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Call from Enterprise Architect
Enterprise Architect can be set up to call an external application. You can pass parameters on the current position selected in the Project Browser to the application being called.
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With this you can:
The parameters required for running the AutInt executable are:
Hence the arguments should simply contain: $f,$p
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The available parameters for passing information to external applications are:
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$d |
Diagram ID |
ID for accessing associated diagram.
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$D |
Diagram GUID |
GUID for accessing the associated diagram.
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$e |
Comma separated list of element IDs |
All elements selected in the current diagram.
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$E |
Comma separated list of element GUIDs |
All elements selected in the current diagram.
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$f |
Project Name |
For example: C:\projects\EAexample.eap.
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$F |
Calling Application (Enterprise Architect) |
'Enterprise Architect'.
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$p |
Current Package ID |
For example: 144.
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$P |
Package GUID |
GUID for accessing this package.
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Once this has been set up, the application can be called from the main menu in Enterprise Architect using the Extensions | <YourApplication> menu option.
