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Effort Class

An Effort is a named item with a weighting that can be associated with an element for purposes of building metrics about the model. Efforts are accessed through the Element Efforts collection.

Associated table in .EAP file: t_objecteffort

Effort Attributes:

Attribute	Type	Notes
Name	String	Read/Write The name of the effort.
Notes	String	Read/Write Notes about the effort.
ObjectType	ObjectType	Read only Distinguishes objects referenced through a Dispatch interface.
Type	String	Read/Write The effort type.
Weight	Long	Read/Write A weighting factor.
Weight2	Float	Read/Write A weighting factor.

Effort Methods:

Method	Type	Notes
GetLastError ()	String	Returns a string value describing the most recent error that occurred in relation to this object. This function is rarely used as an exception is thrown when an error occurs.
Update ()	Boolean	Saves the effort to the model.

Method

Type

Notes

GetLastError ()

String

Returns a string value describing the most recent error that occurred in relation to this object.

This function is rarely used as an exception is thrown when an error occurs.

Update ()

Boolean

Saves the effort to the model.