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Bugs and Issues / Re: Pro Cloud Server Installation

« on: April 19, 2018, 10:08:34 pm »

Thanks for the help guys, we have now sorted this issue out.  It turns out that when installing 'Pro Cloud' onto a virtual machine in a domain the software needs domain Administrator rights when running the installation, not just local admin for some reason.  Not sure if this is unique to our system though.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Pro Cloud Server Installation

« on: April 18, 2018, 07:01:33 pm »

Thanks for the replies, I was already using administrator rights but I have cut the section of the install log as below.  I have followed all the relevant install instructions that I can tell.
Below is a couple of sections from the full log that appear to show more relevant information.

Property(S): SOURCEDIR = C:\temp\Sparx\Pro Cloud Server\
Property(S): SourcedirProduct = {0183B92E-372D-41A9-8926-AC143B1A62C7}
Property(S): ProductToBeRegistered = 1
MSI (s) (AC:AC) [09:18:39:709]: Closing MSIHANDLE (4) of type 790542 for thread 7084
MSI (s) (AC:AC) [09:18:39:709]: MainEngineThread is returning 1603
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:709]: RESTART MANAGER: Session closed.
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:709]: No System Restore sequence number for this installation.
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:709]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:709]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:709]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:725]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts 3: 2
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:725]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts 3: 2
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:725]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (s) (AC:A8) [09:18:39:725]: Destroying RemoteAPI object.
MSI (s) (AC:60) [09:18:39:725]: Custom Action Manager thread ending.
MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:39:725]: Back from server. Return value: 1603
MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:39:725]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:39:725]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting SECONDSEQUENCE property. Its current value is '1'.
Action ended 09:18:39: ExecuteAction. Return value 3.
MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:39:725]: Doing action: FatalError
Action 09:18:39: FatalError.
Action start 09:18:39: FatalError.
Action 09:18:39: FatalError. Dialog created
Action ended 09:18:48: FatalError. Return value 2.
Action ended 09:18:48: INSTALL. Return value 3.
Property(C): UpgradeCode = {F432B290-FF73-4273-9114-9C606A93DEDA}
Property(C): LicenseAccepted = 1
...

Property(C): INSTALLLEVEL = 1
=== Logging stopped: 18/04/2018  09:18:48 ===
MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:48:616]: Note: 1: 1708
MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:48:616]: Product: Sparx Systems Pro Cloud Services -- Installation failed.

MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:48:616]: Cleaning up uninstalled install packages, if any exist
parx Systems Pro Cloud Services. Product Version: 2.0.17.7. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Sparx Systems. Installation success or error status: 1603.

MSI (c) (58:5C) [09:18:48:616]: MainEngineThread is returning 1603
=== Verbose logging stopped: 18/04/2018  09:18:48 ===

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Bugs and Issues / Pro Cloud Server Installation

« on: April 18, 2018, 02:29:25 am »

Hello,
We are currently trying to run the professional cloud services installer on Windows Server 2012. It appears to work for a few minutes then the installer stops and displays a "rolling back action" message.

The system log states the following:-
‘Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Sparx Systems Pro Cloud Services. Product Version: 2.0.17.7. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Sparx Systems. Installation success or error status: 1603.’

Do you have any ideas why the installer will not run all the way to the end?  We are running this on our database server running MySQL.

Thanks,
Richard

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General Board / Re: Issues with report generator

« on: July 02, 2016, 02:42:40 am »

Thanks on both counts, Geert.

I'm still mystified why I can't get the filters to work correctly but I suppose SQL will work instead.

The image I was going to upload for the original question is as follows:



Thanks,
Richard

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General Board / Issues with report generator

« on: July 02, 2016, 12:00:41 am »

Hello,
I am trying to generate a report that contains a subset of the diagrams in a package. Some of the diagrams are state machines that are tied to blocks so the project looks something like this:

Code: [Select]

-Model
  -Package
    -Block definition diagram
    -Sequence diagram
    -Block1
      -StateMachine
        -StateMachine Diagram
    -Block2
      -StateMachine
        -StateMachine Diagram
(By the way, how do you attach a diagram to a post? When I press the Insert Image button all I get is an opening and closing img tag with no option to select a file.)

I am familiar with master and model documents. If for example I only wanted to export the StateMachine diagram for block 2 to the report, how would I do it?

I can only point the model document at a package so how can I filter on just the one state machine diagram?

Any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks,
Richard

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General Board / Re: Limiting glossary in report to definitions and parameters

« on: May 23, 2016, 11:10:50 pm »

Thanks for the advice, Geert. I had a slightly earlier version installed so that might have been the issue.

