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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: workingmatt on March 28, 2023, 07:10:18 am

Title: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: workingmatt on March 28, 2023, 07:10:18 am

My MDG Technology has element and connection stereotypes defined as usual and all works for the most part. When I click on a blank area of a Profile diagram type, its custom name (Profile::DiagramName) appears in the status bar in the bottom left corner of EA. When an element with an MDG stereotype is selected on a diagram its custom name (Stereotype name only) appears. When a connector with an MDG sterotype is selected on a diagram its metatype name appears in the Status Bar.

Is there a way to alter the connector name shown in the Status Bar to match the MDG's stereotype? I've tried _alias attribute in the connector's attributes.
Is there a way to show the Profile name of the element down there too as per the diagram? (Less important, but nice to have consistency with diagram naming).

Title: Re: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: workingmatt on March 28, 2023, 09:41:55 pm

I'm guessing this is YAEAB and I should repost in the bugs forum?

BTW _alias didn't change the Status Bar text.

Title: Re: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: qwerty on March 28, 2023, 10:59:02 pm

I could not find the _alias in the V15 docs. Is that new with V16? If so: report a bug.

q.

Title: Re: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: workingmatt on March 29, 2023, 04:52:34 am

I'm using v15.2.1559 Ultimate Edition

I was just giving _alias a punt, it did change the name of the connector in some parts of the GUI, just not in the status bar.

Title: Re: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: qwerty on March 29, 2023, 09:02:19 am

You don't have the link to the docs by any chance?

q.

Title: Re: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: workingmatt on April 01, 2023, 12:06:08 am

Here's the link to 15.2 Special Attributes: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.2/modeling/supportedattributes_2.html (https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.2/modeling/supportedattributes_2.html)
There is no mention of _alias although it does do something.

Matt.

Title: Re: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: qwerty on April 01, 2023, 07:03:52 am

So you can't report a bug since you found "something" and nothing documented. You probably have to burry your hope. Send a feature request and be very patient.

q.

Title: Re: MDG Connector Name in Status Bar
Post by: workingmatt on April 04, 2023, 07:27:02 pm

Adding the _alias attribute changed the name of the connector in some windows/views but not the status bar. I guess it'll be worth raising a feature request to add a function to set the status bar text and adding a bug about the inconsistency in the current naming used for different things in the status bar.