change connector color

[zzcat]

Hi,

I'm new user to EA and am creating use case with EA, I tried to change the color of the link between actor and use case, but didn't found that format tool. nor in association properties... And I didn't find answer in help.  I know it might be a very simple question for most of you, but it bothers me now... Appreciated if anyone would answer me.  Thank you!

[KP]

If you want to change the colour of a single connector, right-click it and choose "Appearance..."

If you want to change the colour of all connectors, from the main menu choose "Tools | Options | Standard Colors" and change the value for "Connector Line".

[zzcat]

Don't worry about it. I found it.  Thank you!

[zzcat]

oh,

Just saw that I got answered already. Thanks a lot!

[Dave_Bullet]

If you want to change the connector colour dynamically based on a tagged value or property, you can use a shape script like this...

/* This script is used to show whether an interface
between systems is either current (green) or future
(yellow) based on the tag value.  The source and
target shapes are used to draw the arrowheads
depending on the direction of the dependency.
The main shape draws the dashed line connecting
the elements */
/*
shape source
{
if(HasProperty("Direction", "Destination -> Source"))
{
if(HasTag("Future interface","true"))
{
setpen(0,255,0,0);
setfillcolor(0,255,0);
}
else
{
setpen(255,51,0,0);
setfillcolor(255,51,0);
}
   polygon(10,0,3,10, 180);
}
else
{
if(HasProperty("Direction", "Bi-Directional"))
{
if(HasTag("Future interface","true"))
{
setpen(0,255,0,0);
setfillcolor(0,255,0);
}
else
{
setpen(255,51,0,0);
setfillcolor(255,51,0);
}
   polygon(10,0,3,10, 180);
   }
   }
}

shape target
{
if(HasProperty("Direction", "Source -> Destination"))
{
if(HasTag("Future interface","true"))
{
setpen(0,255,0,0);
setfillcolor(0,255,0);
}
else
{
setpen(255,51,0,0);
setfillcolor(255,51,0);
}
   polygon(10,0,3,10, 180);
}
else
{
if(HasProperty("Direction", "Bi-Directional"))
{
if(HasTag("Future interface","true"))
{
setpen(0,255,0,0);
setfillcolor(0,255,0);
}
else
{
setpen(255,51,0,0);
setfillcolor(255,51,0);
}
   polygon(10,0,3,10, 180);
   }
   }
}

shape main
{
layouttype="border";
noshadow="true";
setlinestyle("solid");
if(HasTag("Future interface","true"))
{
setpen(0,255,0,1);
}
else
{
setpen(255,51,0,1);
}
lineto(100,0);
}
*/

/* Just annotate whether the interface
is currently implemented or a future one via
adorning with the status */

shape main
{
h_align = "center";
v_align = "center";
if(HasTag("Future interface","true"))
Print("[future]");
else
Print("[current]");
}