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Manage external files

External files are images, style sheets, JAR files, or other assets that are part of an IBM BPM implementation but that are developed outside of IBM Process Designer. You can add these external files to your process application or toolkit in the Designer view so that all project assets are included in the Process Center repository.

Adding these files to your process application ensures that all required assets are available and installed when your project is ready for testing or production.

You can add image files (.png, .gif, and .jpg) to your Process Designer projects. In addition, you can add the following content and stylesheet file types: .html, .css, .js, .zip, and .xsl.

Before adding managed files, be aware of the following requirements:

• You must have write access to the current process application or toolkit to add external files as assets.

• The files that you add must be 100 MB or less.

• The file name must not be longer than 64 alphanumeric characters.

• Adding managed files
  You can add external assets such as JAR or JS files for use in an IBM BPM implementation. You can also add files for use with Process Designer Coaches or to override the transform XSL for one or more Coaches.
• Adding managed files by dragging
  

  You can add files to the Process Designer by dragging them from the file system and dropping them in the Files category of the Process Designer.

• Update managed files
  

  You can update external files that you are using in Process Designer.

  You first update the files and then drag them into the Files category of the Process Designer.

• Replacing a managed file
  

  You can replace a file that you are currently using in Process Designer with a new file.

• Use managed files
  When you add external assets to be managed as part of your IBM BPM project, you can easily use those files in your Coaches and other implementations for activities, such as services.

  For example, when you add a JavaScript (.js) file to be managed as part of your project, you can use the functions and variables within the JS file in the scripts and scriptlets that you develop throughout your IBM BPM project. JS files that are included as managed files are able to access both dynamic library JAR files and any JAR files within the managed files themselves.

• Delete managed files
  

  You can delete a file that you previously added to Process Designer if you no longer need the file.

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