BPMN 2.0 Message Flow 'Envelope'

[Ian Mitchell]

I'm trying to input some BPMN 2.0 diagrams, and I can't figure out how to get the little envelope symbol on my Message Flows.
In the supplied Sparx examples, they all look beautiful, but on mine, I sometimes get a brief flicker of the envelope,  as I'm re-arranging the geometry of the line, then it goes away.
Has anyone made this work?

[philchudley]

Hi Ian

The envelope is set by using the MessageFlow connector [highlight]TaggedValues [/highlight][highlight]messageVisible[/highlight]

Setting this to [highlight]Initiating [/highlight]sets a "hollow" enevelope setting to [highlight]Non-initiating [/highlight]sets it to a grey envelope

The line style defaults to [highlight]Orthogonal Rounded [/highlight]and there appears to be a bug, in so much as if the line is straight the envelope appears, but once "bent" it disappears!

The work around I use is simply to set the line style to [highlight]Custom[/highlight], I tend to do this as soon as I have created the Message Flow to save a lot of grief.

I recall that I demonstrated this behaviour at the EAUG much to the amusement of all those who attended!

Hope this gets fixed soon.

Cheers

Phil

[Ian Mitchell]

Seriously Phil, how do you find out this stuff??
Awesome answer! Totally correct! This is why we have EA User Groups, to learn these Dark Secrets. I'm now really sorry I missed your session!
Have you reported this as an official bug ?