How do I Change Appearance of All Object Flows?

[JohnWSaundersIII]

I am new to Sparx EA, so please forgive me if I should have found this in the manual (in which case, kindly tell me where in the manual).

I have created an activity diagram which is meant to help me model a data processing pipeline. In this pipeline, objects are not necessarily passed from one activity to the next, so it was important that I model both the control and the object flow.

The problem is that I have trouble distinguishing between the two at a glance. If I take a moment, I can notice that the line comes from an object or object node, which pretty much says it's an object flow, but I'd prefer to be able to determine this at a glance.

Is there some way to set the appearance of all object flows on a diagram (or perhaps, within a project)? I'd love to change all the object flows to use a dashed line, for instance.

Thanks in advance.

[thomaskilian]

You could use a stereotype <<ObjectFlow>>

[JohnWSaundersIII]

Thanks for the thought about using a stereotype. But that brings up the questions:

1) Can I multi-select object flows (or other connections)? I couldn't seem to do that.
2) Assuming I get a multiple selection of object flows, can I
      a) Set them all to the same stereotype, or
      b) Set them all to the same line color

I mean through the UI, BTW. I figure I should stay away from Automation until I know how to drive the product "manually"

Thanks,
John Saunders

[thomaskilian]

For the time being this is not possible. I'm quite shure Sparx is working on that. Multiple selection for associations currently can only be used to delete them. Another way is using the automation interface. Next would be to export the package to XMI, change it with your favourite editor and import it back. The last way would be to go to the database (EAP files are just MS Access) and make the changes with an SQL. Back up

[JohnWSaundersIII]

Thanks for the XMI and Access suggestions. I'll try those.