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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: flyingrobots on January 23, 2003, 01:33:48 pm

Title: Stetes and Specify Feature Visibility
Post by: flyingrobots on January 23, 2003, 01:33:48 pm

The State object in a statechart diagram looks like it can actually display a fair amount of information.  So I'd like to place notes about the sate inside of it so it can be seen w/o looking at the properties.

I've placed these items as responsibilities, and would like the Specify Feature Visibility context menu item to allow their display...but it appears that it doesn't.

I realize that this may be a gross perversion of a state in the statechart ;), but it really helps to clarify what the states are when communicating with people who aren't used to seeing them.

Thanks
Kevin

Title: Re: Stetes and Specify Feature Visibility
Post by: PhilR on January 23, 2003, 09:13:39 pm

This must be a bug.  Tags and constraints don't display either.

Meybe report to Sparx?

Phil.

Title: Re: Stetes and Specify Feature Visibility
Post by: fwoolz on January 24, 2003, 05:05:29 am

I've tried the same thing with the same results... the UML standard doesn't provide for showing this info in a state symbol, as you've implied, but it would be useful.  EA will let you add text notes and requirements (as graphical elements) in states (drag and drop); these elements then remain part of the state symbol, moving when the state is moved.  However, this is kinda clunky.

Cheers,
Fred Woolsey