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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: modifying selected text of Element.notes

« on: August 14, 2020, 06:44:29 pm »

Thanks for the replies.

My mistake for not making it clearer in OP
- Uffe's interpretation is/was correct - thanks for a confirmation of what I was afraid of :-)

Although the Repository.GetFieldFromFormat and Repository.GetFormatFromField are indeed interesting functions, afaik they will not help me in the screnario

Let's say I've got element notes like this:
"Example element note" -i.e. the note with a part of it bold

If I then call something like: Session.Output(Repository.GetFieldFromFormat("html",selectedElement.Notes));
I'll get

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Example [b]element [/b]note
This could allow me (in conjunction with GetFormatFromField) for example find all bold parts of a note and add a font color to them

But what I want to do is to select/highlight part of the text and run a script, which would add pair tags around the selection - e.g. let's say i select/highlight "Example", I'd run a script and it the output would be

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Example [b]{startOfTxtInsertedByScript}element {/endOfTxtInsertedByScript} [/b]note

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / modifying selected text of Element.notes

« on: August 14, 2020, 05:55:31 pm »

Hello,

I was wondering - is it somehow possible to access (in a script) only a selected part of the Notes property?

The Element.Notes property only allows me to work with the text as a whole. I'd like to run a script which could modify the selected part of the notes property.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / How to create a custom button in a Model-add-in custom tab?

« on: March 19, 2020, 11:24:55 pm »

Hi

I'm trying out the model add in functionality a little more.  The example model shows us how to add a custom add-in tab via EA_OnContextItemChanged,  BuildSummary and AddPropertiesTab

So far I can use the add-in tab to create a list of values. But what I'd like to do is create a few custom buttons in the custom tab.

Could somebody give me a hint (or even better, write a piece of code) how to create a functional custom button?

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Show all feature requests

« on: July 20, 2019, 12:47:32 am »

I too would appreciate seeing list of my requests/bug reports - and their status. And being able to upvote helpful feature request would be nice too. Sometimes it gets a little frustrating not knowing if anybody is working on an issue you have reported...

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General Board / Re: V15 diagram tabs - how to turn off the "linked" diagrams?

« on: July 19, 2019, 11:10:30 pm »

This feature was added in EA 15 RC1 (build 1504). From the build 1504 release notes:
"Added support for web style back navigation when following a hyperlink on a diagram"

You can disable this new feature and restore the previous functionality by opening Start > Desktop > Visual Style and disable the option "Enable Diagram Browser Navigation".

I believe this is a feature with a great potential. But could you change it, so the user could either open a new tab, or continue in the same tab -differently in every case (like in browsers)?
It would be nice if user could set a default behavior and use the alternative behavior in conjunction with another key - prefferably ctrl, or any (configurable) key. Similar behavior is even now possible with deleting - you can delete element on the diagram (DEL), or delete element from the model (ctrl+DEL).

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Model based add-ins - reloading

« on: July 19, 2019, 10:54:18 pm »

Thanks for the replies.

I believe the solution could be quite simple. Just add a button to behavior editor, which would: save code, disable edited add-in and then re-enable it. Maybe one could make the button visible only when editing an element with the JavaScriptAddin stereotype...

Anyways - I believe it should/could take minutes to make (admittedly more time to test), but it would help (me and other users) A LOT :-)

I've posted this as priority request for a feature. I really hope the developers will make this happen... :-)

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Model based add-ins - reloading

« on: July 12, 2019, 01:36:00 am »

Hi, qwerty :-)

Thank you for your reply. However, I must admit I’m not sure If we understand each other (and if I made myself clear).

The functionality I write about is creation of Model Based add-ins (the first link in the previous post). I believe it has been added in the EA 15, which is still in RC status. Version EA 14 and older could only use “standard” add-ins, which use .dll COM files.

When I try to change something in a standard add-in (available in EA14 and older), I think I have to close EA, then compile the code to create a new version of .dll and then start EA again (usually in debug mode). I don’t know how to update a standard add-in without closing EA altogether, because the compiler won’t let me update a file that is being used (“used by another process” error).

The Model Based add-ins allow me to edit code while running EA and even update the plugin without closing EA. I just have to disable and re-enable the add-in. What I’d like to know if there is even faster way to propagate a change in a model based add-in. Specifically it would be nice to have something like a save+update add-in option in the behavior editor.

If you know a way, how to update a standard add-in without closing EA first, please let me know - it would be a great help  . And if you know how to update a model based add-in more easily than by steps: save, Manage add-ins -> uncheck Load on startup, Manage add-ins -> check Load on startup, it would be even better 

S.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Model based add-ins - reloading

« on: July 11, 2019, 09:39:26 pm »

Hello, fellow EA users and/or developers :-)

I`ve been trying out the new EA's 15 feature - Model based add-ins

The only manual I`ve found so far is this one: https://community.sparxsystems.com/white-papers/1277-enterprise-architect-15-model-based-javascript-addin and latest api`s: https://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/automation/repository3.html

I`m quite adept with EA's scripting and somewhat familiar with normal add-ins. I`ve managed to modify the functionality in the example model.

Now, to the issue itself: unlike the scripting, I can`t simply save a version of my add-in and run it/see the results. It seems like I have to reload it first. I found out I don`t have to reload EA/model - I can reload the add-in by unchecking and subsequent checking of the Load on Startup checkbox in Manage Add-Ins. Nevertheless, that still seems a little bit tedious. Maybe there is a quicker way - like a button right “under the nose”, I fail to see :-) … 

Looking forward to hearing any advice/input... ;-)