Automatically Create a Legend

[Brian L]

Does anyone know the method call to create a legend from script?
There is no mention on how to create one on Sparx's site nor in the ScriptingEA book.

Thank you for your time,
Brian

[qwerty]

You need to create a element of type Text. Additionally you need to create an entry in t_xref which is a bit complex. The easiest way: create an empty repository with a single diagram and a single legend. Then go to the query builder and execute

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SELECT * FROM t_xrefThe XRefID is an arbitrary GUID. Client is the GUID of the Text element. Description is the meat. Good luck

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[Brian L]

Ah. So I create it like I would create a Text element, but I need to add an xref with a modified description.  That is a bit of work.

I only need two different types of legends that will be reused based on diagram type.  The easiest way sounds like creating the legends in a 'holding' diagram and pull them by ID when I need them.

Thank you for the help!