Packaging a subflow user-defined node by generating a packaged subflow user-defined library

If you want to distribute your subflow user-defined node to subflow user-defined node consumers, you must package it by generating a packaged subflow user-defined library.

Before you begin

Develop and test a subflow user-defined node as described in Developing a subflow user-defined node from a subflow in a static library and Testing a subflow user-defined node.

About this task

To package a subflow user-defined node by generating a subflow user-defined library, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. In the Application Development view of the IBM® App Connect Enterprise Toolkit, right-click the static library that contains the subflow user-defined node that you want to package. When the menu opens, select Subflow user defined nodes to open the submenu.
  2. Click Package subflow user defined nodes to open the packaging wizard.
  3. Enter the name of the .zip file that will contain the packaged subflow user-defined nodes. By default, the library name is used with the extension .zip. For example, for the library name DeliverFood, the name DeliverFood.zip is used as the name of the .zip file.
  4. Enter the location of the packaged subflow user-defined library. For example, C:\myzips.
  5. Click Finish to create the .zip file.
    The .zip file is saved to the location that you specified.

What to do next

You can now install the subflow user-defined node, or distribute the packaged subflow user-defined library to enable subflow user-defined node consumers to install the subflow user-defined node. For more information about installing and distributing subflow user-defined nodes, see Installing a subflow user-defined node and Distributing a packaged subflow user-defined library.