GraphViz is a great third-party tool which can be used to generate graphs in PITSS.CON. By default, if you generate a graph from PITSS.CON (such as from the “Generate Forms Flow as DOT file” button in ADF Assistant) as a DOT file, it will create the DOT file code in the PITSS.CON Editor:
The code can be then copied into GraphViz and a graph can be generated.
However, you can configure PITSS.CON to automatically create a graph for you upon request. You can configure this with the steps below:
Prerequisites:
1. PITSS.CON must be installed and configured
2. GraphViz must be downloaded from http://graphviz.org (be sure to accept the license agreement before downloading and installing the product) and installed in the machine where PITSS.CON is installed.
Setup:
1. If PITSS.CON is currently open, please log out of PITSS.CON.
2. Open up pitsscon.env (or the env file associated with your PITSS.CON user)
3. In the PATH environment variable, add the following entry to the end of the PATH:
;C:\PROGRA~2\Graphviz2.38\bin (NOTE: The path may be different if you installed GraphViz in a different location)
4. Save and close the file.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 for any other PITSS.CON-related env files.
After applying the steps above, if you attempt to generate a graph from modules such as ADF Assistant or Systems Analysis (inside Application Engineering), a graph will automatically be created in a separate tab or window (depending on your Web browser configuration).
This will also prevent end users from having to install GraphViz on their local machines as it will be used from the installation on the server.
