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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: MichaelHanson on September 12, 2007, 05:08:18 am

Title: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: MichaelHanson on September 12, 2007, 05:08:18 am

Based on requests from my current team I have created a productivity enhancing add-in for EA (in C#).

Currently it has three features:

Set Link Style All - Set the style of all links on the active diagram to a selected type.

Link To Multiple - Creates links from the active element to multiple elements (all in the active diagram).

Link Multiple To - Creates links from multiple elements to the active element (all in the active diagram)

With the latter two you get to select multiple elements and the type of link.

I am happy to share this, but not sure where is the best place to do so any suggestions?

Also if you have any suggestions for additional simple features that could be added I am happy to add them and release the updated version.

Mike Hanson

Title: Re: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: «Midnight» on September 12, 2007, 05:57:52 am

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...I have created a productivity enhancing add-in for EA...
I am happy to share this, but not sure where is the best place to do so any suggestions?

Mike Hanson

Thanks for taking this initiative Mike,

I am sure that this will get some interest, as the features you've included will certainly reduce the labour required to maintain many diagrams.

Try the EA Wiki.

Read the top post in the Automation Section - it is sticky so it is always on top. Check the signature line at the bottom of the post. You'll find a link to the Wiki there.

The post itself gives directions to the EA User Group. You could also post the add-in there, but the UG seems not to get much usage these days, in favor of the Wiki.

HTH David

Title: Re: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: MichaelHanson on September 17, 2007, 10:03:21 pm

I have added some new functionality to the add-in it now has:

Set Link Style All
Set Link Style
Hide Links
Unhide Links
Link To Multiple
Link Mulitiple To

I have looked at uploading it to the Wiki to make it available, but the only upload feature is limited to images so I will upload to my own web site and put a link to it on the Wiki in the next couple of days.

Title: Re: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: «Midnight» on September 18, 2007, 01:57:18 am

Great Mike,

This really does sound like something useful.

Thanks for pitching in,
David

Title: Re: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: MichaelHanson on September 18, 2007, 04:17:45 am

Decided to go open source with this so have made it available via CodePlex at http://www.codeplex.com/eautils

I haven't uploaded source code as yet, I will do so after adding more comments to aid in learning etc.

I will add a link to the project on the Wiki too.

Title: Re: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: «Midnight» on September 18, 2007, 05:14:44 am

Thanks again Mike!

Title: Re: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: MichaelHanson on September 18, 2007, 11:33:48 pm

Source code and minor update now available on CodePlex

http://www.codeplex.com/eautils

Title: Re: New Productivity Add-In
Post by: danm on November 30, 2007, 08:46:12 am

Bump!

Just found this by trolling through the list. An excellent plugin.