I am trying to create the example java application found here

Ok...so after adding the line to custom.properties I was able to see the functions...then I removed the reference but didnt realize that I needed to comment out the BASE_PATH line and that caused them not to work...once I realized I needed to comment out the line I did that restarted everything and the functions came back...I am not sure really what fixed things...was it adding the pluginDirectory line? Or was it commenting out the BASE_PATH line that fixed things?

Here's what is happening:

1. BASE_PATH controls the location of the _admin folder. If you modify it then it means your plug-ins will now have to be deployed in that location. For instance, assume I have

conf.suite.BASE_PATH=//mysharedfolder/_admin

that means that plug-ins will no longer be polled from C:\\appian\\_admin\\plugins but from \\\\mysharedfolder\\_admin\\plugins

2. When you used the conf.plugins.pluginDirectory you basically overrode the usage of BASE_PATH within the plug-ins poller.

3. In summary, to solve this problem:


APPROACH #1
--> 3.1 Simply remove this setting conf.plugins.pluginDirectory
--> 3.2 Comment out conf.suite.BASE_PATH
--> 3.3 Deploy the plug-ins under <APPIAN_HOME>\\_admin\\plugins
--> 3.4 Restart the app server

APPROACH #1
--> 3.1 Simply remove this setting conf.plugins.pluginDirectory
--> 3.2 Configure and uncomment (as desired) conf.suite.BASE_PATH
--> 3.3 Deploy the plug-ins under the location specified by BASE_PATH inside the plugins directory
--> 3.4 Restart the app server