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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Doc Generation: t_attribute.default gives error when running query

« on: February 21, 2020, 07:21:13 am »

There will be no solution w/o knowing the full SQL statement.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Own MDG using Diagram Frame similar to SysML or State Machine

« on: February 21, 2020, 07:19:32 am »

OK, I'm now on 15.1, but shall I do now...?
I tried again, but all I could do is place an Element "DiagramFrame" in the Toolbox which I have to drag into the diagram manually.
But what I wanted is, that the frame automatically appears and change its size if elements are dropped in.
Are there any solutions to solve this?

Thx
cRossi

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Own MDG using Diagram Frame similar to SysML or State Machine

« on: February 17, 2020, 06:03:48 pm »

Hello Eve,
thanks for answering.

The only way to get both of your requirements is the metamodel view. Usually the sticking point people have with that is that the UI doesn't show it in a page for your profile. Instead it's available under the corresponding base diagram type.

No nice, but OK. I did that already.

In order to achieve the grouping of your types within your views you need to define a single toolbox profile within your technology. Your custom views will then act like filtered versions of that toolbox. I think that behavior was added to 15.1.

I know how to create that, but I was not able to assign that to my view.
How do I do that?

Thx
cRossi

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Own MDG using Diagram Frame similar to SysML or State Machine

« on: February 16, 2020, 10:03:17 pm »

Hello,
I'm looking for way how I can do Diagram Frames in my own MDG with own defined diagram types and toolboxes, like they are automatically created when a State Machine or SysML diagram is created.

But everything I try, I do not get this ability.

I did so far:

• https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.1/modeling/custom_diagram_types.html
• https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.1/modeling/custommetamodelview.html

With the first option I got my new diagram type with its corresponding toolbox, where elements and connectors can be separated in the Toolbox, but I can't enhance the SysML / State Machine diagram to get the Diagram Frame as shown in SysML Block Definition / Internal Block or State Machine.

The second option allows to enhance the SysML diagram (incl. the Diagram Frame) and also the Toolbox, but here all enhanced elements are in the same sub-group of the Toolbox, so connectors and elements are mixed.

Are there any other options I did not see to achieve the following things with (one) MDG?

• Diagram Frame automatically created when diagram is created
• Toolbox with separated object types, e.g. elements and connectors

Thx
cRossi

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Change UML Profile for StrategyMap

« on: June 29, 2019, 05:07:38 am »

Maybe I'm to stupid for this, but non of the nice Helpers is really working with this Extension for me. The only and really easy thing I'd like to have within the StrategyMap objects named above is to set another default color and for some of them whish to add addtional tags with a pre-selection of values, but this it not working or to complex to me. For "normal" standard UML objects this is really easy and helpful, but with is MDG extension stuff in use, it's completely oversized and useless. I only whish to have a pre-defined profile imported as a UML Profile and not to create an oversized MDG thing just to adjust the colors, this is ridiculous. Sorry  for saying that, but are there any other useful and easy to handle options to do this? Because I really don't want to do a kind of Master Diploma out of this.

cRossi

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Change UML Profile for StrategyMap

« on: June 29, 2019, 02:59:06 am »

OMG, I didn't see that it should really be Stereotype :: Stereotype, but than the Helper doesn't help or work for that, because you can't choose these Stereotype objects.

But I still have a problem that I can't export the model / package anymore. I always get an error that a line or something is not found and than EA breaks down.

I'll try again...

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Change UML Profile for StrategyMap

« on: June 29, 2019, 02:50:57 am »

OK, here my steps:

I do have a model type "Class" in a package with stereotype "profile".

1. open the model - Toolbox for profile is available
2. choose "Metaclass" from Toolbox
3. select "Stereotypes" in dialog "Extend Metaclass"
4. choose "StrategyMap"
5. select some of the Stereotype objects
6. click on OK

=> all selected object appear as "Stereotype" and not as "Metaclass" objects

Try to go on with "Profile Helpers | Add Stereotype" will fail because the requested object type are neither from type "Element Extension" nor available in "Metaclass Extension" because they are not set as metaclass.


