When you create a

.bpr

file, as described in Creating and Deploying a Business Process Archive Contribution, you have the option to create an Ant script (a

.bprd

file) that you can use to quickly regenerate and deploy a

.bpr

file.

Automatically Deploying a .bpr File

If you did not select a Deployment Type when you created the

.bpr

archive, you can add deployment information to the BPRD script and execute the script.

Regenerating a .bpr File

You must update a .

bpr

file after you have modified one or more files in the original archive. If your archive contains many BPEL and

.pdd

files, you may find it quicker and more convenient to update the archive by using the Ant script you created when you first created the

.bpr

file.

If you want to add any new processes and their resources to the archive, you must create a new

.bpr

using the

File > Export

option or modify the .bprd file by hand to add syntactically correct references to the new files. To modify the

.bprd

file by hand, you must be familiar with the Ant scripting language.

To regenerate a .bpr file: