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Manage MDG Technologies
You use the MDG Technologies dialog to manage the MDG Technologies available and accessible to Enterprise Architect users.
Access Settings | MDG Technologies
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MDG Technologies Dialog |
The MDG Technologies dialog lists the technologies held in the APPDATA folder (marked by the text Location: Technology.xml) and Enterprise Architect Install directory, in alphabetical order.
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Enable and Disable MDG Technologies |
All MDG Technologies listed can be made available (enabled) or removed from use (disabled); to enable or disable a Technology, click on its Enabled checkbox. When an MDG Technology is enabled:
Conversely, if you disable an MDG Technology that was in use, its Toolbox pages, diagram types and quick-links are excluded from the Diagram Toolbox, More tools option, Default Tools toolbar, diagrams and New Diagram dialog in the user interface. You can quickly enable or disable all the listed MDG Technologies by clicking on the All or None buttons. However, if you click on the None button, you should scroll to the top of the list and select the Basic UML 2 Technology and Core Extensions checkboxes to re-enable the UML and Extended Toolbox pages and diagram types. If you change the enabled/disabled status of any Technology, or if you change the list of external paths, click on the OK button to force reload of all technologies. You do not need to restart Enterprise Architect for the changes to take effect.
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Set as Default |
You can make any single MDG Technology the default interface to Enterprise Architect. Depending on the MDG Technology selected, this can change the way Enterprise Architect windows are displayed and override the Toolbox pages with pages specific to that Technology. To set an MDG Technology as the default interface, click on it in the Technology panel and click on the Set Active button. This displays an asterisk against the MDG Technology name in the Technology panel, and selects the MDG Technology in the profile field of the Default Tools toolbar. If the MDG Technology has not been enabled, this also enables it.
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You can also enable one or more of the MDG Technologies (and likely make one of them the default) and then deselect the Basic UML 2 Technology checkbox (and, if necessary, the Core Extensions checkbox), to work exclusively in the selected technologies.
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MDG Technologies Outside Enterprise Architect |
The MDG Technologies dialog lists technologies that have been loaded into the APPDATA folder and Enterprise Architect install directory. You can also add MDG Technologies in folders and websites remote from Enterprise Architect. To do this, click on the Advanced button.
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