Author Topic: Guards on Connectors (Read 5112 times)

frankk · « **on:** March 28, 2012, 04:19:14 am »

I can put a Guard (Constraint) on a Connector, but how do I get it to display? This works fine automatically in a State or Activity diagram, but not, seemingly, in other diagrams. (I'm drawing a Flow Chart, specifically.)

qwerty · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2012, 07:51:33 am »

- Open the connector by explicitely selecting and Return or via dbl-click

- Choose Options/Links/Edit on New

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frankk · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2012, 02:30:13 am »

Sorry, I don't understand. I followed those steps, but still don't see the guard in the diagram. Not getting what 'edit on new' has to do with display options :-)

qwerty · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2012, 02:57:50 am »

I have no problem with the guard showing in any diagram.

The option is just to show the properties on connector creation so you can place the guard text immediately.

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frankk · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2012, 03:29:34 am »

Unfortunately, something is different in my installation. I can only see the guards in state and activity diagrams, but nowhere else. I don't have a problem defining the guard itself.

qwerty · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2012, 05:10:28 am »

Strange. I tried with various diagram properties (using a class diagram) but the guard always showed up.

A couple of ideas:
- run consistency check
- try with another EA installation (maybe EALite or on a similar machine of a colleague)
- disable add-ins/MDGs

q.

Robert Sheridan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 03, 2012, 09:50:49 pm »

Are you using BPMN? It handles settting guards differently (via tags) and does not show what you have put in the constraint attribute.

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