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General Board / Re: Adding Constraint--Guard in rtf document

« on: September 25, 2014, 06:58:05 pm »

Hello KN,

as I am currently trying to assemble an RTF template, I came across your post.
I assume you can get that information via

Code: [Select]

connector >
{Connector.Guard}
< connector

Best regards,
Björn

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General Board / Re: Technical user sufficient for MySQL connection

« on: September 22, 2014, 08:18:21 pm »

Wow,

four answers within 100 minutes including an outstanding comprehensive one.

Thanks to all participants but especially to Uffe for those details.

Björn

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General Board / Technical user sufficient for MySQL connection?

« on: September 18, 2014, 07:09:37 pm »

Hello,

I have successfully set up my EA to connect to a MySQL DBMS via ODBC following the instructions at http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/10/projects_and_teams/upsizingtomysql.html. Thus, I can now share the EA projects through this DBMS.

Unfortunately, the MySQL instance is of a somewhat older version (5.1) which does not allow authentication via LDAP (corporate Active Directory). Therefore, I see three options how my fellow colleagues may connect their EA to the DBMS:

• Everyone connects with the same technical user
• Create one MySQL user ID for every colleague using EA. (The admin has to do that and also set a password.)
• Upgrade to MySQL 5.5 or higher (which supports LDAP authentication)

As options 2 and 3 impose some effort, I wonder whether option 1 might be sufficient. That is:
Is one technical user ID sufficient in an ODBC connection to a MySQL database for multiple concurrently working EA users?

Notes:

• As I understand, MySQL differentiates connections by user ID and source host. Therefore, if both colleagues A and B connect with the same technical_user, MySQL would still see them as technical_user@computer-of-A and technical_user@computer-of-B, respectively.
• As EA requires a separate database per project (as I understood it), this case is only relevant for users working concurrently on the same EA project.

Best regards,
Björn

EA 10.0.1009

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Connector input field "weight" is always disab

« on: October 24, 2014, 04:56:30 pm »

Hello,

I have reported the bug and the answer is

This issue has been reported previously by another user also and is logged as a bug to be fixed. We cannot yet say when (in which build) the fix will be implemented.

Björn
CF (Corporate Floating / cystic fibrosis)

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Bugs and Issues / Connector input field "weight" is always disabled

« on: October 21, 2014, 09:12:51 pm »

Hello,

I wonder how to use the input field for Weight on the connector properties dialog, as shown in this screenshot:


As I understand from the UML specification, weight can be applied to control flows as well as object flows in an activity diagram. I tried various such scenarios in EA, like

• Action to action (as in screenshot)
• Object to action
• Activity with object node to activity with object node

However, the input field is always disabled.

Can anyone describe how to enable it?

Best regards,
Björn

EA 10.0.1009
WinXP