====== CreateProcessInstanceFromFolderByXML ======
==== Description ====
This handler allows the user to start process instances from XML files. One instance is started per XML file. The information found in the XML are delivered as process variables.

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==== Action Class ====
<code>
com.dooris.bpm.actionhandler.CreateProcessInstanceFromFolderByXML
</code>
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==== Event Type ==== 
any
==== Action Name ==== 
any
==== Mandatory Fields ==== 
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==== Parameter ==== 
== Definition==
The name of the definition from which the instance is to be started is given here.

\\ == Path ==
Here, the path to the XML file is given.  This may be either a path directly to an XML file, in which case only the specified file is used. This may also be a path to a folder, in which case all XML files in the folder will used.
<note important> the path must be given with "/" for Unix servers and with "\" for Windows</note>

\\ == Pattern ==
Here the name, in which the instance name should be found, is given.

===XML Example===

<code xml>
<root>
	<Variables>
		<variablenName1>Here is the variable content</variablenName1>
		<variablenName2>Here is the variable content</variablenName2>
		<instanceName>InstanceName</instanceName>
	</Variables>
</root>
</code>
<note warning> if a process variable containing the value of the **pattern** is found, the process instance will be named after this value. If this is not the case, the instance will be named after the located file</note>


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==== Example ====

{{ createistancebyxml.png }}
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==== Dependencies ====
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