You use this procedure to create flow files.

If you are developing a screen-independent application based on ITS Flow Logic, you must create a flow file for each HTML template that requires a dialog flow definition and define the required flow logic using the HTML^Business editor’s Flow Source and Flow Chart views.

Flow files are not displayed separately in the SAP@Web Studio’s Workspace – Project View, but you can tell whether a flow file exists for an HTML template by looking at the template icon:

Since a flow file defines the dialog flow of an HTML template, you must create the associated HTML template first.

1. If the HTML template for which you want to generate a flow file is not already open in the HTML^Business editor, open it by double-clicking the file name in the Workspace – Project View.
2. Choose Add Flow File or Edit ® Add Flow File.

The SAP@Web Studio creates and opens a flow file with initial <flow> and closing </flow> tags.

You can now toggle between the HTML Source view, which displays the HTML source code and the Flow Source view, which displays the flow logic defined in the flow file.

3. Enter the flow logic between the <flow> and </flow> tags.
4. Save your work.

• Creates a flow file called <template>.flow for the HTML template
• Changes the HTML template icon in the Workspace – Project View from to

If you want to keep the HTML template language-independent, create a language resource