Using instances in compartments

[Mats Gejnevall]

I create instances with the same stereotype as the original element. And I use compartments to show relations between elements. When I create a relation between an element and an instance (where I have defined that the sterotypes have a relation) and display this relation in a compartment (using a RelatedElement shape script)  the object number of the instance is displayed instead of the name of the instance!

Is this a bug or a feature?

Thanks
Mats

[Paolo F Cantoni]

I create instances with the same stereotype as the original element. And I use compartments to show relations between elements. When I create a relation between an element and an instance (where I have defined that the sterotypes have a relation) and display this relation in a compartment (using a RelatedElement shape script)  the object number of the instance is displayed instead of the name of the instance!

Is this a bug or a feature?

Thanks
Mats

Hi Mats,

It MIGHT be a feature...     When you create instances, IFRC the name is empty.  Is yours? If so, put a value in there and see if that changes the output.  I DO know that in shapescripts outputting the #name# macro is affected by the "[ ] Use Alias" setting of the diagram.  So it doesn't surprise me to find that EA returns an "adjusted" name.   'Course, I may be completely wrong!      This is EAUI, you know.

Paolo

[Mats Gejnevall]

Interesting, I had a name on ONE of the linked instances and it showed just the object id of that instance, nothing at all for the second one.
When a added a name to the second one, both instances showed up with names in the compartment!!!

That is a strange feature

Mats