Sparx Systems are proud to advise that the Public BETA of Version 6.0 (build 777) of Enterprise Architect is now available for download.
Registered users can access the BETA from the Registered User section of our website at
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/registered/ea_beta60.html Public users can access the 30 day trial BETA from
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/ea_beta60.html Please take note that EA 6.0 BETA is provided for evaluation and informational purposes as BETA software, and should not be used with production models or on
production machines.
Please report any bugs by using the
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/registered/reg_bug_report_beta.html page. Direct any suggestions and/or comments to
[email protected] Enterprise Architect Version 6.0
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Release Notes for EA 6.0 Features
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Model Discussion Forum:
New forum view in main diagram area
Ability to add categories, topics and posts
Elements from EA project tree can be linked to a post (drag drop)
Ability to load and save in HTML
Shortcuts/Keyboard enhancements
Build, Test, Debug and Execute Support:
Ability to setup and run compile commands from within EA
Ability to click on compile errors in EA and open in the code editor
Ability to show a code editor in the main diagram area
Ability to setup and run jUnit and nUnit testing commands
Ability to click on jUnit and nUnit errors and locate error in code
Ability to run a program associated with a package in EA
Ability to store multiple build/test/run scripts for a package
* Debugging of Java applications - requires JAVA 1.5 SDK (including JVMTI) - see Help file for details
Debugging of .NET applications (.NET 1.x) directly in EA, including breakpoints, local variables, call stack
Create Sequence diagrams from executing code:
Ability to create sequence diagrams from an EA debug stack history (.NET and Java only)
SOA:
Added support for importing and generating WSDL files
Added support for importing XML Schema files
Added built-in WSDL toolbox to support rapid modeling, development and reuse of key WSDL components
Added built-in XML Schema toolbox
Extended support for XML Schema modeling (top-level elements, attributes, groups etc.)
Added XML node outline to built-in code editor
Database:
Support for storing EA models on the Progress OpenEdge DBMS
Integrated Model Documents:
Create, edit and save rich text documents directly within EA
Stereotyped Artifact elements <<model document>> provide direct model document support
In Corporate version any element may also have a linked rich text document stored in EA
Use document templates to define a set of project wide document templates for rapid use
Print, preview, import, store, edit and manage RTF documents directly in EA
Integrate model document content into existing RTF reports generated from EA
New Search/Report View:
Report view is expanded with new columns
Report view now lists both diagram and package contents depending on context
Powerful search engine has been built into report view
Create and save complex search criteria, show results in report view
VS Integration of search results
Code Engineering:
Live code generation for all major languages: Model changes updated in code real-time.
Significant performance improvements for reverse engineering large code bases
Enhancements to Code Engineering option pages
Added code outline to source code editor
Added simple "parse error" display to code outline to highlight first error EA's code parser locates in file
Added support for additional visibility terms (protected internal etc.)
Languages:
Added support for Action Script 2.0
Significant Enhancements to C++, VB, VB Net and Delphi round-trip engineering
Ability to open source files from the main menu - including XML, WSDL, XSD etc.
Added built-in support for Python
Added support for AspectJ
MOF Support:
Ability to export EA model elements to MOF
Ability to validate EA model against MOF
OCL Support:
Ability to write OCL scripts
Ability to evaluate a wide range of OCL expressions dynamically and report errors to user
Ability to validate models using OCL expressions
MDA Transforms:
Ability to perform multiple transforms at once
Added possibility of creating a connector to any element with a known guid
Added option to automatically chain transformations
Added option to automatically generate code from transformations
Shape Scripting Language:
Allows definition of complex shapes and decorations in a simple language
Attach to scripts to stereotypes or profile elements for alternative rendering in diagrams
Perspectives:
Improved ability to tailor UML toolbox by Perspective
Ability to configure and store user perspectives
Ability to associate a UML Profile or Technology with a Perspective
Ability for add-in to load and set perspectives
Associate Perspective with User Layout
Ordering of Tech Folders in Toolbox
Support for new major profiles:
Profiles now include MOF/OCL validation, complex shapes and perspectives
SysML Profile for systems engineers
BPMN Profile for business modeling
Model validation rules for SysML
Model validation rules for BPMN
Version Control:
Support for Subversion
Support for off-line checkouts
Added Automation Interfaces for checkin, checkout and getstatus
Relationship Matrix:
Fixed issue with cells being locked when either source or target is locked.
Removed menu item "Delete Relationship" when selected Link Direction is "Bi-Directional".
Introduced visual cue to indicate whether link is locked. Where a cell has links in both directions, S->T is shown.
Right-clicking off the matrix is now ignored.
Right-clicking on a source or target element opens a property dialog for the element.
Release Notes for EA 6.0 Build 777 (BETA 2)
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Modifications to enable MDG Integration for Visual Studio .NET 2005
Release of MDG Integration for Visual Studio .NET 2005 Beta 1
Modified discussion forum to allow connection to independent EA model (file or repository)
Fixed a crash in the relationship matrix
Fixed loading of Primary Key Clustered/NonClustered checkbox in PK Operation Extended Properties dialog.
Fixed ODBC DDL Import to restrict import of VARCHAR2(50 CHAR) datatype to Oracle only.
Fixed ODBC DDL Import from SQL Server where identity column details were disappearing.
Fixed ODBC DDL import from SQL Server databases having case sensitive collation.
DDL Generation - Removed extra ";" from end of Oracle trigger script.
Modified sort attributes/operations by stereotype to sort first by stereotype, then by parent class.
Modified discussion forum to allow connection to independent EA model (file or repository)
Fixed error importing source files containing some unicode characters.
Fixed error where unscoped C# methods were imported as public.
Modified java compile script parsing to handle compiles through Ant.
Fixed bug that truncated stored procedure text on ODBC DDL Import from SQL Server.
Modified the presentation of alternate raster images for non-boundary elements, the name is now rendered bellow the element.
Fixed error in the Reset New Project GUIDS feature that caused composite elements to lose their diagram link.
Modified Build & Run script dialog to allow specification of Java class to run when debugging, separate from run command
Modified the Alternate Image dialog, an entry named "NONE" is now available in the image list.
Fixed bug in the loading of alternate images defined prior to EA 6.0
