Hyperlinks do not update in linked document

[mse]

I inserted an attribute "y1" in a linked document by dragging and dropping an attribute of a class onto the document. I can click on the text and it takes me straight to the model element.
I changed the attribute name in the project browser to "y2" and the link continues to work. However, the text in the linked document did not update to "y2". Is there a way to make the text change anytime I change the name of the attribute?

[horszasz]

Hi mse,

I am not sure, but I think this is unfortunately not possible.

If you change the name of an object, the link remains still working, because it is built based on the element's GUID, which is constant, even if you change the element name, place or attributes.

Keep in mind, that the linked document is just a normal RTF file, and it is not a type of "active" object.

Hope, it helps to you!

Regards,
Gergely

[Ian Mitchell]

eaDocX document can do this. Where you have a connector, ir can be shown in the document as a hyperlink to somewhere else in the document, and the hyperlink name will update when you re-generate the document, based on your updates.

[mse]

Sounds great, because I am trying several things in EA but none seem to update. After reading however horszasz reply, this is due to the RTF being disconnected from the model. This is understandable.

I will stick as much as possible to the generate-from-model method rather than trying to combine RTF and the model, even if they are linked.

I went to the website for eaDocX and I like some of the PDFs such as Making Friendly Models paper. However, the demo installer does not start at all so I'm unable to evaluate the product.