Generating the html documentation from an external script

[sadam]

Hi,

Is it possible to use an external script that generates the html documentation for a particular package in my EA project?

Is there an API that I can use to send commands to EA without lauching it?

Regards,

Sadam

[Eve]

Yes, from any language that can access COM.  (Plus Java through our wrapper.)

Have a look at http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?usingtheautomationinterface.htm

And the html report can be called from Project.RunHTMLReport.  http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/index.html?project_2.htm

[«Midnight»]

Hi Sadam,

Of course that assumes you mean without launching it from the desktop.

If you mean you want to call into EA without having COM launch it as a process - behind the scenes instead of on the desktop - then you are out of luck. EA does not operate as a service. Nor does it run as a server-based utility. [NB: This last part - not running on a server - might be out of date. I am thinking of an earlier answer from Sparx on this subject. I have not noticed anything in the release notes or the forum to suggest this has changed, but only Sparx can confirm my assumption.]

David

[sadam]

Hi,

In fact, I want to use EA to automatically generate the html documentation during the build overnight of my system. Therefore, I want to use EA on my server (there is no desktop) without any human intervention, but only a script that would generate my html reports.

Thanks for your answers.

Sadam