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Bug 365844

Summary: CR: Provide Save As command for workflows
Product: z_Archived Reporter: Nadine Ausländer <nadine.auslaender>
Component: BPELAssignee: Project Inbox <bpel.default-inbox>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: igor.novakovic, nadine.auslaender, vincent.zurczak
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
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Description Nadine Ausländer CLA 2011-12-07 04:27:04 EST 
Build Identifier: 0.5.0.v20110623-1252-H77-CI (BPEL visual designer)

It would be nice to be able to save an existing workflow under a new name.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a workflow in the Business Process editor.
2. Edit the workflow.
3. Try to save the workflow under a new name (File > Save As).
=> Menu item is grayed out.
Comment 1 Igor Novakovic CLA 2011-12-07 04:46:56 EST 
+1
Comment 2 Vincent Zurczak CLA 2012-01-31 10:48:27 EST 
Hi,

Is it enough to save the process as a new file *in the workspace*?
We could imagine to save it as a new name anywhere on the disk, but the BPEL Designer does not support edition of external processes (located outside the workspace). Saving a copy in the workspace is quite easy to implement.

Another question: what should be the edited file after the "save as"? The previously edited file or the new copy?
Comment 3 Nadine Ausländer CLA 2012-01-31 12:10:28 EST 
Hi, 

1st question: IMO, saving the process within the workspace will do. That was just what I intended to do when I posted this CR. ;-) 

2nd question: Well, preferably, it should conform with Eclipse's default behavior (if there is any). I tried it with a text file in the Text Editor: When I change the original file and select "Save As" to create a new file, I end up with the copy in the Text Editor showing the new input. The original file is left unchanged then. This seems to be a reasonable behavior. So, IMO, "the new copy" is the answer to your question.