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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: falwick on June 15, 2012, 04:13:52 pm

Title: Difference between quick link and toolbox-Problem
Post by: falwick on June 15, 2012, 04:13:52 pm

Greetings

When I use Quick Link and define EA.Connection witch EA.Element
EA send me events in this order

EA_OnPreNewElement
EA_OnPostNewElement
EA_OnPreNewConnector
EA_OnPostNewConnector

In OnPostNewElement I wish to obtain information whether new Element was created using QuickLink in context element (ElementID) or information that Element was created by dragging from Toolbox

I try use event EA_OnContextItemChanged or GetContextObject () method for Repository class but it returns me only current selected object so when I select some element from Toolbox and drag it  I get the previously selected  object as context object, and not the proper context object or NULL, whichever is true.

Reproduced Situation

First Situation

On Use Case Diagram
1)Make Actor
2)From Actor with  Quick Link select UseCase ->Use
In Event EA_OnPostNewElement method GetContextObject() returns  Actor

Second Situation

1)Make Actor select this Actor
2)From toolbox drag UseCase
In Event EA_OnPostNewElement method  GetContextObject() return  Actor // but it's wrong, context should be null or something that was created from toolbox


Thanks for help