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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: Steffen on May 06, 2008, 12:38:48 am

Title: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: Steffen on May 06, 2008, 12:38:48 am

Hi,

can someone explain to me, why there appeared small red arrows (v) above some of my classes in my UML diagramms?

They appeared after I added some attributes with whitespace characters in the attribute name (the target system allows that).

I couldn't find any view or documentation, that explains the red arrows and tells me, how to make them disappear.
They stayed although I removed the whitespace from attribute names.

I guess, they should mark some problem?

Does someone know, what's the problem and how to solve?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: «Midnight» on May 06, 2008, 01:29:34 am

I don't know about a "v" but a small red triangle is a recurring question.

If that seems to fit the situation you have, it is a bookmark. Use shift-space to toggle this on and off. It is very easy to type a 'capital' space while editing an element, leaving you to wonder what happened.

[Having done that you might want to look it up in help - it is one of those things that you simply cannot find until you know what to call it - and see if the feature would be of any use to your users.]

HTH, David

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: Steffen on May 06, 2008, 01:55:20 am

Hi,

this information helped a lot.

All red triangles disappeared and my customers will be happy  :)

Thanks.

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: «Midnight» on May 06, 2008, 10:05:58 pm

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...
All red triangles disappeared and my customers will be happy
...

I only helped you with the first.

Please tell us how to do the second!   ;)

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: Steffen on May 07, 2008, 01:59:55 am

As you said, I typed a 'capital' space because the attribute names had to be uppercase.

So, after I selected each marked class and hit shift-space again, the red triangles disappeared.

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: «Midnight» on May 07, 2008, 11:30:28 am

Which is all fine and good.

But what I meant was: how did you manage to convert the customers to the happy state?

 ;)

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: Jan ´Bary´ Glas on May 07, 2008, 04:54:02 pm

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how did you manage to convert the customers to the happy state?

(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7494/customeror6.gif)
 ;)

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: Steffen on May 07, 2008, 05:09:53 pm

He doesn't know UML at all, and each symbol or figure he do not need to learn will make him at least a small bit happier...

that's it. :-?

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: «Midnight» on May 07, 2008, 10:24:49 pm

You'll note that Jan's model never reaches an end state. That seems to be a common problem in this domain.

  :P

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: RoyC on May 08, 2008, 09:45:45 am

Oh, I don't know.... an unending state of happiness as opposed to terminal happiness?

Title: Re: Need help: Red arrows above classifier
Post by: Jan ´Bary´ Glas on May 09, 2008, 07:15:26 pm

:-D