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Create MDG Technology File
When you create an MDG Technology file, you can include a wide range of facilities and tools, including UML Profiles, code modules, scripts, Patterns, images, Tagged Value Types, RTF report templates, linked document templates, Toolbox pages and Learning Center pages. Building all of these into the MDG Technology file in a logical sequence is easy, using the MDG Technology Creation Wizard.
Access Tools | Generate MDG Technology File
Create an MDG Technology file
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Select the Generate MDG Technology File menu option. The MDG Technology Creation Wizard screen displays.
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Click on the Next button. The MDG Technology Wizard prompts you to:
An MTS file stores the selected options that you define during the creation of an MDG Technology; if you use an MTS file, you can later modify it to add or remove specific items in the MDG Technology, which is the recommended process.
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Select the appropriate MTS file option. Click on the Next button. If you selected an MTS file, the MDG Technology Wizard prompts you to save the changes in the existing MTS file or into a new MTS file; this enables you to create a modification based on the existing MTS file, while preserving the original file.
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If necessary, type in or browse for the required file path and name. Click on the Next button. The MDG Technology Wizard - Create screen displays.
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Complete the fields on this screen as follows:
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Click on the Next button. The MDG Technology Wizard - Contents screen displays.
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Select the checkbox for each item to be included in the MDG Technology file. When you have selected the checkboxes for all the items you want to include, click on the Next button. Each selection runs specific dialogs to enable definition of the specific items to be included in the MDG Technology.
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Add Scripts (Corporate and 'Suite' editions)
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Work through the dialogs displayed in response to your choices, and when all are complete, click on the Next button. The MDG Technology Wizard - Finish screen displays, providing information on the items included in the MDG Technology File.
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If you have used an MTS file and want to update it, select the Save to MTS checkbox.
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If you are satisfied with the selection of items, click on the Finish button. You can now edit the MTS file, if required, to add further items such as:
When you have edited the MTS file and regenerated the Technology (.xml) file, you can add another Scripts section to include package XMI Export and/or Import scripts. Save the edited Technology file. To make the MDG Technology file accessible to an Enterprise Architect model, you must add the technology file path to the MDG Technologies - Advanced dialog.
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Notes
| • | The facility to create MDG Technologies is not available in the Enterprise Architect Desktop edition |
Learning Center topics
| • | (Alt+F1) | Modeling Languages | Build a Technology | Build a Technology |
