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Script Group Properties

When you create a script you develop it within a script group, the properties of which determine how that script is to be made available to the user - through the Project Browser context menu to operate on objects of a specific type, or through a diagram context menu. You create a Script Group using the first icon on the Scripts tab toolbar.

Access     Tools | Scripting > Scripts | Script Group name | Group Properties

Define the Script Group Properties

Field/Button

Action

See also

Name

Type in the name of the script group.

 

 

Group UID

(Read only) The automatically assigned GUID for the group.

 

 

Source

(Read only) The location of the template used to create the script.

 

 

Group Type

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the type of script contained in the group; this can be one of:

Normal - (newNormalGroup) General model scripts
Project Browser - (newProjBrowserGroup) Scripts that are listed in and can be executed from the Project Browser Scripts context menu option
Workflow - (newWorkflorGroup) Scripts executed by Enterprise Architect's workflow engine; you can create only VB scripts of this type
Search - (newSearchGroup) Scripts that can be executed as model searches; these scripts are listed in the Search field of the Model Search window, in the last category in the list
Diagram - (newDiagramGroup) Scripts that can be executed from the Scripts submenu of the diagram context menu
Find in Project - (newSearchGroup) Scripts that can be executed from the Scripts submenu of a context menu within the Model Search view, on the results of a successfully-executed SQL search that includes CLASSGUID and CLASSTYPE, or a Query-built search
Element - Scripts that can be executed from the Scripts submenu of element context menus; accessible from the Project Browser, Diagram, Model Search, Element List, Package Browser and Gantt views
Package - Scripts that can be executed from the Scripts submenu of package context menus; accessible from the Project Browser
Diagram - Scripts that can be executed from the Scripts context menu option for diagrams; accessible from the Project Browser and diagrams
Link - Scripts that can be executed from the Scripts context menu option for connectors; accessible from diagrams
 

 

 

 
Package Context Menu
 

Workflow Scripts
 

Model Search

 

Diagram Context Menu

Notes

Type in any comments regarding this script group.

 

 

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