Now I also tried to set the Stereotype manually to "Metaclass" which seems to work, but as soon as I want to export the saved profile I get an error and EA breaks down.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Change UML Profile for StrategyMap

« on: June 29, 2019, 01:55:05 am »

Thanks for the quick replay and tried to do so, but as soon as create a "metaclass" object based on a Stereotype in the <<profile>> diagram it is automatically placed as "Stereotype" object. And when I follow the instructions above to create an additional stereotype based on the "new" metaclass object, I do not see the new metaclass object. So it's not possible to add / change the stereotype of a StrategyMap.

Or is it the right behavior and for this the new stereotype shall become an extention of the existing stereotype?
Or do I do a mistake somewhere?


I'm confused?!
cRossi

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Change UML Profile for StrategyMap

« on: June 28, 2019, 03:13:44 pm »

Hello,
I'm using the StrategyMap extension to model Flow Charts with extended objects like In-/Outputs, Reports etc. For those I'd like to extend the behavior of the Stereotypes by adding additional tags with a given selection. For "normal" = standard UML types like Class, State, Acitivity etc it working proper, but I can not figure out how to do this with StrategyMap Stereotype objects like
- FC_Process
- FC_Report
- FC_InputOutput
- OC_Role
- VC_PrimaryActivity

Is there change to do this, and if yes how to do?

I tried to add "StrategyMap::FC_Process" name stereotype class linked to my metaclass in the Profile diagram, export and import it, but this is not working.

Is it possible to import the StrategyMap MDG and modify this, and how?


Thanks a lot
cRossi

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Problem trying to set a section to Landscape mode

« on: November 13, 2018, 10:30:26 pm »

This topic is still active and not working correct in the current Version 14 !

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Document generation: change orientation

« on: November 13, 2018, 10:28:33 pm »

Maybe I'm to stupid for this, but it's still not working.

Now I also have trouble with the Header / Footer which is also not working. In my template it shows the correct format, but when the document is created it mix up the formatting from the Header into the Footer.

Who designed and implemented such a useless and ugly function....?

Changing the page layout from portrait to landscape and back should be standard function for diagrams.

It's a shame to do this stupid thing manually in Word, I'm really upset and the help from Sparx itself was never so useless like it is on this Topic.

Where are the right and good working examples for this, the provided Videos doesn't give a helpful answer aswell.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Master document not showing 'First Page Header/Footer' from applied template

« on: November 13, 2018, 10:11:50 pm »

I haven't tried to use 1st page, but I did a Cover Page with a different Header / Footer which works.

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Bugs and Issues / Document generation: change orientation

« on: September 27, 2018, 05:58:07 pm »

Hello,
I do have two section breaks in the (main) Document Template with changing the orientation 1st from portrait to landscape and 2nd from landscape back to portrait. The included Template Fragment between the two section breaks is already defined in landscape. All other Template Fragments are in portrait mode, and I guess it could also be inside the Template.

The Document Template looks like:

(Portrait mode)
<package>
{Template Fragment #1} :: portrait
<element>
{Template Fragment #2} :: portrait
----- Section Break ----- (change to landscape)
{Template Fragment #3} :: landscape
----- Section Break ----- (change to portrait)
{Template Fragment #4} :: portrait
<child elements>
{Template Fragment #5} :: portrait
</child elements>
</element>
</package>

The Template Fragment is also in landscape mode and doesn’t have any additional section breaks and Looks like:

(landscape mode)
Text
<custom>
{field}
</custom>

My Problem is, that the it works the first time, but the second time the landscape section still stays in Portrait mode.

In Word are the section breaks visible and the orientation can be changed manually for these sections.

Does anyone know what I can do?

Thanks and greetings
Christian

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General Board / Re: Set Default Status

« on: September 07, 2018, 05:42:07 pm »

Has anybody found a solution to this, I currently also have this problem. We redefined the values and "Proposed" still appears as initial value.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Font size of Swim Lanes not persistent

« on: July 23, 2018, 09:22:08 pm »

Same to me, font size within the swimlane diagram changes after saving, closing and reopen the diagram.

AND (!!!) it's also not consistent to the Web-Pulished diagrams, there is a kind of standard size which can't be changed somewhere because it's a Picture