Question about the settings

[Marcel]

Hi,
i found out, that the EA saves some properties (Tools --> Options) in the registry and some properties (those from the menuitem Settings) in the .eap-file.
How can i edit the settings saved in the .eap File without using the EA, respectively how can i set these Settings "globally"?
I hope it's understandable what I wanted to ask.
Sorry for bad english!

Greetings
Marcel

[Edit]: Or are these settings maybe also saved in an external file (.ini or something)?

[thomaskilian]

I have just a good guess for it. There is definitely no .ini file. The repository related options are stored in tables of the repository. It should not be too hard to find that out by investigating the tables by good guess of the name.

[Marcel]

I have just a good guess for it. There is definitely no .ini file. The repository related options are stored in tables of the repository. It should not be too hard to find that out by investigating the tables by good guess of the name.

Sorry, but how? I'm a very noob in EA!

[Jan ´Bary´ Glas]

.eap file is an MS Access format. If you rename the extension to .mdb, you may open it in MS Access.

[Marcel]

thank you for the information. I will try it!

[bmioch]

Marcel, if you want to set EAP file states globally, please look at creating a new base EAP file.

When EA creates a new model, it copies the EABase.eap in your install directory.

See this page from the help:
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?createanewproject.htm

So either use this option every time you want to create a new model, or backup the current EABase.eap file and then replace it with your own.

Much simpler than trying to open the database manually.

[Marcel]

@ bmioch:
Thank you, that worked wonderful!!