Can automation handle MDG Stereotype items?

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Elsewhere I've mentioned we're looking at implementing "Aspect Oriented Shapescripts" (TM).  A such, we have a lot of code snippets that need to be incorporated into a large number of shapescripts.

Assuming we could construct a script that assembles the required shapescript for a given stereotype in the MDG, is the automation smart enough to perform the requisite encryptions for the _image and icon attributes of the item?

Have I explained the problem well enough?

TIA,
Paolo

[qwerty]

I did not understand it. But that doesn't mean much  

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[Paolo F Cantoni]

I did not understand it. But that doesn't mean much  

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Yes, it's not obvious what I'm asking.  I was on the bus going home when I crafted the question (and now I'm on the bus going to work) so I wasn't as forthcoming as I should have been.

When I'm constructing an MDG, as I edit the _image attribute of the stereotype item through the UI, EA will store the shapescript as a zipped Base64 encoded value.

My question is: If I set the value of the same _image attribute using automation will it also store the value I supply (the text of the shapescripts) as a zipped Base64 encoded value.  Similarly for the other encoded attributes.

Does that make it clearer?

Paolo

[Geert Bellekens]

Paolo,

I haven't tried it myself, but it seems simple enough to go either way.

If indeed the shapescript is already saved in the database in zipped/base64 encoded format then I'm guessing you'll have to zip/base64 encode the shapescript yourself.

Geert

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Paolo,

I haven't tried it myself, but it seems simple enough to go either way.

If indeed the shapescript is already saved in the database in zipped/base64 encoded format then I'm guessing you'll have to zip/base64 encode the shapescript yourself.

Geert

That's what I was hoping to avoid.  :-/

I didn't want to add all that additional infrastructure.  I might formally ask Sparx.

Paolo