how to copy a diagram to another package

[dkkoenig]

hallo,

how can i copy a diagram(with elements) to another package in a EAP-file, with Automaton Interface.



thanks

[«Midnight»]

I believe you'll have to do this the hard way.

Create the target diagram. Then iterate through the source diagram, first creating a copy of each diagram element. As you do this you'll likely want to point each of the new ones to the same ElementID as the source diagram object (unless you want to create new elements, in which case you should do that at this point). You can set the target diagram object's size and position at this point.

Now iterate though the source Diagram Links, following the same pattern as above.

Voila!

Not instant by any means, but it works and is less effort than it seems.

David

[dkkoenig]

OK, thanks  

[peter.zrnko]

Rightclick a diagram in Project browser and select Copy Diagram to Clipboard.
Rightclick the target package in Project browser and select Paste Diagram.

See help Copy a Diagram.

[«Midnight»]

Thanks Peter,

That works perfectly of course, and is always worth mentioning when the subject of copying diagrams comes up.

However, in this case the problem is how to achieve this through the API, which forces us to go through the process in a bit more detail.

David

[thomaskilian]

Embedded elements are even worse as their parents need to be on the diagram first...