Creating a "Packaging Component"

[gerry77]

Hi,

(how) can I create a "Packaging Component" using the Automation Interface? I manage to create classes, packages, components but that particular type I don't find. Is it a special attribute to a package?

[qwerty]

Here's a Perl code snippet:

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my $pk = $rep->GetTreeSelectedObject();
my $pc = $pk->Packages->AddNew("temp", "");
$pc->Update();
$pc->Element->{SubType} = 20;
$pc->Update();
You will additionally need to call RefreshModelView for the containing package.

q.

[gerry77]

Hello,

thanks a lot, that works great.
Just want to mention that the expected symbol appears only if the Packaging Component is inserted into a Package of a Model, not if attempted directly in the Model.

[qwerty]

That's (more or less) intentional. Via GUI you can create only View packages on root level, none else. The API is a bit less fuzzy with those constraints (you can do quite a number of things which are not possible via GUI). But then you can not handle those "wrongly" created things in the right way. One gets used to it with the time...

q.