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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: mv01d on January 08, 2014, 01:43:30 am

Title: Modify the Default Appearance of EA objects
Post by: mv01d on January 08, 2014, 01:43:30 am

How do I modify the default appearance of a specific object via the object model. As far as i can see. the object properties are stored in the t_object tabel (e.g t_object.Backcolor).

Thanks for your help!

Title: Re: Modify the Default Appearance of EA objects
Post by: qwerty on January 08, 2014, 08:44:12 am

For unknown reasons the API has a number of limitations. You can modify t_object columns via Repository.Execute ("UPDATE t_object..."):
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From my Inside book.

q.

Title: Re: Modify the Default Appearance of EA objects
Post by: mv01d on January 08, 2014, 09:27:47 pm

Tanks for your advice! I'm using Enterprise Architect 10. I just checked the EA.Repository object for a possibility but there is only a SQLQuery method which fails on update statements like UPDATE t_object SET Backcolor=-1 WHERE Object_ID=3 with:

DAO.QueryDef [3141]

The SELECT statement incluides a reserved word or anm argument name that is misspelled or missing, or the punctuation is incorrect.

Title: Re: Modify the Default Appearance of EA objects
Post by: qwerty on January 08, 2014, 10:13:31 pm

As said: use Repository.Execute, not SQLquery.

q.

Title: Re: Modify the Default Appearance of EA objects
Post by: Geert Bellekens on January 08, 2014, 10:52:04 pm

Quote

As said: use Repository.Execute, not SQLquery.

q.

Execute is a hidden, non documented operation, but it does exist and works just fine.

Geert

Title: Re: Modify the Default Appearance of EA objects
Post by: mv01d on January 09, 2014, 02:45:25 am

Ok, you are right. Execute is one of the [TypeLibFunc(64)] marked methods from the IDualRepository.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Modify the Default Appearance of EA objects
Post by: mv01d on January 16, 2014, 05:56:00 pm

REMARK:

Indeed there is a method for altering the default appearance of EA objects:

SetAppearance (long Scope, long Item,  long Value)

http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/10/automation_and_scripting/element2.html