing I would like to do for the BPMN activity element.

[Krzysztof Swiatkowski]

You can do it yourself. Type of a task is being set by tagged value TaskType and you can modify BPMN Activity shape script and check for that value.
I did sth like that for one of my clients. Requires some experimenting with layouts and automated resizing . You will also need to add proper icons to image list.

Regards

[rdhupar]

Can you give me some pointers on what needs to be done or looked at to do this?

[Krzysztof Swiatkowski]

There is a post on the forum that you need to install BPMN technology to get shape scripts for BPMN activities. Then you will need to modify Shape Scripts for stereotype Activity (Settigns>UML). You need to add sth like this:

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 shape imagepart{
     if( HasTag("TaskType","User")){
        image("Manufacturing",30,10,70,90);
     }
     if( HasTag("TaskType","Receive")){
        image("Mail Room",30,10,70,90);
     }
     if( HasTag("TaskType","Service")){
        image("Server-Application",30,10,70,90);
     }    
  }
you will have to play with layouts to get the effect you want. I didn't want scaling and had to work a little towards non-scaled portion of the activity . Images that you use must be in the imagelist Settings>Images. In code there are the ones you can download from Sparx.

Regards
Kris

[rdhupar]

Thanks Kris.