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Suggestions and Requests / Some Requests

« on: December 11, 2008, 08:03:58 pm »

Hi!

The Enterprise Architect is a very good product and in our company we use several tens licences. For further increase its usefulness for us, we would like to see some more feature, trying to concentrate on these which can be considered rather simple:

RTF documentation:
-      The possibility to enter some metadata to header/footer. Like the package name or something from tags.
-      An auto-resize for images in attached documents or at least the proportional resizing.

Testing:
-      Default sorting of the tests by name.
-      Possibility to permanently change the order of test types (e.g. so that the Acceptance is always the first).
-      More statuses for tests, maybe a possibility to define custom.
-      Possibility to copy the list of tests to the clipboard/export it to txt/csv/rtf/whatever.

Searching:
-      Make the searches shared for all users which use the project file. Like with all other data (custom views...)

Misc:
-      Toolbar buttons for fast check out/check in of a version controlled package.

More complex requests:
-      It would be really, really good, if the status of an element/package could be set by the statuses of all its tests. I.e. if at least one test is [ch8220]failed[ch8221], the status of the parent would be the same. And so on.
-      Generally more options for customizing the testing. I[ch8217]m sure there are already requests like this one.
-      Continuous spellchecking.

Otherwise thanks for the good work!

As for the other readers, please feel free to add your requests

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Status colors with pattern filling support

« on: December 02, 2008, 02:06:34 am »

So, how's the work going on?

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Test Case - extended functionality

« on: October 16, 2008, 12:18:25 am »

Excellent idea, Transition Technologies!
In our company we would certainly wellcome more robust testing documentation / tracking.

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General Board / Search for all instances of objects

« on: January 05, 2009, 09:07:19 pm »

Hi!

I'd like to make a search which would also look to where an elements/package is also used as an instance (link).
For example there is a package which is also used in other diagrams. I'd like a search to show where this element/package is also used or how many times total.
Something like with Ctrl+U (Element Usage) but in SQL/Extended Search.

Thanks for your help

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General Board / Re: RTF template - Adding Data to Header/Footer

« on: December 10, 2008, 10:02:36 pm »

The only way to do it I've found is to define a RTF template outside EA with header, footer, styles, ... and to import it in your RTF template at the beginning. Use File/import to do this.

But can you make this way so that the header included e.g. the package name?

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General Board / Re: RTF template - Adding Data to Header/Footer

« on: December 10, 2008, 08:48:35 pm »

Seems it is still not possible

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General Board / Re: How to share Search Models?

« on: November 28, 2008, 10:54:59 pm »

Thanks for your answer!
How exactly can I edit the MDG file?

I followed some instructions in the help and in this forum and changed the MDS file:

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<MDG.Selections model="P:\QA\Test Model\CFD Test Model.eap">
      <Technology id="CFD_mdata" name="CFD Shared" version="1.0" notes="Used to store shared metadata for the CFD Test Model, specially the searches." filename="P:\QA\Test Model\MDG_CFD1.xml"/>
  <ModelSearches file="P:\QA\Test Model\searches1.xml"/>
</MDG.Selections>
I think it is actually a bug in the EA, becuase other data, for example Model Views, are automatically usable by all users. But they don't work anyway, because the searches included in the Model Views are not shared/usable by all.

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General Board / How to share Search Models?

« on: November 26, 2008, 12:31:12 am »

Hi!
Some people in our company work on with one EA project file. However when I create a Search Model, others do not see it, even when they re-load the project (or close/open it). The only solution is to export the search to an xml file and import it.
Surely they must be an easier solution. Please recommend, thank

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General Board / Simple link info in a Shape Script?

« on: November 25, 2008, 02:23:06 am »

Hi!
I created a nice shape script, however I'd also like to add info about its parent package when I pasted this element as a "simple link". It is normally displayed as something like "From XY".
Edit: I found it can be done via:

println("#packagename#");

But now I'd likt it to be displayed only if the object is linked (pasted as a link).

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One more question, if I may: Is it possible to change a Shape Script default font? So it is at least as with other default Stereotypes?

Thanks

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General Board / Element appearance according to test results?

« on: November 20, 2008, 02:11:23 am »

Hi!

We have some tests "attached" to an element (Use Case, but that is not important, is it?). And we would like this element to change its appearance/colour according the tests results. E.g. if they all OK, the element would turn green. I know it can be done manually by change its stereotype, but it is not automatic.
And it would be nice, of the parent package would change its appearance according to the results of its elements.

Hope I'm clear enough.

Thanks for your help

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Bugs and Issues / Wrong indent for lists in notes

« on: November 24, 2009, 09:53:24 pm »

Hi!

Currently we are using EA 7.1 and now I'm evaluating the newest version 7.5.850. On one side it solves some previous issues, on the other side, it bring some new like the problem with bulleted lists being improperly generated in RTF:

In EA it looks OK:



But in the RTF, it is not so good, the text does not indent correctly:



No matter what I do, check to use the format for notes defined in the template, edit various styles in the template etc., it still stays this way.

Is this just another bug?

Thanks for your help :-)

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Space before bullets in generated RTF

« on: February 05, 2009, 08:42:05 pm »

It sill does not appear to be solved
Not even "Use style defined in template for notes" does help.