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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: How to create a new item in the word substitution

« on: September 15, 2016, 05:58:37 pm »

Hello,

I would also like to be able to add new word substitutions in the default list.

In the current list, a number of words are not present.
For example, many of the dropdown list values  (eg. easy, medium, difficult, alternate, exception, system, user, proposed, ...)

Luckily, some of the terms are identical in french and english (like version, pre-condition and some other) ! 
But sometimes, the words have a similar spelling, but have different meanings in french and english, which is very confusing for the readers of the generated documents.
It is probably different for other languages

Best regards
Michel

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General Board / Re: IFML

« on: July 01, 2016, 12:04:38 am »

Hello,

I was searching the web for news about IFML. And I stumbled on this post.

Simon, I support your initiative ! Do you have any date when you will publish the results ?

For several months now, I have build a Profile and a MDG Technology in EA to describe the screens, the user interactions and the flows between the user and the system. I have writen a serie of templates using the Acceleo product. These templates exploits the model described in Enterprise Architect and generate and a big part of Java web applications.

The limitations of this MDA approach are due to the fact that my profile is very poor compared to the precision and the completeness of IFML.
For information, you can have a look at : http://ifml.github.io/.
I like Sirius but with Enterprise Architect, we can have a support for the whole lifecycle of a project : from the requirements to the test cases including processes, use cases, classes, with traceability, report generations and so on.

So I will be very happy when you will publish an IFML MDG technology or an IFML profile in EA !

Thanks for your work
Michel

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: DocumentGenerator API

« on: April 28, 2016, 08:06:16 pm »

Hi Uffe,

I deploy my MDG Technology just by referencing the file in the Settings dialog.
As you suggested, I have double-checked everything, and I found that my template was declared as a fragment !
This was the source of my problem.

And surprinsingly, it works when I am in the model where I maintain the MDG Technology, but not in a model where the technology is deployed.

Thank you very much !
Michel

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / DocumentGenerator API

« on: April 23, 2016, 01:39:57 am »

Hello,

I am trying to use the DocumentGenerator class within VBscripts
http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12/automation_and_scripting/document_generator_interface_class.html

I have a template named myTemplate in a template group named myTemplateGroup
I have a call like :
documentGenerator.DocumentElement(elementID, 0, "myTemplate")

It works perfectly when I am in the same model file.

But when I deploy the script and the template in a MDG technology, I have the message "Invalid template supplied".
My template goes in a folder named myMDGTechnology and under a group named myTemplateGroup.

My question is : Should the argument templatename be prefixed with the MDG technology name and/or with the group name ?
Something like :
documentGenerator.DocumentElement(elementID, 0, "myMDGTechnology/myTemplateGroup/myTemplateName")

I have tried several combinations (slashes, colons) but I did not succeed.
Has someone more information about this syntax ?

Note : as a workaround, I override the template and its works again. But it is not very elegant for my end users 

Thanks in advance !
Michel

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Bugs and Issues / RTF editor : problem to keep paragraphs together

« on: April 14, 2016, 07:53:11 pm »

Hello,

I have a problem that appears both in the linked document editor, in the template editor and in the generated documents.

The reference in the manual is :http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12/modeling_basics/paragraphformating.html

When I try to define a paragraph that has to be kept with the following, I check in the right-click menu "Keep with next", but then the option "Keep together" is also systematicaly checked.
And it does not give the expected result

Do I miss something or is it a bug ?

Note : I use EA 12.1.1229 Corporate

Have a nice day
Michel

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Custom Query Fragments : which syntax for document scripts

« on: March 23, 2016, 01:36:15 am »

Hi!

I am trying to use the new document script feature for reporting described here
http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12.1/report_generation/custom_query_fragments.html

I have got some results and some problems

The following example is running :
The call in the document option/custom query tab :
test(#OBJECTID#, #PACKAGEID#, #Package#, 2)
and the function in VBscript :
Public Function test(objectID, packageID, package, depth)
   Session.Output "test : " & objectID & " " & packageID & " " & package & " " & depth
   dim docGenerator as EA.DocumentGenerator
   set docGenerator = Repository.CreateDocumentGenerator()
   docGenerator.NewDocument("")
' Make a SQL Select based on objectID
' using http://community.sparxsystems.com/community-resources/522-94execute-a-sql-query-and-return-the-result-in-a-dictionary-of-rows
' Iterate over the result
' Call docGenerator.DocumentElement(...) for each result
   test = docGenerator.GetDocumentAsRTF()
End Function

But I cannot get the others values as stated in the help page (#Branch#, #UserName#, #Author#)

Also I cannot put more than one line in the call. For example, with :
dim i: i = 3
test(#OBJECTID#, #PACKAGEID#, #Package#, i)
I get a syntax error.

