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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: heffalump on April 08, 2003, 07:01:30 am

Title: Collaboration diagrams
Post by: heffalump on April 08, 2003, 07:01:30 am

In build 3.51/600 on the collaboration diagram, if I miss out a message and add it later it would be nice to have the numbering part of that set, rather than simply the next number available on the page. So if I want it in set 1.*, but I have got to set 4.*, the new message goes into 4.* set. Or have I simply not discovered how to do this? A number of us tried but could not. I should say we are newcomers to EA.

Title: Re: Collaboration diagrams
Post by: Fintan on April 10, 2003, 03:03:09 am

Hi,

I absolutely agree.

We need a way to specify / change the numbering on collaboration diagrams, with the default being the way that things are done now.

At the moment if I need to add a new message in the middle of a sequence I must delete all messages after the point at which the new one is entered.  Then add the new one and re-enter all the ones that I have deleted in their proper order.

Regards,

Fintan

Title: Re: Collaboration diagrams
Post by: Darren Lock on April 10, 2003, 05:57:32 am

I guess, in a similar vein, it would be good to see an option to copy a sequence diagram. This is most useful when creating a number of scenario variations that have similar sequence of events but different parameters/conditions.

Title: Re: Collaboration diagrams
Post by: fwoolz on April 10, 2003, 06:04:42 am

I agree that alternative numbering scemes need to be possible.  In particular, I would like to see a scheme that clearly indicates concurrency.  In addition, deeper hierarchies (e.g., MM.NN.PP) should be allowed.

Cheers,
Fred Woolsey

Title: Re: Collaboration diagrams
Post by: kelly_sumrall on April 21, 2003, 12:48:31 pm

heffalump and Fintan,

You can organize your collaboration messages in the collaboration diagram by right clicking on a blank section of the diagram and selecting the 'Sequence Collaborations...' context menu item.  This brings up a dialog box that allows you to adjust your sequencing.

darrenp_lock,

I seem to remember a posting within the past few weeks that addressed converting a sequence diagram to a collaboration...
thinking/searching...yes, here it is:
http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=general&action=display&num=1049225212&start=4

It is answered by Fintan saying it currently can not be done, but is being considered for a future release.

Cheers

Title: Re: Collaboration diagrams
Post by: cris on June 11, 2003, 02:24:01 am

It seems the collaboration message numbers can only have 2 leves, i.e: 1, 1.1, 1.2, etc.
Is there a way to use more nesting levels?
(i.e: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, etc)

Thanks!