Richard

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General Board / Re: Limiting glossary in report to definitions and parameters

« on: May 21, 2016, 01:10:33 am »

I haven't changed anything and suddenly it has decided to work! I guess the question is answered

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General Board / Re: Limiting glossary in report to definitions and parameters

« on: May 20, 2016, 11:47:45 pm »

Maybe I could put the question slightly differently:

If you were using Master / Model Documents and you wanted to include the Glossary as a Model document but only for parameters and definitions, how would you do it?

My approach is as follows:
1. Create a fragment with a custom tag. Put the SQL I included earlier in the Custom Query section.
2. Create a template with a package tag. Drag the fragment from step 1 inside the package tag.
3. Create a master document and add a model document to it.
4. Set the RTFTemplate of the model document to the template created in step 2.
5. Drag a package from the browser onto the model document. I chose the same package that the master document sits in. If I don't add a package nothing comes out. It doesn't seem to matter what package I drag on, so I selected one that requires minimal analysis by EA.

It's a bit convoluted but means I can tag the glossary on to the end of any report.

Thanks,
Richard

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General Board / Re: Limiting glossary in report to definitions and parameters

« on: May 20, 2016, 11:20:38 pm »

Thanks Uffe. My first thought was that there might be something wrong with the query but I tried it in the search window and it was fine. The fact that it is also displaying the report correctly is also an indication that it is not an issue of returning no rows.

Regards,
Richard

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General Board / Limiting glossary in report to definitions and parameters

« on: May 20, 2016, 09:03:18 pm »

Hello,

We are using the EA report generator in 12.1 to generate custom reports. Our glossary has a lot of terms so we want to restrict it to definitions and parameters.

I was hoping to use the filters built into the report generator but I couldn't find anything that looked like it did the job so I resorted to custom SQL.

I created  a fragment with the following (MySQL) SQL:

Code: [Select]

Select
  t_glossary.Term As Term,
  t_glossary.Type As Type,
  t_glossary.Meaning As "Meaning.Formatted"
From
  t_glossary
Where
  (t_glossary.Type = "Parameter") Or
  (t_glossary.Type = "Definition")
Order By
  Term
The Meaning.Formatted is so that formatting is maintained when the glossary is printed. Otherwise you get <b> </b> instead of bold text, for example.

When I run the report, I get the following error message:

Code: [Select]

Error:
Code = 0x0
Source - Line : 0; Char : 0
Error Description = (null)
Not very helpful! However, the report does seem to be generated OK.

Can anybody shed any light on this or suggest a way of making it work without the error message?

Thanks,
Richard

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General Board / Re: Report generator inserting &lt instead of <

« on: May 20, 2016, 02:30:29 am »

Hi Geert,

It works! The instructions on the link you provided are a little confusing so here's how I did it:

In the (MySQL) SQL query, I used to have the line:

Code: [Select]

Select objRequirement.Note As ReqText
I now have the line:

Code: [Select]

Select objRequirement.Note As "ReqText.Formatted"
When I added the field to the table in the report, I used to have:

Code: [Select]

{ReqText}
I now have the field:

Code: [Select]

{ReqText.Formatted}
The article you referenced says {Name}<fieldname>.Formatted which I don't think explains it well.

Anyway thanks to your help, notes fields can now be displayed with the formatting that appears in the Notes box.

Thanks,
Richard

P.S. It was good to meet you at last at the EA User Group Conference!

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General Board / Re: Report generator inserting &lt instead of <

« on: May 17, 2016, 03:12:40 am »

Thanks Geert, I'll give that a try but not tomorrow because I'll be at the EA user group conference in London.

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General Board / Re: Report generator inserting &lt instead of <

« on: May 16, 2016, 07:32:06 pm »

Thanks for the response Geert. We are using the document generator but the data is being generated by a SQL query using a Custom section.The document generator doesn't seem to be translating the text from the Note field correctly. I don't see how I could integrate the API function into this.

Maybe your talk on Advanced Documentation tomorrow in London will cover this  .

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General Board / Report generator inserting &lt instead of <

« on: May 14, 2016, 02:29:14 am »

Hello,
We are using SQL (MYSQL) to generate data using a custom query for a report. Is there something we can do to stop the report generator from substituting &lt in place of the "<" symbol? The same applies to ">" and "&". The report also contains the glossary but characters are correctly displayed here.

Thanks,
Richard

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General Board / Re: Changing default diagram properties

« on: May 12, 2016, 06:01:34 pm »

Sorry Steve, not an expert on this.