Do you have more informations on what is allowed in the custom query tab and which syntax should be used (Javascript, Jscript, VBscript) ?

Thank you

Michel

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Alias and name of elements in project browser ?

« on: March 18, 2016, 05:49:35 pm »

Thank you Paolo,

You are totally right. I will follow your advice.

Have a nice day

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Suggestions and Requests / Alias and name of elements in project browser ?

« on: March 18, 2016, 01:13:56 am »

Hello,

We often use aliases for various elements (requirements, or use cases for example)
There is a feature in EA to show both names and aliases in diagrams.

Its is interesting to sort these elements by aliases in the project browser
Guillaume has built an add-in to do this (http://community.sparxsystems.com/community-resources/949-eautils-addin-sparx-enterprise-architect)
In the report templates, we can then show both alias and name. It's OK.

But, it would also be interesting to see the alias in the project browser (in the same manner as for the stereotype). It would help to quickly locate an element by its alias.

Would it be possible to add this feature in EA ?
(I didn't find this feature, but perhaps I missed something ?)

Thanks
Michel

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General Board / Re: Exclude packages from report by Custom SQL

« on: April 11, 2015, 02:22:19 am »

Hello,

I asked the same question in :
http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1412081849/

and Adam gave me an answer

In my case, I use the following request :
SELECT t_package.Package_ID AS ExcludePackage
FROM t_package, t_object
WHERE t_package.Package_ID = #PACKAGEID#
AND t_object.PDATA1 LIKE t_package.PACKAGE_ID
AND (t_object.stereotype is null or t_object.stereotype <> 'Domaine fonctionnel')

I hope it will help you

Michel

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General Board / Re: Questions about the deployment of CloudService

« on: April 09, 2015, 05:20:23 pm »

Thank you for your answers.

I will submit a request to the support

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General Board / Questions about the deployment of CloudService

« on: April 03, 2015, 08:16:42 pm »

Hello,

I just have deployed the CloudService on a server with PostgreSQL as RDBMS.
I have followed the instructions given in this page :
http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12/projects_and_teams/setting_up_the_server.html

and with the help fo this PDF :
http://www.sparxsystems.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Cloudservice/Enterprise_Architect_Cloud_Services.pdf

It works fine. Of course, some SQL queries have to be adjusted due to syntax differences between the SQL dialects.

I have some questions regarding the deployment of a number of EA projects (dozens) on this platform :

• It seems that for each EA projet, we need to create a new PostgreSQL base, a new ODBC32 datasource, right ?
• The script to create the base creates the tables, but does not initializes a new empty project. So we need to create an empty project (.eap format for example) and then transfert the project, right ?
• Can I dump this empty project and use it to create several other projects whitout any risks (of duplicate GUID for exemple) ?
• Is it possible to deploy these tables in a named schema instead of the public schema ?
• In the dialog Box "Add Database Manager" of the SSCloudServiceClient.exe, what is the syntax of the connection string" ? It seems to me that the name of the datasource becomes the name of the EA projet, no ? At this step, would it be possible to have a "generic DSN" and give the parameters (as the database name or the servername or the user) in the connection string ?

In fact, my main objective would be to configure the whole thing remotely and easily : create a new repository, create a new ODBC and add it to the cloud server.

I don't know if it is achievable, and I would appreciate any returns or answers.

Thanks in advance
Michel

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Connector LastModified using Audit Log

« on: March 31, 2015, 10:34:41 pm »

I got the code working last night to base64 decode, unzip and inflate the BinContent section. Thanks again for the help -- is there someplace I can share this code for the benefit of others?
 

Hello Adam
Have you shared this code somewhere ?
I am very interested

Thanks
Michel

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Filter to exclude Packages from an RTF templat

« on: January 13, 2015, 04:13:08 am »

One month later  
I would like to thank you.
It helped me.
The reference is in the help (search for "Exclude Package Query and Script")

Michel

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Filter to exclude Packages from an RTF template

« on: September 30, 2014, 10:57:29 pm »

Hello,

I am trying to buid a Document generation template and I would like to exclude child Packages from the generation (for example packages which do not have a certain stereotype, eg <<myStereo>>).

In the document options, the tab "Element filters" applies only to Element (and not packages).

In the "Document options" tab, there is a textfield 'Except where Query excludes a Package', so I tried to write the custom SQL :
SELECT * FROM t_object where Object_Type = 'Package' and Stereotype <> 'myStereo'
But it did not work. I do not clearly understand the behavior of this field.

Do you have any advice to obtain the result ?
Is it possible or should I change my strategy ?

Thanks in advance
Michel