Creating a 'memo' type attribute for a stereotype

[Robert Sheridan]

I have created a profile which exends the requirement element with additional tags.  I want to use it for recording responses from suppliers and so added a 'supplierResponse' attribute to the stereotype; however, I could only give it a type of char which is too small for the purpose.  Is there any way that I can give it a type of memo (we are using the MS Access backend) so that I have unlimited text storage for the tag (as there is for the notes field in the properties tab).

Thanks
Robert

[Geert Bellekens]

If you are talking about the value of tagged values (which I assume you are), you can use the notes of a tagged value to store more text.
The trick is to type "<memo>" in the value field. Next time you open the tagged value there will be a grey square with "..." at the end of the value field. You can use this to easely navigate to the notes.

[Robert Sheridan]

Thanks that worked well.  I set it up in the UML profile by adding an initial value of <memo> to the stereotype attribute.

When outputting to a RTF report you need to include the value field rather than the notes field, which works really well.