Sparx Systems Forum
Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: clearwa on March 06, 2008, 09:03:56 pm
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Are there any of the MDG products that support round trip engineering for C++. I've seen some indication that this may be the case for Visual Studio 2005 but I'm just not sure.
Thanx,
Allan Clearwaters
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Hi Allan,
I cannot remember if the MDG Integration product handles unmanaged code. Somewhere in the back of my (otherwise cavernously empty) mind I think I heard it did.
However, this might be easy for you to test. MDG Integration for VS, version 3.5 is in beta testing. If you are a registered EA user you can download the software. This version appears to extend the feature set of the 2005 product - that is, it has the same core features and language support - and works with VS 2005 and 2008. You could install the beta, test for C++ round trip, and then remove the beta (unless you want to test it further of course). That would give you more than just a yes-no answer, you would have a 'look and feel' sense of the product.
Meanwhile, other users might have the answer (at least the boolean version). Finally, once the sun gets down under again the Sparxians can tell us.
HTH, David
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Thanks for that thought, David. I'm currently (grudgingly) installing 2005 (previously I have been a died in the wool Eclipse/Cygwin/CDT user) because I can't avoid it any longer ... sigh. One of the issues for me has been that the MDG for Eclipse products do not support C++ (they are exclusively Java) so my hope was a I could sweeten the bitter of pill I'm currently swallowing by a hope of round trip engineering in Visual C++. Once the installation is in I'll give your suggestion a try.
Thanx,
Al