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Open a Project
An Enterprise Architect project is used for storing and managing the components of one or more UML models. The Desktop and Professional versions of Enterprise Architect use an MS JET database as the model repository. If you are using the Corporate edition (or above), you can also use a DBMS such as Oracle and MySQL to host the model repository.
Access File | Open Project (Ctrl+O)
Use to
| • | Create a new Enterprise Architect project file (the model repository is created as an MS Jet database file) |
| • | Browse for an existing project file to open |
| • | Specify connection details for opening a project hosted on a DBMS |
| • | Select a recent project to open |
| • | Remove items from the list of recent projects |
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New Project... |
Create a new EAP project file, or copy an existing base template project.
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Browse for Project |
Open a file browser dialog, to select an existing EAP file; the EAP file can be a project file or a shortcut to a project hosted on a DBMS.
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Connect to Server |
Specify connection details for opening an Enterprise Architect project that is hosted on a DBMS. If you double-click on the option, the Windows Data Link Properties dialog displays; start to define the connection to the project's server-based repository. If you click on the drop-down arrow and select the Connection Wizard option, the Data Link Properties dialog again displays. If you click on the drop-down arrow and select the Connection String option, the Connection String dialog displays; type in or paste the connection string and click on the OK button to connect directly to the project.
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Recent Projects |
Show a list of the ten most recently opened projects. This list is also displayed:
On the Open Enterprise Architect Project dialog, each project name is shown with its access path. You can edit the access path by right-clicking on it and selecting the Edit Connection String context menu option; make the changes on the Connection String dialog.
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Remove Selection from List |
Remove the currently selected project from the Recent Projects list.
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Show this Dialog at Startup |
Select whether or not to show the Open Enterprise Architect Project dialog upon starting Enterprise Architect.
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Open |
Open the currently selected project in the Recent Project list.
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Cancel |
Close this dialog without any further action.
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Help |
Display this Help topic.
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Notes
| • | Use of a DBMS for hosting the model repository is available in the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect |
| • | Enterprise Architect supports the following DBMS products for hosting model repositories; SQL Server and SQL Server Express, MySQL, Oracle 9i, 10g or 11g, Postgre SQL, ASA, and Progress OpenEdge |
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