Creating EA MDG Technology

[WarrenKenyon]

Hi,

I am creating an extension to EA using the MDG Tech helpers.  I want to create some stereotypes the extend existing elements, just like any other MDG.

I am having some problems getting shapes scripts to do what I want.  The issue at hand is that I want to stereotype the Port element.  I want pretty much what a port already is, but I want the name of the element contained inside of the shape and have the "port" resize accordingly.  I simply cannot figure out how to get the port to be anything other than its default size. I can get the text to appear "centered" in the box, but of course it extends to the left and right.

There has to be a way to get this to work, right?

[qwerty]

IIRC there is an _xxx attribute you can set in the MDG for a port, which works analogously to the Advanced/Custom Size you find in the context. But that slipped my mind. And EA's help is not very helpful in finding help topics.

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[WarrenKenyon]

Well, even if there is something specific to a Port, the question would still remain for any metatype:  How do you create a box that sizes to the contained text?

[qwerty]

You need some addin that resizes the element. I can't recall an API analogous to Alt-Z. But (IIRC) setting a too small size will make EA to take the smallest possible size.

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