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mse

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I would like to import OLE objects such as pngs and bmp images in addition to the requirement text. Is it possible to do this in EA? The .csv option is only text.

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Re: Is it possible to import OLE objects into EA as a requirement classifier?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2021, 08:14:53 am »
EA's standard import can't do. You would need to adapt the scripting version of the importer in the EAScriptingLib.

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Re: Is it possible to import OLE objects into EA as a requirement classifier?
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2021, 08:45:11 am »
There are a few things you can do.
1) You can drag a PNG onto a Sparx EA diagram and store as an internal artifact. It then stores it as an Artifact element in Sparx and if you open it you get to see the image. You could then stereotype the artifact as a requirement to indicate its a requirement. You could change the artifact to a requirement classifier but you loose the ability to see the image though.
2) Alternatively you can create a requirement and then add a linked document and within the linked document drag the PNG image into it so you could see the image when opening up the linked document.

I'd used the second option so if you generate a requirements document you can insert the image into the requirements document. Not sure if you can do that with the first option.

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