Create boundary symbol in a diagram

[MagnusH]

Hi,

I have problem with creating a solid boundary symbol in a diagram. I cannot find any method to change it from nofilled. Any idea?

Regards,
Magnus

[Geert Bellekens]

Magnus,

In the database this is seems to be related to the column BorderStyle on the t_object table.
If you can access it through the API then it will probably be through the StyleEx field.

Geert

PS. The way I usually try to figure this out is to create a new eap file and create only the objects I'm interested in. (in this case two boundaries) and then use MS Access to figure out where EA has stored which information.

[MagnusH]

Geert,

Thanks for the quick response. Yes, I found the column as well but as far as I can see after testing the StyleEx is not containing this information. I give up.

Thanks,
Magnus

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Geert,

Thanks for the quick response. Yes, I found the column as well but as far as I can see after testing the StyleEx is not containing this information. I give up.

Thanks,
Magnus

Hi Magnus,

The boundary type is configurable on a per-diagram basis (I think).  Check out ObjectStyle in t_diagramobjects.

HTH,
Paolo

[MagnusH]

Hi Paolo,

I found it :-)

It's in the properties Attribute of the boundary element. It's a collection of Property attributes and the name to search for is "BorderStyle". If I change the value to "Solid" it works as expected!

A piece of Perl code:

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sub ChangeBorderStyle
{
  my ($self, $Element, $Style) = @_;
  for my $PropIndex (0 .. $Element->{Properties}->{Count}-1)
  {
    my $Property = $Element->{Properties}->Item($PropIndex);
    if ($Property->{Name} eq "BorderStyle")
    {
      $Property->{Value} = $Style;
    }
  }    
}
Thanks for the help,
Magnus