Workflow - ProcessManager - WebPart - Developer Guide - Inspecting

In this Article I'm going to explain how to inspect other WebParts within Process Manager to see how they are implemented.

It's a great way to find how things are done and use them in your own WebParts.

Articles

• List
• Setup
• Simple
• Deploy
• Inspecting other WebParts (this)
• Controls
• Styling a WebPart
• WF/PM Connection String
• Connecting to SQL to retrieve data

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There are a number of decompilers available, two of which I use are

•  dotPeek from  JetBrains
•  JustDecompile from Telerik
• An SMP staff member told me about ILSpy, I've not tried it yet but useful to add to the list.

We first need to locate some WebParts that come with Process Manager, navigate to the following folder.

[Install Drive]:\Program Files\Symantec\Workflow\ProcessManager\bin

Take a copy of the following DLLs and add them to your Dev environment.

• LogicBase.Ensemble.Webparts.Default.dll
• Symantec.ServiceDesk.WebParts.dll

• LogicBase.Ensemble.dll
  • LogicBase.Ensemble.Reports.WebParts
    • ProcessInfo
    • etc

Open them in your decompiler of choice.

Navigate to "LogicBase.Ensemble.Webparts.Default" -> 'HtmlEditorPart' and investigate the different methods.

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