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General Board / Empty DBMS Datatype listbox (eval)

« on: August 16, 2003, 12:06:32 pm »

Hi,

I'm running an evaluation copy of EA and want to play around with the DDL generation.  When I create a column, the Datatype listbox is empty.  My first assumption was that I needed to set the type of database server I'm using.  I've spent a little time looking through the online help but haven't found a way to set the DMBS type.  Am I missing something or is this feature not available in the trial version?

Thanks for any help you can give,
Brian

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General Board / Re: Sequence Diagrams and underlined object names

« on: February 17, 2003, 01:54:59 pm »

I did notice that I could create an object (with underlined name) on a sequence diagram by dragging one from the toolbar.  This doesn't allow me to reuse the work I did when defining the classes.  

Can someone tell me if I can do the following:  I want to drag classes from my model onto a sequence diagram with the result being that an object of the class type is added to the diagram.  I would like to be able to assign an instance name to the class like <instnace>:<class>.  Then, when I create messages from one instance to another, I would like to be able to select from the list of available operations defined for the class.

The only thing wrong with dragging the classes from my model to a sequence diagram is that the name is not underlined to indicatet it's an instance. I can even name the instance as I mentioned above.

Is there an option somewhere that I can chage to have the instance names underlined?

Thanks again.

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General Board / Sequence Diagrams and underlined object names

« on: February 17, 2003, 11:00:17 am »

Hi,

I'm new to EA, having used Rose in the past.  I'm really enjoying how light-wheight EA feels.

I've noticed that the objects on my sequence diagrams do not have their names underlined.  I'm used to seeing that.  Without the underline, the items look like classes rather than objects.

How do I get the objects to show their names underlined in a sequence diagram.  I've been adding the objects to sequence diagrams by dragging classes from the logical model.

I suspect that I'm missing something.

Thanks for your help.