How to create repository?

[hansmaiser]

HEllo,

how do I create a repository with the automation interface?

a code nsippet would be helpful...

[thomaskilian]

AFAIK you can't do that. But you can copy an existing EAP to where you want and use this one. That has the same effect.

[hansmaiser]

If I want to add a diagram to the repository, must I open it before? I want to add a diagram hidden without opening the project visible for the user.

[«Midnight»]

I don't see any problem there.

Copy a template repository to your work location, if you need to.
Open the repository through the automation interface; the EA application will not be visible by default.
Locate the package you want to create the diagram in, and get a reference to it - say myPackage.
Create the diagram with:

• myDiagram = myPackage.Diagrams.AddNew("My Diagram", "Logical")
  
• myDiagram.Update()
  
• <If you need to reference the diagram through the package> myPackage.Diagrams.Refresh()
  

I have used a class diagram by default (the "Logical" keyword). Check the documentation or help file to find the correct keywords for the rest of the diagram types; capitalization seems to count.

[thomaskilian]

How could you add it without having the repos open? You can however create a diagram as Neil stated in his post. Visibility is controlled via repos.OpenDiagram(int) / CloseDiagram (see help).

The automation model can also be found at EA Usergroup (no comments, but you can guess a lot be method names).

[«Midnight»]

I was looking at the wording:

...add a diagram hidden without opening the project visible for the user.

I suppose you could add a diagram through SQL, but if you've got the API going anyway, why not just create the diagram that way?

[hansmaiser]

@Midnight:

The idea behind this is to transform an EPC (Event Driven Process Chain), which is used in ARIS Toolset (ARIS is a business process modeling tool), to an UML activity diagram.