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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Is the RTF generator the way to go for EA?
« on: June 14, 2006, 07:34:20 am »
One of the biggest benefits to me with using EA is to be able to generate requirements documents.
For this to useful, it should be possible to attach a Word template (with all the company headings, sections and text styles) to the RTF generator.
It should then be possible to insert (drag and drop) the EA RTF sections into _specific places_ into this document.
OR
allow me to just type the XML straight into my Word template.
This way, I only have to do ONE generation of my RTF report to generate my updated requirements document. Also, new projects can reuse my Word template.
I have been trying all day to try and achieve RTF report generation containing the glossary and the requirements with the least effort and encountered the following problems:
- RTF generator screws up my formatting and I can't use the company textstyles.
- Can't add EA sections wherever I want in my template - it only wants to put the elements in sequence, and I get the protected text error.
- I tried doing it "the other way round", i.e. use EA to only export sections that I then link into my Word document.
The problem with this is that:
- I have to do the export for each section I want to use(glossary and requirements) AND REMEMBER to change output file.
- Every time we start a new project, we (presumably) have to recreate these export files, since the RTF export exports to RTF format, but the import imports in XML format.
For this to useful, it should be possible to attach a Word template (with all the company headings, sections and text styles) to the RTF generator.
It should then be possible to insert (drag and drop) the EA RTF sections into _specific places_ into this document.
OR
allow me to just type the XML straight into my Word template.
This way, I only have to do ONE generation of my RTF report to generate my updated requirements document. Also, new projects can reuse my Word template.
I have been trying all day to try and achieve RTF report generation containing the glossary and the requirements with the least effort and encountered the following problems:
- RTF generator screws up my formatting and I can't use the company textstyles.
- Can't add EA sections wherever I want in my template - it only wants to put the elements in sequence, and I get the protected text error.
- I tried doing it "the other way round", i.e. use EA to only export sections that I then link into my Word document.
The problem with this is that:
- I have to do the export for each section I want to use(glossary and requirements) AND REMEMBER to change output file.
- Every time we start a new project, we (presumably) have to recreate these export files, since the RTF export exports to RTF format, but the import imports in XML format.