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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: thais on September 19, 2010, 09:58:13 pm

Title: creating sequence diagrams using api
Post by: thais on September 19, 2010, 09:58:13 pm

Hello,
I want to create a sequence diagram using the api of EA.
My problem is I can´t find a way to display the return from a function call and I don´t know how to display nested function calls.
Thanks for you help.

Title: Re: creating sequence diagrams using api
Post by: Geert Bellekens on September 20, 2010, 03:23:56 pm

Thais,

See http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1283517063/1#1 for the isReturn property.

As for the nested function calls, If I needed to find out I would:
- Make a regular message on a sequence diagram
- Inspect the t_connector table for this message
- Change this message into a "nested message"
- Compare the record in t_connector to the previous one (look first at pdata and style fields)

Whatever is changed is what defines the "nested" aspect.

Geert

Title: Re: creating sequence diagrams using api
Post by: thais on September 22, 2010, 02:26:26 am

Thanks for your help.
But how can I set those PDATA fields?

http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1283517063/1#1

Title: Re: creating sequence diagrams using api
Post by: Geert Bellekens on September 22, 2010, 03:45:13 am

You can read them using the Element.miscData(index), but that property is read-only.
If you need to edit them use Repository.Execute(SqlString). This undocumented operation will execute any sql string you pass to it.

Geert