Deleting elements in diagrams

[ufechner]

If I add an element to a diagram and delete it directly afterwards,
it remains in the database.

It would be very nice  , if EA could ask in this situation:
"Do you want to delete the element xxx completly from the database?".

With "this situation" I mean, if I delete an element that isn't used in any other diagram.

Regards:

Uwe Fechner

[Kevin G. Watson]

Hi'ya Uwe, youre up early bro....

I thought that was an option on the pop-menu, but having just run up EA I discover that it an't.  Thats a negative tick in my evaluation.

But, having explored a bit further, if you select the class element, then Cntrl and Delete, it does what you expect.

The pop-menu, does suggest that Cntrl + Del, would behave like the menu option, but it don't..... what can u say, two negative 3 negative boxes ticked within 10 minutes (by boss will be pleased)...

Stay tough
Kevin

[Kevin G. Watson]

I'm not completely stupid here in the other place yes.

Select the item on the diagram, then use Cntrol + Delete does delete the item from the model.

It does thro up a message box to confirm.

But not 'if it don't appear on any other diagram'.

Perhaps the very clever people into scripting addons, could come up with a query based item delete.  I'm just too red faced, even suggesting that it was a dreadfull user interface issue (Loudly).

Stay tough
Kevin

[thomaskilian]

If I add an element to a diagram and delete it directly afterwards,
it remains in the database.

It would be very nice  , if EA could ask in this situation:
"Do you want to delete the element xxx completly from the database?".

With "this situation" I mean, if I delete an element that isn't used in any other diagram.

Regards:

Uwe Fechner

Why make the anyway inconsistet UI more inconsistent. Delete is used to delete an element from the diagram. Ctrl-Del will remove it completely.

[ufechner]

Well, that's OK for me.
It is just not obvious, because this option isn't shown in the context menu.
(And is not correctly explained in the online help).

Regards:

Uwe

[Kevin G. Watson]

Hi'ya guys... I've recovered.

It was a qualified delete of the diagram element from the model, ' if it did'nt appear in any other diagrams ' of course was in there too.

I don't like keyboard short cuts, and customizing the right click pop menu, can aid a lot in handling models in various user perspectives.

Isn't uniformity of the UI a XML Configuration thing.  There's like a manufacturers statndard (   match the documentation even ) but why not many kinds of delete.

Sometimes suggest hides and mirrors.  It''d only be in looking at those boring runtime animations that you might even glimpse how your 'x product whatever' was overtaken by Rotware product learning.

[Kevin G. Watson]

Righthand Side expressions provide a persistant container.

Lefthand Side expressions provide container content.

This expressions can be used to provide either content or persistance.

Expressions have a local execution context; may have paraments. Has one thread of execution.  Sometimes they are like functions and return a result.  Procedures do not return a result.

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[thomaskilian]

...It is just not obvious, because this option isn't shown in the context menu...

That's EA's UI (Unique Interface)  :-/

...(And is not correctly explained in the online help)...

which should be reported via the bug form.

[thomaskilian]

Righthand Side expressions provide a persistant container.

Lefthand Side expressions provide container content.

This expressions can be used to provide either content or persistance.

Expressions have a local execution context; may have paraments. Has one thread of execution.  Sometimes they are like functions and return a result.  Procedures do not return a result.

Get Execute Put

what thread do you refer to