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General Board / Re: Adding tagged values to certain elements

« on: December 16, 2014, 10:38:43 pm »

Maybe that C# implementation will help you:


EA.ConnectorTag tag = message.TaggedValues.AddNew("operation_guid", "String");
                        tag.Value = method.MethodGUID;                        
                        tag.Update();

                        message.TaggedValues.Refresh();
                        message.Update();


That's the example how to add Tagged Value to connector element.
But "TaggedValue" is available in other elements too.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: EA 12 - Invoking Update() on Connector -> EA C

« on: September 08, 2015, 05:49:29 pm »

Thank you for quick answer.
Workaround works fine.

I will create a bug report today.

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Bugs and Issues / EA 12 - Invoking Update() on Connector -> EA Cr

« on: September 08, 2015, 12:42:53 am »

Hi,

I was working very long time on implementing C# plugin for generating custom communications diagrams. And it was working great until version 12 appears .

I have found that there's a significant change in internal API (in ver.12) implementation, which causes EA crash when I'm trying to Update() programatically instance of Connector class.

After some investigation I have found that for some reason, some person decided that now it's impossible to create and Update()  Connector instance with type 'Collaboration' between:
- 'Actor' and 'Object' or even between two 'Object's

Of course it's possible to create that manually. I checked exported xml file and I have found that:

<UML:TaggedValue tag="ea_type" value="Collaboration"/>
<UML:TaggedValue tag="direction" value="Source -&gt; Destination"/>
.....
<UML:TaggedValue tag="ea_sourceType" value="Actor"/>
<UML:TaggedValue tag="ea_targetType" value="Object"/>

It worked perfectly in previous version 10 and 11.
Could someone can help me ?

Thank in advance.

Code pieces:

//simple connection between Actor(root of diagram) and first class 'Object'
EA.Connector connector = previous.m_diagramElement.Connectors.AddNew("", "Association");
connector.SupplierID = current.m_diagramElement.ElementID;            
connector.Direction = "Source -> Destination";            


//Manually you should  'Add Message from XX to YY" by selecting from previously created connector on diagram submenu (RMB)
//To achieve the same programatically I created message connector
EA.Connector message = previous.m_diagramElement.Connectors.AddNew(functionData.MethodName, "Collaboration");
message.SupplierID = current.m_diagramElement.ElementID;
message.Direction = "Source -> Destination";

connector.Update();
message.SupplierEnd.Ordering = 1;            
message.ClientEnd.Aggregation = connector.ConnectorID;            
message.ClientEnd.AllowDuplicates = true;
message.ClientEnd.Ordering = 1;
message.Update() <<--------------- Here is a crash

When I use try catch statement, the exception message is:

'Collaboration' is not legal for Actor --> Object' !!

Why it's possible to do it manually, I don't understand  

Is it possible to set in C# code that I want to use Lib with version 10 or 11 ?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: AddNew ConveyedItems Collection for a  Connect

« on: January 29, 2015, 01:09:22 am »

It's C# code:

EA.Connector newConnector = yourElement.Connectors.AddNew("", "Association");//or other types ass "Collaboration" etc.
newConnector.ConveyedItems.AddNew("", "");

( in VB it should be almost the same)

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Sorting connectors in report

« on: January 28, 2015, 11:37:11 pm »

Why can't you add all connectors names to some List or Dictionary, and sort them after that ?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / How to change a color of EA.Element ?

« on: January 21, 2015, 02:39:07 am »

Hi,

I would like to know if someone can help me with changing a color of EA.Element problem ?

Thank you.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: C# - Adding "Add message from .. to .. "

« on: December 19, 2014, 09:56:40 pm »

I have checked 0,1,2 and neither of those options works.

Maybe I have discovered some hidden feature

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: C# - Adding "Add message from .. to ..

« on: December 19, 2014, 07:53:51 pm »

Strange but it works only this way.

If I will add that "message connector" to "asscociate connector" by hand then in database field "SourceIsAggregate" for "message connector" is set to "associate connector" id.

