Message Option not on context menu

[jeshaw2]

In step 5 of "Create a Communication Message" in the Help file, the message option does not appear on the association relationship's context menu.  This is happening on a Class Diagram (which is not a Sequence diagram as directed in step 1)

Help, help?

Thanks
Jim

[thomaskilian]

The diagram type just defines the toolbox to appear with different tools. You can draw almost anything on any diagram. Also you can manually select from other toolbox compartment.

Messages are only available if the target class has defined methods. Perhaps you haven't defined any?

[jeshaw2]

I went back and defined operations for the target object.  Still, no message option appears as specified in the help file.  My problem remains, unless of course, the help file is not correct?

I tried this approach because I did use the message tool from another tool box.  That generated other problems.  See my thread "Messge line does not connect" in this forum.

Thanks
Jim

[thomaskilian]

Jim,
you are right. The first step once was likely correct but now you have to create a diagram of type Communication. Only within this diagram you'll have the context menu.