I have downloaded the tutorial for ‘Building a Composite Application’ from the IBM website.
After launching the property broker and entering by properties, I tab to the ‘Action’ tab. The properties I created are not selections in the dropdown for input parameters. It allows me to type them in… but they are not saved.
I have already uninstalled and reinstalled designer in order to get the property broker to open. I am out of ideas.
Subject: Property Broker
Karen,
Your problem may be that you didn’t create a Type.
In 8.02 there are two controls under Action Input Parameter. These are Name, a text field, and Property, a combobox. It seems to me that Property should actually be labeled ‘Type’ because this is where you tell the broker the type of your property, not its name.
Unless your property is a primitive type like a String you should create a Type. And that type-name is what you select under Property. It will become available immediately, without saving.
So you should do as follows:
Set up a Type [optional].
Create a Property of the type.
Create an Action to consume that property. Type in the property name and select its type from the list.
To sum up:
Name is where you type the name of your property.
Type is where you select its type.
Subject: Type fixed the problem
You were so right ! Adding the type is not part of the tutorial. Thank you for your great explanation.