Connector thickness

[DavidM]

Hi Everyone,
I recently created created a connector profile in an MDG, with a line thickness of 3 points.
This seems to work ok when I make the connection between elements on the same diagram, but when I drag those same elements onto a different diagram, the connector retracts to 1 point.

Is there a way I can do this in mdg? I have tried setting setpenwidth to 3 and tried setpen

drawnativeshape();
setpen(0,0,0,3);
setfillcolor(0,0,0);

but the connector all except the arrow head dissapears.

Thank you for any help.

[qwerty]

It should appear the same everywhere. If you're using V14, send a bug report. For older versions try in V14 and if it's the same there, also send a bug report.

q.

[Glassboy]

This seems to work ok when I make the connection between elements on the same diagram, but when I drag those same elements onto a different diagram, the connector retracts to 1 point.

Is that different diagram created with your MDG?

[qwerty]

Unless there's some MDG add-in wizardry the diagram type should not matter at all. Shape scripts are interpreted according to the stereotype in all diagrams in the same way.

q.

[KP]

Hi Everyone,
I recently created created a connector profile in an MDG, with a line thickness of 3 points.
This seems to work ok when I make the connection between elements on the same diagram, but when I drag those same elements onto a different diagram, the connector retracts to 1 point.

You presumably set the line thickness from the "Style" section of the Layout ribbon. That works on a single diagram link (or diagram object) only. If you set the line thickness by pressing F4, it will work on all instances of the connector (or element).

Is there a way I can do this in mdg? I have tried setting setpenwidth to 3 and tried setpen

drawnativeshape();
setpen(0,0,0,3);
setfillcolor(0,0,0);

but the connector all except the arrow head dissapears.

Thank you for any help.

You need to draw the line after setting the pen width, e.g.

setpenwidth(3);
moveto(0,0);
lineto(100,0);

[DavidM]

This seems to work ok when I make the connection between elements on the same diagram, but when I drag those same elements onto a different diagram, the connector retracts to 1 point.

Is that different diagram created with your MDG?

Yes AND out of the box diagrams also

[DavidM]

I tried
setpenwidth(3);
moveto(0,0);
lineto(100,0);

As suggested by the Sparx team and it worked perfectly - thank you.