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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: tim-southerland on November 18, 2010, 08:17:26 am

Title: Exporting to HTML drops graphics in linked docs
Post by: tim-southerland on November 18, 2010, 08:17:26 am

We would like to associate a data matrix (excel/.csv file) with our sparx ea project (DoDAF project) to maintain the pedigree of the architecture.  We have not found a way to import a .csv file into a "matrix" style sparx EA object.  If someone knows of a way, please let me know.

Short of this, we are pasting .jpgs (matrix rendered as an image) into the sparx EA "linked documents" to include it in the project.   The problem we are facing is that when we export this project to HTML, the images are not rendered.

How can we export a sparx EA project file to HTML with either our matrix of data, or an image representation of the data matrix?

Title: Re: Exporting to HTML drops graphics in linked doc
Post by: tim-southerland on November 18, 2010, 08:21:37 am

we found that one work around is linking documents to the EA artifacts using a relative link,  exporting the project to HTML, and then adding a new folder to the exported data called "documents"

The problem with this solution is that document folder is not visible through EA, and users can't interact with it ( they have to manage files in that folder using tools that are external to EA).   Also, EA doesn't allow you to track & commit linked documents with its version control system natively.  (this can be done by using tortoise or another svn client, external to the tool).