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General Board / XMI import problem

« on: July 18, 2007, 05:24:18 pm »

I'm trying to load a package from a large XMI file in EA but it inconsistently generates various error messages i.e. "DAO.Database[3035] System resource exceeded", "DAO.Database[3052] File Sharing lock count exceeded, Increase ...". When i load the package from several small XMI files (exported for sub-packages) it works fine but for complete package with a big XMI file it just crashes every time. Is there any maximum model or file size limit known in this scenario?
The problem persists in both 6.5 and 7 versions.

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General Board / How EA specify Composite diagram

« on: April 26, 2007, 06:02:34 pm »

Hi;
I'm trying to use composite structure diagram but struggling to specify following concepts in EA.
1. Specifying an instance which is non-composite part of the containing classifier. According to the UML2 specs [page-187], it should be represented by dashed border, but in EA, i couldn't find how to do it.
2. Role of an instance is suppose to be shown in a format roleName:ClassifierName, as per UML2 specs [p-190]. In EA, using role and name fields under general property tab, I get it in a format like Name/Role. Does Role field here have some other use.
I wonder if there is any specific way or work around to do it according the UML specs.
Thanks.

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Uml Process / Re: EA crashes while batch exporting XMI

« on: August 24, 2007, 12:51:53 am »

Here is the final response from Sparx...

"We have identified and fixed this issue for Build 816. The problem occurred when exporting large number of Sequence Diagrams."
As a work-around till Build 816 is released, please Batch Export without the package containing lots of Sequence Diagrams.

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Uml Process / Re: EA crashes while batch exporting XMI

« on: August 19, 2007, 04:38:38 pm »

I'm using EA version 7.0 build 815 and exporting in XMI 2.1.

If you observe the EA memory usage during this process, most probably you'll understand the reason .

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Uml Process / EA crashes while batch exporting XMI

« on: August 16, 2007, 07:28:02 pm »

I wonder if someone else has also run into similar bug!

If you batch export multiple control packages, after exporting  few packages, EA start throwing error messages i.e "required resource not available" and after few attempts EA just crash.

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Uml Process / Re: Book recommendations

« on: July 13, 2007, 12:41:19 am »

See if this article may help, http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/275129.htm

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Uml Process / Re: UML book recommendations?

« on: February 12, 2007, 10:37:40 am »

well, if you are still looking, try Object Oriented Design & Patterns by Cay Horstmann, 2nd Ed. from Wiley. It's a good elementary level book in reference to the UML, includes heaps of Java examples.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Exporting XMI 2.1 to UModel from EA

« on: September 03, 2007, 05:12:05 pm »

Have you tried to export with 'Enable full EA Roundtrip' unchecked in EA?
and excluding EA Tagged Values.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Importing\Exporting reference data

« on: August 23, 2007, 11:37:20 pm »

Fortunately, EA has provision to load reference data from menu 'Tools/Import reference data' but unfortunately it doesn't have any method in it's exposed automation interface to perform that kind of operations.
If you got to load these data through automation due to various reasons, you'll find no way to do it.

I'm wondering if other people also have run into similar situation. I'll appreciate if you could share your experience/ knowledge.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Automation Interface

« on: June 07, 2007, 10:12:37 pm »

I'm just wondering if anyone can help me in using a number of methods in EA automation interface. It is quite frustrating that there are various methods (i.e. RunCommand and SetLocalPath in EA.App) which you find something useable and are seems to be provided for usage but there is no information about them in any provided documentation and help.
Does anyone know how to perform EA specific operations (e.g. Prject Integrity Check) through automation.