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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: BPMN Pools and Lanes

« on: March 14, 2007, 04:28:07 am »

Here is what I learned about lanes and pools:

There are three alternative approaches for indicating that a lane is
owned by a specific pool:

a) You can show the lane enclosed by the pool on a diagram;
b) You can have the lane owned by the pool in the Project View hierarchy; or
c) You can set the "Pool" tagged value for the lane element.

You can use all three in combination if you wish, but each individual
approach is unambiguous on its own. Unfortunately, the add-in isn't able
to automatically update tagged values when elements are moved in the
diagram or Project View, or vice versa.


Michelle

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: BPMN Pools and Lanes

« on: February 26, 2007, 07:10:52 am »

I ended up exchanging a bunch of ideas directly with Sparx technical support.  I can forward you those emails if you provide me your email address.  Mine is [email protected]

Michelle

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: BPMN Pools and Lanes

« on: January 05, 2007, 07:49:01 am »

Thank you.

When I say "according to the tagged values", I mean that I set the tagged values manually (creating lanes within the pool) and EA seems to retain that data.  But I agree with your observation that nothing you do in a diagram has any effect on the tagged values.

I'm new to EA (and BPMN).  Do we wait now for someone from Sparx to pick up this thread and either explain what we're doing wrong or acknowledge a problem?

Michelle

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: BPMN Pools and Lanes

« on: January 05, 2007, 06:31:53 am »

With the BPMN Add-In (Add new Diagram menu item).  According to the tagged values, the lanes are part of the pool once the pool is dragged into the diagram but they don't show up.

Thanks

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: BPMN Pools and Lanes

« on: January 05, 2007, 05:26:03 am »

Thanks for the reply.  When I drag a pool (with lanes) into a diagram from the project browser, the lanes don't appear inside the pool.  Should they?

Michelle

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / BPMN Pools and Lanes

« on: January 03, 2007, 11:17:28 am »

I am using the BPMN add-in (version 1.3) for EA 6.5.  I'm creating pools and using the tagged values to create lanes in the pools.  The dialog box seems only to allow me to create one lane per pool.  What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Michelle L