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Suggestions and Requests / Can't change File Paths when building DDL

« on: July 14, 2004, 02:31:24 pm »

I have just finished designing my SQL 2000 database in EA and went to build the DDL.  After right-clicking on the Project, choosing "Code Engineering", then "Generate DDL..." I get the Generation dialog.  I choose all my tables and my options, including "Individual File for each table", then click Generate.  It asks me for a path for each file and generates.

Now, how do I change that path?  The only way I could figure was to generate using the single-table method via right-clicking my table on my diagram and following much the same process as above.  It seemed to save the path, but I'd hate to have to do this with each and every table!  

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Suggestions and Requests / SQL field comments get messed up after DDL import

« on: July 14, 2004, 02:38:26 pm »

When I reverse my SQL 2000 table back into my EA diagram (with selecting the "Synchronize Table Comments" option) it messes up all the comments for the fields (attributes).  I'm not sure what it's doing, but it copies some comments over others, shuffles some, and leaves some untouched.

E.g.
Before synch:
Field 1:  Comment 1
Field 2:  Comment 2
Field 3:  Comment 3
Field 4:  Comment 4
Field 5:  Comment 5
Field 6:  Comment 6

After synch:
Field 1:  Comment 1
Field 2:  Comment 2
Field 3:  Comment 2
Field 4:  Comment 5
Field 5:  Comment 3
Field 6:  Comment 6

It's really weird, and I've reproduced it a few times now.

I know that when I generate the DDL it uses the wrong Name for the sp_addextendedproperty call (it uses 'remarks' when it should be using 'ms_description'), but even if I don't fix this it still messes up my comments in EA after the import.  Very odd

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Suggestions and Requests / Uhhh, sorting really needs help

« on: November 04, 2003, 01:39:16 pm »

Would it be at all possible to give some customization to the Project View sorting?  Right now it seems to do a binary sort alphabetically, which is rather irritating.  If I create a new element it appears at the top of my very long list of elements (in my case, stored procedure elements) and I can't order it where it belongs in the list without pressing the "move up" or "move down" button a hundred times.  Yes, better classification of projects would be good, but we have all our stored procedures organized as they are in the database so there's one big project with all the proc elements.

On that note, when I run SQL Profiler to watch what goes on when I re-order a single node I start to weep uncontrollably.  :)

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Suggestions and Requests / More columns in Link table in Properties dialog

« on: November 04, 2003, 01:34:06 pm »

It would be helpful to have more columns in the Defined Associations table on the Link tab on the Properties dialog.  Why?  Because when viewing what is referencing a particular element you only see the name of the referencing element but it may just be an Action on a diagram, such as "Get User Name" pointing to the GetUserName stored procedure.  If, in addition to having Object, Type, and Connection we could also have Stereotype, Container, and perhaps other info about the Container that would be great.

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General Board / Re: XMI inport error

« on: November 07, 2007, 10:08:42 am »

Just tried the 8  it and got the same error

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General Board / XMI inport error

« on: November 07, 2007, 09:26:02 am »

I am attempting to load the HL7-RIM xmi file and I get the following error:

Error:
Code = 0xc00ce51f
Source = Line :1; char : 5
Error Description = Invalid Unicode character

Any assistance with resolving this problem would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks
daveo

Here are the first few lines of the input file:


<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-16' ?>
<!DOCTYPE XMI SYSTEM 'uml.dtd' [
<!ELEMENT uisToolName (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT uisDiagramName (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT uisDiagramStyle (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT uisDiagramPresentation (Foundation.Auxiliary_Elements.Presentation*)>
<!ELEMENT UISDiagram (uisDiagramName, uisToolName, uisDiagramStyle, uisDiagramPresentation*)>
<!ATTLIST UISDiagram xmi.id ID #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT uisOwnedDiagram (UISDiagram*)>
<!ELEMENT UISModelElement (uisOwnedDiagram*)>
<!ATTLIST UISModelElement xmi.id ID #REQUIRED>
<!ENTITY bs "&#38;#08;">
<!ENTITY vt "&#38;#11;">
<!ENTITY ff "&#38;#12;">
]>
<XMI xmi.version = '1.0'>
 <XMI.header>
   <XMI.documentation>
     <XMI.exporter>Unisys.IntegratePlus.2</XMI.exporter>
     <XMI.exporterVersion>4.0.3</XMI.exporterVersion>
   </XMI.documentation>
   <XMI.metamodel xmi.name = 'UML' xmi.version = '1.1'/>
 </XMI.header>

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Generate XML from a UML class diagram

« on: April 23, 2010, 02:12:40 am »

Using EA Professional 7.5.850 I am trying to generate XML from a UML class diagram.  Working from the instruction on http://www.sparxsystems.com/resources/xml_schema_generation.html I have successfully imported the XSDDataTypes Package.    When I click on the “The UML Profile for XML “ link the “XSDProfile.xml” file comes up empty.    Where can I get this file?