Alfresco default work flow template changing

Question

I am running alfresco 5.0.a and I want to modify the default activitiAdhoc template to set the title and description of the task. I run an activti flow when a file is added to a directory via script. My script is.

var workflow = actions.create("start-workflow");
workflow.parameters.workflowName = "activiti$activitiAdhoc";
workflow.parameters["bpm:sendEMailNotifications"] = true;
workflow.parameters["wf:notifyMe"] = true;
workflow.parameters["wf:workflowDescription"] = "A workflow task has been  completed. ";
workflow.parameters["bpm:assignee"] = people.getPerson("admin"); 
workflow.parameters["wf:workflowTitle"] = "Please generate a cover letter for";
var futureDate = new Date();
futureDate.setDate(futureDate.getDate() + 7);
workflow.parameters["bpm:workflowDueDate"] = futureDate; 
workflow.execute(document);

Also i would like to change the template subject email. It currently says "You have been assigned a task" I have changed this in the workflow template as well as /opt/alfresco-5.0.a/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib/alfresco/messages/notification-service.properties

I have set bootstrap-context.xml file to redeploy for the ad hoc default. Restarted and still never see a change in the wf-email.ftl or when i run.

How do I modify this? No documentation I have found talks about how to change this.

Answer 1

To change the subject of the notification email sent from a workflow, I did the following:

Copied the notification-service.properties file into my project, and changed the value of the assigned-task field. The location I placed that file in my project was \src\main\amp\config\alfresco\module\\messages

I also added a spring bean to my project, which points to that file. I put mine in \src\main\amp\config\alfresco\module\\context\service-context.xml. (This bean overrides the one provided by alfresco in /repository/config/alfresco/notification-services-context.xml)

<bean id="notificationServiceResourceBundles" class="org.alfresco.i18n.ResourceBundleBootstrapComponent">
   <property name="resourceBundles">
      <list>
         <value>alfresco.module.${project.artifactId}.messages.notification-service</value>
      </list>
   </property>
</bean>