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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: Ian Mitchell on December 03, 2022, 01:10:44 am

Title: Visual Studio to EA Sequence Diagrams - finally!
Post by: Ian Mitchell on December 03, 2022, 01:10:44 am
After many years of searching, I've finally found a way to take information from a running Visual Studio project, and create a sequence diagram in EA from it.
The source data is pulled from VS by a little tool called Runtime Flow, which creates an XML file of the execution, which I then parse to create an SD inside EA. This isn't a completed product, but if you're already using Visual Studio then the code is very straightforward, and it gives a reasonable picture of what's happening inside your code.
If anyone would like a copy of the source, please contact me at [email protected], and I'll send it to you. We might even make some improvements together!
Title: Re: Visual Studio to EA Sequence Diagrams - finally!
Post by: Geert Bellekens on December 03, 2022, 02:28:32 am
Didn't that exist already?

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsSGDggjtWs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsSGDggjtWs) and fast forward to 16:29

How is your solution different?

Geert

PS. Also a very useful video for those that suffer from insomnia ;D
Title: Re: Visual Studio to EA Sequence Diagrams - finally!
Post by: Ian Mitchell on December 08, 2022, 03:30:37 am
This is another example of where if only I did EVERYTHING in EA, then all would be well.
But I don't want to add all my code into EA, then use EA as my dev environment and debugger - I have Visual Studio (and all the other VS tools and addins) for that.
That's why I need a solution which lets me develop in a development tool, but model in a modelling tool.
Title: Re: Visual Studio to EA Sequence Diagrams - finally!
Post by: Geert Bellekens on December 08, 2022, 04:19:14 am
That's why I need a solution which lets me develop in a development tool, but model in a modelling tool.
Revolutionary! ;D

Geert