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Suggestions and Requests / Check file "newness" during code enginee

« on: October 03, 2003, 02:47:27 pm »

It would be nice if EA kept track of the last time a file was generated and/or reverse engineered, and then compared this to the file time stamp on the next forward/reverse engineering opteration, and finally warned the user if the operation could potentially overwrite something.

For example, if I generate a file, change that generated file outside of EA, and then attempt a forward engineering operation (again), a warning that I am about to do something silly (and lose the changes) would be nice.

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Glossary

« on: September 18, 2003, 02:08:04 pm »

I would like to be able to generate the glossary (only) to an RTF document for inclusion in a master Word document.  
I anticipate this could be set up using a virtual document.
JEff

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General Board / Applying styles from format toolbar

« on: December 04, 2003, 09:25:27 am »

Just a quick sanity check: should I be able to change the font size of a note using the "apply style" button from the format tool bar?
I can affect lines and font color using the styles...

JEff

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General Board / Re: Analysis -> Design

« on: September 19, 2003, 08:25:24 am »

Using one file is best.
JEff

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General Board / Re: Objects in sequence and collaboration diagrams

« on: October 06, 2003, 12:55:23 pm »

Tried it with build 646.  Things are a little closer to what I expect: if a sequence (object) is created in a sequence diagram, it can be placed (as a simple link) into a collaboration diagram without a separate object being created.  
Of course, though, it is placed in the collaboration diagram as a "sequence", complete with the cute dotted line.
Upon further examination, the collaboration diagram really doesn't seem suited for specifying an interactive diagram (that showns messages between objects). There doesn't seem to be a way to specify messages between objects (the sequence message wants to always be horizontal, among other clunkiness problems).
No big deal...just use sequence diagrams.

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General Board / Re: Objects in sequence and collaboration diagrams

« on: October 06, 2003, 06:31:39 am »

Are you using the latest build?  I am using 3.60.645 on Windows 2000.

Hm. I am using build 644 on Win2K.  Next time I upgrade, I'll check it again.

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General Board / Objects in sequence and collaboration diagrams

« on: October 02, 2003, 03:04:19 pm »

Here's a question about objects that show up in a sequence and collaboration diagrams.  My understanding is that the two diagrams can show nearly the same information, so I would expect that an object can show up in either diagram.

Attached is a screen shot of the project browser for an example.  The "User Interface" package contains a sequence diagram and a collaboration diagram.  The bottom three icons represent "sequence elements"--per EA help files.  The middle two icons represent objects.


Here is the story: I created the sequence diagram first, and instantiated objects using the outlook bar, which resulted in the three "sequence elements". I would expect I could then instantiate this object into a collaboration diagram.  (Instantiate in the sense of putting the sequence element in the new diagram as a simple link.)
However, when I drag-and-drop a sequence element into the collaboration diagram, a new object is created. These are how the two objects were created in the above example.

How is the object in the collaboration diagram different from the sequence element in the sequence diagram?  Or, why is a new, separate object created? And how can I track that they are instances of the same thing (as the design progresses)?

Here's the twist: If I first create an object in the collaboration diagram (dragged from the outlook bar), and then drag-and-drop it from the project browser into the sequence diagram, no new sequence element is created--the object itself shows up in the sequence diagram.

Comments that shed some light on this behavior are appreciated...
JEff

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General Board / Merging custom & default code template changes

« on: October 06, 2003, 06:47:09 am »

With regard to code generation templates, how does one "merge" changes to the default templates with one's local/custom changes?
This is an issue now that the templates are changing with new releases.

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General Board / Re: Code generation template for enum in C++?

« on: October 06, 2003, 06:37:21 am »

The Class Body template template is overriden for attribute- you'll see "enumeration" listed as one of the stereotype overrides for ClassBody.

Excellent  The secret is that the "override" template list changes depending on the current base template selected.

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General Board / Code generation template for enum in C++?

« on: October 03, 2003, 01:54:25 pm »

Anyone know which template controls generation of an enumeration stereotyped class for C++?

I tweaked the ClassBody template to adjust class output to use my brace style and indentation for attributes, but I can't find the stuff that code generation uses for an enumeration.
JEff

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General Board / How do I skip .cpp file generation?

« on: October 03, 2003, 02:28:31 pm »

For forward code generation of a class in C++, how do I skip generation of the implementation file (*.cpp)?

I tried unchecking the option: "Synchronize CPP file", located in the "Code Generation" portion of the dialog under the option: Generation->C++ Specfication.

"Why?" you may ask.  I am generating the .h file to define an enumeration.
"Why do you care?" you may ask.  I am easily confused by superfluous files.

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General Board / Simple way to copy/apply Font formatting?

« on: September 25, 2003, 01:24:15 pm »

Is there a way to copy and apply font "styles" (font, size, underline, color, etc.) to text?
My specific circumstance is adding diagram "hyperlinks" to a summary diagram (sort of like the first page of the new example). Do do this, I drag the diagram from the project browser into the current diagram, and the hyperlink that results has the same ol' small, black, not-underlined font. For each new hyperlink, I manually change the appearance with the Set Font... context menu. I find this non-optimal, as my wrists and elbows only have so many mouse clicks in them.

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General Board / Build 615: Code generation with C++ initializer

« on: June 17, 2003, 02:03:24 pm »

I can't seem to get initialized values in attributes to show up in generated/synchronized code, per 615 build note: "Added support for picking up initializer lists in .CPP file and correctly re-synching the same on ".

I tried:
(forward) Created class with attribute sample_int, initialize: 1.  Generated code (with overwrite file).  Nothing special happens in C++ land.
(reverse) With same class properties in EA, changed .cpp constructor to ClassName: sample_int(1){. An import causes the class attribute "initial:" spec to go away.
(reverse 2) Changed .h/.cpp to have an inline constructor in .h file with the same code.  An import yields the same behavior ("initial:" property goes away).

Any suggestions for mastering this potentially clever new feature?
JEff

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General Board / Reports with issues

« on: April 15, 2003, 10:39:07 am »

Some of the "issues" features a little fuzzy for me. The Project->Issues menu allows entry, listing, and reporting of project-wide issues. The neato System Workspace docking window, with Model Issues tab, (seems to) correspond to this same set of issues.

There is also an "Issue" entity (from the Custom toolbar) which I can insert in diagrams.  Is there a correspondance between these entities and the issues accessible in the System Workspace window? What's the best way to generate a report of all issue entities scattered throughout my model?

Thx,
JEff

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General Board / Changing mouse/meta-keys behavior?

« on: April 10, 2003, 08:49:10 am »

Can one change the default behavior of mouse input in combination with meta-keys?  
I am accustomed to scrolling and zooming actions for typical Microsoft products, and duplicating this behavior in EA would one less thing to learn and remember.  For example, CTRL+mouse wheel zooms in/out, SHIFT+mouse wheel scrolls horizontal, etc.