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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: oliver2007 on May 06, 2008, 01:43:30 pm

Title: How to create Composite through Automation
Post by: oliver2007 on May 06, 2008, 01:43:30 pm

Hello,

Through the automation interface I create a diagram under an element. After creating the diagram I want to make the element a Composite.
I am able to to set the subtype of an existing element to 8 which should turn the element into a Composite. When I right click on the changed Element the Composite box is ticked.
But the Element does not work like a Composite the double click does not lead to the underlying diagram and the rendering of the element does not change.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Title: Re: How to create Composite through Automation
Post by: Frank Horn on May 06, 2008, 05:23:35 pm

I think you have to set the diagram's ParentID to make the element behave like it should.

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Title: Re: How to create Composite through Automation
Post by: oliver2007 on May 06, 2008, 05:32:28 pm

The Parent_ID is set to the element.
If I make the element Composite by hand, the element looks exactly the same in the database as the one created by automation.

Title: Re: How to create Composite through Automation
Post by: Frank Horn on May 06, 2008, 06:00:40 pm

I'm at my wit's end then. You'll have to wait for one of the big shots to find a solution. Or send a support request to Sparx, they usually give you an answer on the next (Australian) day.

Title: Re: How to create Composite through Automation
Post by: «Midnight» on May 06, 2008, 10:01:55 pm

There's a field in t_object called NType. [I think that's it, it's been a while.] For a Class, you need to set this to 8, rather than the default of 0. I am not sure whether these values are the same for all classifiers, but I suspect they are.

I do not know - actually I do not remember - if this can be set by any API call. It is worth trying the Subtype property, which maps to 0 for 'normal' classifiers.

HTH, David