Editing Visual Process now that Flash is disabled

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After installing all of the updates that are required (Sage 100 VPF Update PF6001T) to use Visual Process Flows now that Flash is no longer supported or functional, I noticed that  the tools for editing or creating new flows appear to be completely different from those that were used last year.  I have not been able to locate documentation for the new editor, and certain functionality does not appear to be working.  In particular links to URLs do not appear to work. 

Is there another tool for editing existing templates, or anything in development that might be comparable to the previous editor?  Linking to existing menu items seems to work, but any hyperlinking to files or websites does not.

Also is there any documentation for Sage 100 that explains the various icons and how the interface works?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Mike

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    Hi Mike,

    To access online help for the Visual Process Flows designer...

    1) Select Visual Process Flow Manager under the Setup Menu

    2) Click the question mark icon (?) at the bottom right of the screen and select "About this Window"

    3) When the Sage 100 Help window appears, click the "Visual Process Flow Designer" link under the Overview section

    You will need to use the Visual Process Flows Designer to edit existing templates.  I am looking into the issue with URLs not working.  Have you found any other issues?

    Thanks,

    Laura Dy

    Sage 100 Business Analyst, R&D Department

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    Laura:


    Thanks so much for your response.  I did click on the link to the help, which does begin to explain some of the icons in the new designer.  The page https://help-sage100.na.sage.com/2019/index.htm#Subsystems/PF/PFConcepts/Visual_Process_Flow_Designer.htm is particularly helpful, but the hyperlink to "Linking Visual Process Flows to Screens and Other Elements" is a broken link.

    Is there a plan to update this editor to add more features similar to the previous editor?

    As requested to follow are couple of other issues that I have observed while using the editor:

    1.  The dialog box for the URLs is very small in both height and width, so that it can only display a small portion of the       hyperlink text.

    2.  The drop down list for Type of Hyperlink offers URL, ERP Link, Other Process, Inquiry, Report, BO Report, Statistics and Query, however if you select any other type of link other than URL or ERP Link you are prompted "Please use the ERP Link Type"

    3.  When editing a text box, the text typed in the box is only preserved if you hit enter after typing the text, even though the revised text appears after editing.

    4.  If I attempt to return to the editor after exiting the editor from a previous session I will sometimes get the "Unable to launch the Process Flow Designer.  Please be sure the Sage 100 Desktop is Visible with the Detail View Open".  Detail View is open but the Visual Process Flow does not appear.  Are there relevant Windows settings that are causing this?

    5.  When configuring URLs on Hyperlinks, if the URL that is provided is in the format file://server/share/MyWkbk.xlsx to open a file that would open if typed into the address bar in the Sage Menu, an error "Invalid Value" is returned.  In the former versions of Visual Process Flows this method had been supported and has been demonstrated in YouTube videos for Sage products before the end of flash.

    I hope these responses are helpful.  Please let me know if you need further supporting information or screen shots.


    Sincerely,

    Mike

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    Thanks Mike.  I will look into the other issues you reported.

    There were plans to improve the editor, but I'll need to confirm the timeline.

    We have a fix for the URL which will be included in our next Product Update 7.00.2. Support will contact you shortly to send you the pre-release fix.

    Thanks,

    Laura

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  • 0 in reply to mhainesalt

    Thanks Mike.  I will look into the other issues you reported.

    There were plans to improve the editor, but I'll need to confirm the timeline.

    We have a fix for the URL which will be included in our next Product Update 7.00.2. Support will contact you shortly to send you the pre-release fix.

    Thanks,

    Laura

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