Create MDG Technologies

Using the MDG Technology Wizard, you can create MDG Technology files that can include UML Profiles, code modules, Patterns, images, Tagged Value Types, RTF report templates, linked document templates, Toolbox pages and Task Pane pages. To create an MDG Technology file, follow the steps below:

1. Select the Tools | Generate MDG Technology File menu option. The MDG Technology Creation Wizard screen displays.
    
   
    
2. Click on the Next button to proceed. The MDG Technology Wizard prompts you to:

• Create an MDG Technology File by creating a new MDG Technology Selection (MTS) file
• Create an MDG Technology File using an existing MTS file
• Not use any MTS file.
   

       (An MTS file stores the selected options that you define during the creation of an MDG Technology File. If you use an MTS file, you can later modify it to add or remove specific items in the MDG Technology File. This is the recommended process.)

3. 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.
    
   
    
4. 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.
    
   
    
5. Complete the fields on this screen as follows:
    

6. Click on the Next button. The MDG Technology Wizard - Contents screen displays.
    
   
    
7. Select the checkbox for each item to be included in the MDG Technology file. Each selection runs specific dialogs to enable definition of the specific items to be included in the MDG Technology, as described in the following topics:

• Add a Profile
• Add a Pattern
• Add a Diagram Profile
• Add a Toolbox Profile
• Add Task Panel Pages
• Add Tagged Value Types
• Add Code Modules
• Add MDA Transformations
• RTF Report Templates
• Linked Document Templates
• Add Images
• Add Scripts (Corporate and 'Suite' editions).

8. 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.
    
   
    
9. If you have used an MTS file and want to update it, select the Save to MTS checkbox.
10. 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:

• Model Search definitions
• Model Views
• Model Validation configurations
• Model Templates.

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. See the Access Remote MDG Technologies topic.