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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: Oliver Michalski on July 12, 2005, 04:41:52 am

Title: Creating a new MDG Technology File
Post by: Oliver Michalski on July 12, 2005, 04:41:52 am

I wanted to store adapted UML profiles by creating a new MDG Technology File. At the point in the  MDG Technology Creation Wizard, where i am selected the profiles, i select a Directory and nothing is available.

I don't know, whether I do something wrong or  this is a bug

Any Suggestions?

Thanks
Oliver Michalski :-[

Title: Re: Creating a new MDG Technology File
Post by: Eve on July 12, 2005, 07:37:14 pm

Sorry to ask the obvious, but are there any profiles in the directory you selected?

Profiles will be xml files and it may force the root element of the document to be a UMLProfile.

It works if I have a valid profile in the directory I've selected.  You can get some existing profiles from http://sparxsystems.com.au/resources/developers/uml_profiles.html to try.

Simon

Title: Re: Creating a new MDG Technology File
Post by: Oliver Michalski on July 12, 2005, 10:18:38 pm

Hi Simon,

I tested the affair also with the profiles of Sparx.  Same result - no files available. At present I can create only empty MDG Technology files.  :'(

Thanks
Oliver

Title: Re: Creating a new MDG Technology File
Post by: Oliver Michalski on July 12, 2005, 10:43:34 pm

Supplement:

Only the "Adding of profiles dialogue" does not function. All other dialogues (e.g. Patterns) are oK

Thanks again
Oliver

Title: Re: Creating a new MDG Technology File
Post by: Eve on July 13, 2005, 09:33:14 pm

I've done a bit of digging (and asking) and now have a reason why nothing is showing up.

The wizard is enforcing uml2 style profiles.  This is because the profiles before EA 4.0 are not fully compatible with MDG Technology files.

What this means:
If you are the author of the profiles you want to include, make sure that you are exporting it as UML 2.0, not EA Pre-4.0.

If you aren't the author, then you'll need to see if you can get the author to provide one for UML 2.0.

Additional note:
The profiles that are at the link I provided in my previous post were actually written before EA 4.0, and are not UML 2.0 profiles.

Title: Re: Creating a new MDG Technology File
Post by: Oliver Michalski on July 13, 2005, 11:51:12 pm

Hi Simon,

thanks for the reference.  I will try it with UML 2 conformal profiles

Yours sincerely

Oliver Michalski  :)

Title: Re: Creating a new MDG Technology File
Post by: Oliver Michalski on July 14, 2005, 01:52:30 am

Functioned  :D

Thanks again
Oliver