Toolbox with elements having a custom shape

[st1led]

Hello everybody! I'm writing an add-in for EA using the Automation Interface, and I have to define a new toolbox with some custom elements.

Reading the AI user guide, I managed to define a profile for a simple toolbox. I know that each element which I have to drag&drop from the toolbox has to be defined in the toolbox profile as a stereotype extending an UML metaclass: say that I have to define a MyClass element, i create the MyClass stereotype and make it extend the Class UML metaclass. Dropping a MyClass element from the toolbox to a diagram will result in having an object which "is drawn like" a class (thus, has the shape each class has, which is a rectangle) drawn into the diagram.

What now if I have to define toolbox elements which have some shapes which aren't defined in UML (and thus, which don't have a corresponding metaclass)?
This is my problem: I have to define some toolbox elements with shapes like the parallelograms A and B, and the arrow with the perpendicular line in this picture below:



I suppose I have to somehow to define new metaclasses with custom images (parallelograms and lines), but don't know hot to proceed.

Any ideas?

Regards, Stefano

[Eve]

Search the help for shape scripts.

[st1led]

Thank you! I found this reference, which looks like to be relevant to what I have to do: http://www.sparxsystems.com/uml_tool_guide/sdk_for_enterprise_architect/shape_editor_2.htm

I'll let you know if I'll get further problems.

Regards, Stefano

[RoyC]

What release of Enterprise Architect are you using?

This is the latest Help for Release 8.0, build 864. There are one or two small improvements.

http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/8.0/modeling_languages/shape_editor_2.html