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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: Rob_M on March 29, 2004, 04:32:00 pm

Title: Embedding Gifs/Jpgs etc.
Post by: Rob_M on March 29, 2004, 04:32:00 pm

I would like to see a capability within EA that would allow the embedding of pictures of various types into the RTF generated documents.

As an example of how this could be generated, consider a new object type in the Custom drawer called "Picture". By dragging in the picture to the diagram, a box, much like the 'Screen' object appears.

Next, in the "Files" tab, we enter in the name of a file that represents the picture. When the RTF documentation is generated, the generator observes that the object type is picture, then pulls in the file representing the picture into the document.

In this way 'pictures' that describe interfaces, algorithms etc. could be embedded in EA generated documents.

Rob M

Title: Re: Embedding Gifs/Jpgs etc.
Post by: sargasso on March 29, 2004, 05:06:22 pm

Add a boundary object (on the UML elements toolbar)
Right click, select Appearance, then Select Alternate Image
;)

Bruce

Title: Re: Embedding Gifs/Jpgs etc.
Post by: Rob_M on March 30, 2004, 08:20:40 am

Thanks a bunch Bruce, thats exactly what I was looking for.

(How much is Geoffrey paying you?  ;) )