In C# I have achieved the same result like that:

EA.Connector associateConnector = SOME_DIAGRAM_ELEMENT.Connectors.AddNew("", "Association");
        EA.Connector messageConnector = SOME_DIAGRAM_ELEMENT.Connectors.AddNew("", "Collaboration");
        ....
        EA.ConnectorTag tag = messageConnector.TaggedValues.AddNew("operation_guid", "String");
        tag.Value = method.MethodGUID;
        ....
        messageConnector.TransitionGuard = "retval=" +   method.ReturnType + ";params=;paramsDlg=" + ....;
        messageConnector.StyleEx = "aliasparamsTO=" + ..... + ";";
        messageConnector.TransitionAction = "Call";
        messageConnector.TransitionEvent = "Synchronous";
        messageConnector.Name = method.Name + .... + ")";
        messageConnector.ClientEnd.Aggregation = connector.ConnectorID;
        messageConnector.ClientEnd.Update();  

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: C# - Adding "Add message from .. to .. "

« on: December 19, 2014, 02:53:59 am »

Ooops, I tried it before, but it didn't work.
Because I forgot about calling update.

So now it's more simple:

message.ClientEnd.Aggregation = connector.ConnectorID;
message.ClientEnd.Update();

Thank you.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: C# - Adding "Add message from .. to ..

« on: December 19, 2014, 02:11:15 am »

I have fixed that.

The solution is to run SQL command:

string sqlQuery =
"UPDATE t_connector SET SourceIsAggregate=" + connector.ConnectorID + " WHERE Connector_Id=" + message.ConnectorID;
m_repository.Execute(sqlQuery);

All thanks to 'qwerty' help. Thank you very much once again.

Maybe someone has idea how to do that without using SQL executions?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: C# - Adding "Add message from .. to .. "

« on: December 17, 2014, 12:15:27 am »

Thank you for you support.

Unfortunately too many information appears after executing that query.
I can't find something useful there. More logical connection I can find in exported xml file.
And I don't know why I should search in whole repository.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: C# - Adding "Add message from .. to .. "

« on: December 16, 2014, 11:28:34 pm »

xref content hasn't change in exported xml file.
Only extendedProperties tag values have additional values as "message_link"

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: C# - Adding "Add message from .. to .. "

« on: December 16, 2014, 07:45:34 pm »

I have been trying to simulate in C# the same "behaviour" which I have achieved adding element by hand.

1) I have 2 diagram object - Actor and WriteInt Object

EA.Element element = m_interaction.Elements.AddNew("", "Object");
EA.DiagramObject diagramObj = m_diagram.DiagramObjects.AddNew("","");

2) I have created 2 connectors:

a) Assocation connector between those elements.
b) Second connector ( from exported .xml I know that's connector with Collaboration setting ) can be added using "Add message from .. to .. " from "Association" connector context menu.

If you do that by hand you will see line between Assocation and Collaboration connectors. I want to do that in C#.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / C# - Adding "Add message from .. to .. "

« on: December 16, 2014, 03:44:59 am »

Hi,

I have created 2 connectors in C#;

First:

EA.Connector connector = previous.m_diagramElement.Connectors.AddNew("", "Association");

Second:

EA.Connector message = previous.m_diagramElement.Connectors.AddNew(functionData.GetMethodName(), "Collaboration");

All refresh and update parts of code have been added
It works fine but I can't connect those two with arrow.
( which you can easly do using options "Add message from .. to .. " from "Association" connector context menu.

I have found in exported xml file that for "Collaboration connector" in extProperties "message_link" variable has been added with 1st connector GUID as value.

<extendedProperties stateflags="IsReturn=false;" virtualInheritance="0" message_link="EAID_AC5CF663_AF22_41ec_80D2_BD526F97913B" diagram="EAID_0B72E9F3_1B43_4505_A059_87963183DB4C" privatedata1="Synchronous" privatedata2="retval=bool;params=;paramsDlg=nameSpace, Key, data;" privatedata3="Call" privatedata4="0.4" privatedata5="SX=-98;SY=3;EX=-68;EY=3;"/>

I have no access to extProperties.
Question is how to simulate that connection in C# (not by hand) ?

Please help me Thanks in advance.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Setting order of Messages

« on: December 19, 2014, 08:19:22 pm »

After I run my "C# generator" my diagram looks like that:

                      [Actor]
0.3 WriteInt ---   |
                      [Class1]
0.2 WriteData ---  |
                      [Class2]
0.1 Execute ---       |
                      [Class3]

Sorry for that kind of presentation.
So, as you see order is wrong. On that diagram
- lines between Actor , Class1, Class2 represents "Association" connector
- lines from method name to "Association" connectors represents "Collaboration/Message"connector (when you click on that you have Message Property window)
- Class1-3 are Object Instances diagram objects

So , I think now you should understand my problem with order.