Diagram Import/Export

[nbau2s]

Hello,
I am writing a small tool to export and import Sparx EA diagrams to/from GraphML (or an extension to graphml, to be precise).
I want to use a different (better) layout tool to layout the diagrams.
Right now, it seems to work alright, the only problem I have, is to identify the exact location where a DiagramLink starts or ends (i.e. where it 'docks' to the class/diagramNode). This is not encoded in the diagramLink's path, as one might expect. Has anyone an idea where and how this information is stored?

[Frank Horn]

It's probably hidden in the DiagramLink.Geometry string (which looks like "SX=0;SY=0;EX=0;EY=0;EDGE=3;$LLB=;LLT=;LMT=;LMB=;LRT=CX=101:CY=14:OX=0:OY=0:HDN=0:BLD=0:ITA=0:UND=0:CLR=-1:ALN=0:DIR=0:ROT=0;LRB=;IRHS=;ILHS=;" or the like), but don't ask me what this all means.

[KP]

It's probably hidden in the DiagramLink.Geometry string (which looks like "SX=0;SY=0;EX=0;EY=0;EDGE=3;$LLB=;LLT=;LMT=;LMB=;LRT=CX=101:CY=14:OX=0:OY=0:HDN=0:BLD=0:ITA=0:UND=0:CLR=-1:ALN=0:DIR=0:ROT=0;LRB=;IRHS=;ILHS=;" or the like), but don't ask me what this all means.

Specifically, it will be held in SX,SY for the source and EX,EY for the target (S=start, E=end). I don't know what the values mean, possibly the offset of the centre of the shape (you aim your line at the centre of the shape and attach it at the position where it intersects the edge of the shape).

[Frank Horn]

I don't know what the values mean

Doesn't that call for more technical documentation? Or even better, interfaces within the API to wrap all these ugly strings; something like IDiagramLinkGeometry.SourcePosition a.s.o.

Just dreaming...

[«Midnight»]

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Doesn't that call for more technical documentation? Or even better, interfaces within the API to wrap all these ugly strings; something like IDiagramLinkGeometry.SourcePosition a.s.o.
...

I beg to differ. IMO it calls for both.

[Frank Horn]

I beg to differ. IMO it calls for both.

Couldn't agree more. But that's two dreams.

[«Midnight»]

Couldn't agree more. But that's two dreams.

I'll get started right away.

Zzzzzzzzzz...

[Frank Horn]

I meant to say daydreams...

[«Midnight»]

And it is still daytime here.

I maintain that those folks who just cannot function without getting a good 8 hours of sleep at night are just not getting enough sleep in the office!