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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: dangel on September 05, 2015, 08:38:20 am

Title: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA API
Post by: dangel on September 05, 2015, 08:38:20 am

Is there any SDK explains how can I update some tagged value Types  in my Enterprise Architect Project, using API C# coding

Thanks

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: dangel on September 05, 2015, 10:00:01 am

I did the following code but no effects on EA Tagged Value Types

            EA.TaggedValue XX = new TaggedValue();
            XX.Name = "XX";
            XX.Notes = "ZZ";
            XX.Value = "AZ";
            XX.SetAttribute("XX", "ZZ");
            XX.Update();
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an error occurred , no results :(
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Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: Geert Bellekens on September 05, 2015, 03:57:08 pm

You cannot create tagged values like that. You have to add it to an element.

Code: [Select]

EA.TaggedValue MyTaggedVal = MyElement.TaggedValues.AddNew("XX","");
Geert

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: dangel on September 05, 2015, 11:17:38 pm

Thanks for your replay, I am developing an EA-Tool in order to extract some information from EA.Repository, but I want to insert new Tagged Value Types to the  repository not only to the elements, and later on I will call a function to link that Tagged Value to all elements in my diagram.

So is there any API to add/insert global Tagged Value Types from my Add-Ins.

Thanks

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: qwerty on September 06, 2015, 12:43:56 am

You mean the Default Tagged Values from the Tagged Values window?

q.

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: dangel on September 06, 2015, 12:59:30 am

yes  :)

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: qwerty on September 06, 2015, 03:29:54 am

There is no API. You need to put them into t_propertytypes via Repositroy.Execute

q.

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: Eve on September 14, 2015, 09:22:09 am

Try the Repository.PropertyTypes collection.

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: Pawel Zubkiewicz on September 14, 2015, 10:11:09 pm

The code that Geert gave is proper one.

Here you have a method that I wrote for adding TaggedValues to the element:

Code: [Select]

private bool addTaggedValue(EA.Element req, string tagName)
        {
            TaggedValue tag = req.TaggedValues.GetByName(tagName);
            if (tag == null)
            {
                const string defaultValue = "";
                var element = req.TaggedValues.AddNew(tagName, defaultValue);
                element.Update(); //must be executed in order to save new tagged value
                req.Update(); // is it needed?
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
the AddNew method comes from Collection API (link nr 4).

I also recommend those help files for you to uderstand what is going on:
1. http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12/automation_and_scripting/element.html
2. http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12/automation_and_scripting/element2.html
3. http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12/automation_and_scripting/taggedvalue.html
4. http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/12/automation_and_scripting/collection.html

Title: Re: How can I INSERT / UPDATE a tag value using EA
Post by: Tomek S on October 01, 2015, 11:16:55 pm

I had the same problem to solve and Simon solution is the only correct for this question.
Thanks Simon!

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Try the Repository.PropertyTypes collection.