[epf-dev] Issue with Activity Diagrams on a Delivery Process after publi

["Carpenter, Andy" <Andy.Carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I am looking at using EPF Composer to maintain and publish the software methodology at a company I am currently working at. At the moment I am developing a 'proof of concept' model and just loving EPF Composer. However there appears to be an issue and I can't quite figure out if I'm using the wrong publishing options or it's a real bug.

 

Issue: When publishing output as a static web site I get broken links on any Activity Diagrams associated with a Delivery Process. These Activity Diagrams are shown in the Workflow section of the Delivery Process-> Work Break Down Structure tab. The odd thing though is that this only occurs if I view the output from a web server (i.e using http://....). If I view the output on a file server (i.e opening the index.htm directly through Windows Explorer) the Activity Diagrams display without any problems.

 

When I checked the properties of the Activity Diagrams I noticed an extra '/' was being added to the url during publication (i.e file:///C:/EPF/Publish/QFED/QFED/deliveryprocesses//resources/qfed_lifecycle_35669BF6_35669bf6_Activity.jpeg ...... the //resources is the problem). Further research revealed that a bunch of htm files in the \deliveryprocess subdirectory and a couple of _javascript_ files reference the Activity Diagram by using '....//resources/.....' as part of the url. If I manually edit these files and correct the url to '.../resources/...' the issue is resolved and I can view the output correctly even from a web server.

 

Since there is no way to view the HTML for a Delivery Process within Composer, and the issue doesn't manifest itself on a file server (or just viewing it directly from your C: drive) I was a bit perplexed when I moved the website to a web server and discovered the broken links. Am I just publishing incorrectly or is this a bug?

 

Thanks

 

Andy Carpenter.

 

 

 

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