User action node pre exec/exec html

What type of flow are you designing? The htm file is different for different approval needs.
If you have Design Studio you can design a Portal Page and enter the XML filename instead of an HTML filename.

Salary change type flow is what i'm starting with now.

This might work for you. Take off the .txt extension.

Do I put this in the exec folder and also reference it in the user action node?

You will more than likely have to deploy the HTML document through WebSphere (LSF 9). You would add the filename in the Display Exec field on the UserAction node.

Ok i'll try that also, you mentioned Design Studio above. How do I reference the variables in the Design Studio page? law_web_usr.company & law_web_usr.employee arent working for me since I need to reference & are the working variables in my flow now.

Here's an example. If you call the Portal Page from your UserAction node then you need to assign the ProcessFlow Service variable values to local variables.

var COMPANY = page.dataSource["COMPANY"];
var REQ-LOCATION = page.dataSource["REQ-LOCATION"];
var REQ-NUMBER = page.dataSource["REQ-NUMBER"];

If your Portal Page is using a DME/Query tool to display a Requisition to be approved then you pass these to the DME call.

Do you mean i apply that example to the script side of my DS page? Or am I referencing variables in the menu.do?

That script goes into the Design Studio Portal Page.

Perhaps i am being a bit thick, i'm able to pass variables into my dme query but how am I passing the process flow variables into the xml that i'm adding on the User Action node?