The information in this article applies to:
Product: Metastorm BPM
Version: 7.5.1 7.5.1.x 7.6.0 7.6.0.x
Issue
A procedure contains a form with an image field that has no image associated with it. After this procedure has been saved with a version 7.5.1 - 7.6.0.x Process Designer, attempts to open it fail and an error message similar to the following is displayed:
The content of this file is not a valid Metastorm BPM procedure or library
The original error message was "Failed to read process : Failed to read form Form1 : Could not convert variant of type (Null) into type (String)"
Previous versions of the Designer do not exhibit this behavior. Procedures created and saved with previous versions can be opened in the affected versions of the Designer, but once they have been saved with the newer Designer, they cannot be reopened with it.
This behavior is also seen by the version 7.6 Manager's Edition (Business User's Edition) of the Designer.
Resolution
