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2.100 While Dialog - General Tab

Use to create an activity that supports the repeated performance of a specified iterative activity. The iterative activity is performed until the given boolean while condition is no longer true. You drag activities inside a while activity (such as a scope activity and its block of activities).

For more information about the while activity, see the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services Specification (for BPEL 1.1) or the Web Services Business Process Execution Language Version 2.0 Specification at http://www.oasis-open.org.

Element Description

Element	Description
Name	Enter a name or accept the default name of `Whilenumber`. This becomes the name for this activity in the designer.
Condition	Build a while condition. Enter this expression through one of the following methods: Press Ctrl+Space in this field to start the XPath Building Assistant. Press Esc when complete. How? Click the XPath Expression Builder icon to create an expression in the Expression Builder dialog.

Name

Enter a name or accept the default name of Whilenumber. This becomes the name for this activity in the designer.

Condition

Build a while condition. Enter this expression through one of the following methods:

Press Ctrl+Space in this field to start the XPath Building Assistant. Press Esc when complete. How?
Click the XPath Expression Builder icon to create an expression in the Expression Builder dialog.