Author Topic: Stereotyped InformationItems on Information Flow (Read 12876 times)

Modesto Vega · « **on:** June 05, 2021, 01:55:06 am »

I have stereotyped the InformationItem using an MDG. Everything works as expected but for something visually very annoying: when adding multiple stereotyped InformationItems to an Information Flow I end up with a very long string with the name of the InformationItem preceded by the MDG stereotype.

Is there a way I can hide the stereotypes to shorten the lengthy string?

The stereotypes are not shown for non-stereotyped InformationItems.

qwerty · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2021, 06:14:58 am »

Add a shape MiddleTopLabel {}. Or use HideLabel("MiddleTopLabel"); which has the same effect.

q.

P.S. Not 100% sure whether it's Bottom or Top. Try both.

Paolo F Cantoni · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2021, 03:48:24 pm »

Quote from: qwerty on June 05, 2021, 06:14:58 am

Add a shape MiddleTopLabel {}. Or use HideLabel("MiddleTopLabel"); which has the same effect.

q.

P.S. Not 100% sure whether it's Bottom or Top. Try both.

Apparently, HideLabel is not recommended anymore. To hide a label, emit an empty string.

Paolo

qwerty · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2021, 05:55:30 pm »

Hehe. I don't read release notes (any more). How about ShowLabel which was an absolute nonsense operation from the beginning on? It's still there. Well, doesn't do any harm being a no-op.

q.

Paolo F Cantoni · « **Reply #4 on:** June 05, 2021, 09:36:01 pm »

Quote from: qwerty on June 05, 2021, 05:55:30 pm

Hehe. I don't read release notes (anymore). How about ShowLabel which was an absolute nonsense operation from the beginning on? It's still there. Well, doesn't do any harm being a no-op.

q.

This is Sparx, it's not in release notes, Eve told me in a post.

Paolo

Modesto Vega · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2021, 10:53:39 pm »

Thanks for the replies. So essentially this means I need to make it part of our MDG.

qwerty · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2021, 07:02:52 am »

Exactly.

q.

Modesto Vega · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2021, 02:12:13 am »

Is there a way to print the names of the name of the InformationItems linked to the relationship?

qwerty · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2021, 02:16:35 am »

I don't think so. Except you use an add-in to get the information. But I would refrain from using that.

q.

Modesto Vega · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2021, 12:09:50 am »

Thanks Qwerty.

Am I correct to assume that there is no way to list the attributes linked to a relationship using a shape script?

Geert Bellekens · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2021, 12:28:05 am »

I'm guessing you are going to need an add-in call for that one as well.

Geert

qwerty · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2021, 05:19:49 am »

What exactly do you mean by "attributes linked to a relationship"? Properties? If so, you can query quite a few of these (it's somewhere in the docs under query methods for shape script or so).

q.

Modesto Vega · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2021, 05:42:54 pm »

Sorry qwerty, I meant "elements related to a relationship".

qwerty · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2021, 06:34:35 pm »

So that's source and target (the two elements a connectors connects). See https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.2/modeling/displaying_element_properties.html at the lower end. There are quite some properties you can retrieve.

q.

Modesto Vega · « **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2021, 10:32:14 pm »

From memory not all elements are related using source and target. Some elements are directly related to a relationship via another relationship. I think this may be the case with the InformationFlow element.

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