Partitioning an Activity via API

[qwerty]

One of my readers got stuck with my example about partitioning an activity. The code I presented

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1 part = activity.Partitions.AddNew ("p1", "");
2 part.Size = "90";
3 part.Update ();
4 part = activity.Partitions.AddNew ("p2", "");
5 part.Size = "90";
6 part.Update ();
7 activity.Partitions.Refresh ();
Does not work (he seems to be the first one to get that far )
Now actually there seems to be a buggy behavior Since when you call the Refresh this will annihilate the addition. Instead (since this is one of those inconsistencies in EA) this is a semi-diagram operation: you should call a Repository.SaveDiagram(id) finally. So the Activity/State must be present on the open diagram. Else this method will not work.

Book update is on the way.

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[Aaron B]

The Partition object does not have an Update() method.  You add items to this collection and then call Element.Update() to commit the changes.

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part = activity.Partitions.AddNew("partition1", "");
part.Size = "90";
part = activity.Partitions.AddNew("partition2", "");
part.Size = "90";
activity.Update();
Repository.SaveDiagram() is intended for committing any unsaved changes currently in the GUI.  Generally not a good idea to call this method after making other changes via automation as it will probably just undo your changes.

[qwerty]

Well, I could again start arguing about consistency regarding the behavior of the Partitions collection But I guess a Thank You is more appropriate

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