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Enterprise Architect => Uml Process => Topic started by: chesterw on June 13, 2024, 10:40:01 pm

Title: How to Make Diagram Element Property Fields Required Using MDGs
Post by: chesterw on June 13, 2024, 10:40:01 pm

Hello EA Sparx Community,

I am currently working on a project in Enterprise Architect and utilizing MDG Technologies. I need to ensure that some of the property fields for specific diagram elements are mandatory or required.

Could anyone guide me on how to configure these settings within MDGs? Specifically, I am looking for a way to enforce that certain properties must be filled out by users when they are creating or modifying elements.

For example, if I am creating a activity, the name of the activity must be filled out or you cannot create the activity.

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Best regards,
Chester

Title: Re: How to Make Diagram Element Property Fields Required Using MDGs
Post by: qwerty on June 14, 2024, 08:05:22 am

You would probably need in an add-in to check and eventually croak when a new element is created.

(there is no need to post the same question in two forums)

q.

Title: Re: How to Make Diagram Element Property Fields Required Using MDGs
Post by: chesterw on June 19, 2024, 10:41:38 pm

Quote from: qwerty on June 14, 2024, 08:05:22 am

You would probably need in an add-in to check and eventually croak when a new element is created.

(there is no need to post the same question in two forums)

q.

Hi q, thank you for the reply! Could you elaborate a bit on how the add in could work?

Title: Re: How to Make Diagram Element Property Fields Required Using MDGs
Post by: qwerty on June 21, 2024, 06:49:56 am

Sort of ... You subscribe to the new-element-creation event and when your routine is called you simply check the contents and eventually croak. Geert has a nice description on "how to create an add-in in 10 minutes". (It takes a bit more than 10 minutes but within a day even I was able - with no Cxx and Windoze background.)

q.