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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / How to change icon in project tree

« on: April 09, 2013, 04:11:20 pm »

Hi

When the user modifies an element I need to change the icon in the project tree (behavior like in an programming IDE)

How to go about that - any pointers ?

thanks

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / DBMS Repository  - Diagram lock problem

« on: March 19, 2013, 02:24:40 am »

Hi

given : EA 9.3 using DBMS repository with required edit lock

when my add-in creates elements, they get automatically locked

except for diagrams ?

When I use diagram.ApplyUserLock() add-in related things (rename diagram for example) work

BUT : user cannot unlock the diagram  ??
So it stays locked indefinitely
(until an administrator steps in I would imagine)

We're all EA newbies here, so my first question is : should this work ?  
have we missed a configuration setting ?

thnx for any insight - help - solution

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / trigger on drop of pattern on diagram ?

« on: March 14, 2013, 07:57:52 pm »

How does an add-in gets triggered when a pattern is dropped on a diagram ?

When I drop for example a GOF Pattern on a diagram I don't get an EA_On..... event called.
NONE ?

thanks in advance (again   )

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / reloaddiagram - system crash

« on: March 13, 2013, 09:24:09 pm »

     hi

the requirement :
- 2 states on a statechart diagram.
- when the user connects, disconnects or re-routes a connection between these to diagramobjects, the diagramobject changes color.

Solution (mine) :
- on a 'connect' action do a :
           Repository.SaveDiagram
           Repository.ReloadDiagram

For newly created connections and a delete of a connector this works.

When re-routing a connector (to a third state object) the system crashes.

this happens under EA 9.3 and EA 10.0
(Windows reports that they searching for a solutions but I don't really have a lot of faith in that   )

a few more details for those who would want to investigate this

For a new connection : the saveload is done in the EA_OnPostNew Connector

For a delete of a connection there is a trick to it :
The saveload is done in the EA_OnNotifyContextItemChanged on the diagram, which follows the delete action

For a re-route :
- saveload in the EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified : Crash

- the same trick as for delete doesn't work, because there is no EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified on the diagram following the re- routing  


Anybody any ideas ?

Many thanks in advance.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / suppressEADialog on generalization

« on: February 26, 2013, 09:09:27 pm »

Hi, me again  

how to NOT display the override operation dialog when creating a generalization

first : I know about the tools/option setting

But : Even if the option is checked I want to suppress the dialog !!

how ??

Repository.SuppressEADialogs in EA_OnPostNewConnector doesn't  seem to work
(neither calling it in the EA_OnPreNewConnector for that matter)

thanks again

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / profile defined connector created via add-in

« on: February 26, 2013, 06:24:44 pm »

Hi

I have a problem applying a profile defined connector via the add-in

This is the profile snippet

Code: [Select]

<Stereotype name="BusinessEventTransition" metatype="BusinessEventTransition" notes="" cx="90" cy="70" bgcolor="-1" fontcolor="-1" bordercolor="-1" borderwidth="-1" hideicon="0">
      <AppliesTo>
             <Apply type="StateFlow">
                  <Property name="direction" value="Source -&gt; Destination"/>
                  <Property name="kind" value=""/>
            </Apply>
      </AppliesTo>
</Stereotype>
this is the add-in code :

Code: [Select]

EA.Connector newStateFlow = Initial.Connectors.AddNew("", "BIMProfile::BusinessEventTransition");
However the connector created hash metatype="Dependency" and type = "dependency"

what am I doing wrong ?


BTW I've got this technique working on an EA.Element of type 'State'

As always big thanks

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / removing connector after EA_OnPostNewConnector

« on: February 21, 2013, 11:02:27 pm »

Hi

After (in) the EA_OnPostNewConnector the add-in can decide the connector should not be created.

How to proceed to remove the connector (apparently) already created ??

- this is a 'stateflow' connector on a FinalStateMachine diagram

- simply returning 'false' from EA_OnPostNewConnector doesn't suffice

As always : all and any help greatly appreciated.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified  - undo

« on: February 13, 2013, 07:44:26 pm »

When I get a EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified, I get the new values

Is there a way to
 - access/retrieve the previous values
to implement an undo

OR is there maybe an 'undo' provided ?  somehow, somewhere

thanks again

gr

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / prevent name change of package

« on: February 15, 2013, 08:53:14 pm »

How can I prevent the user from changing the name of a package ?

what I noticed
EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified is triggered 3 times !

what I tried
(this technique works for an EA.Element)

In EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified
- I change the package.element.name to the correct value
- I do an package.element.update();

-> the package.name is changed anyway !!

I also tried with package.Name in stead of thru the package.element
But then I get EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified  triggers on the element as well.

Debuggingthe happenings
I put a breakpoint on my reset of the name, in the midst of the EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified method

BUT ....... I noticed that the name of the package is already changed in the tree, visible on the UI !!!

proceeding with my reset has no effect what so ever.

I'm stuck  - without a clue

gr and thanks in advance

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / storing (meta)data ?

« on: February 11, 2013, 10:29:07 pm »

Hi

If I would want to store additional information on an element which I want in no way to be available in the EA User interface, how could I do that ?

As an example :
If I want to store the fact that an element is created by my add-in (as opposed to created by the user via the interface)

Thanks in advance for any advise

gr

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / disable EA dialog - provide custom dialog

« on: February 08, 2013, 01:59:21 am »

This is about property dialogs on an existing stateflow (transition)

When a user double-clicks or goes through the context menu of a stateflow (transition) I want to popup a custom dialog in stead of the EA provided dialog.

I know about Repository.suppressdialog tut I don't think it applicable in this case.


thanks in advance for any pointers

(Although by now I get by in C# - I'm in now way an expert - so be gentle please)

gr

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / interface with MDG defined stereotypes

« on: January 15, 2013, 01:00:27 am »

Hi

Is there a way to access (list, ...) the stereotypes available in a particular MDG technology ?

My add-in has to validate if stereotypes used (in a model governed by the add-in) exist in the MDG technology.

I would be nice if I could do that without parsing the MDG technology xml file myself.

thanks

(using 9.3 )

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Deep Delete element

« on: December 11, 2012, 01:37:10 am »

Hi

How can I react to a delete action on a diagram element (linked)

I want to delete it also from the model (as if the delete action was done on the element in the project browser)

for example deleting a connector on a diagram asks me if I want to delete it from the model or not.



Thanks

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / statechart

« on: December 19, 2012, 01:49:47 am »

Hi

Can anybody point me to some code that creates/manipulates a statechart (state machine)

specifically I'm not able to relate an existing Trigger(kind=signal) element to a transition(stateflow) in the statechart
Also the type (signal) I cannot set ??

Via the user interface one can add multiple triggers, selected from the project browser, to a stateflow.
How can I do this through code ?

thanks in advance

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Add-in configuration how ?

« on: December 12, 2012, 06:24:20 pm »

Hi all

I'm writing an Add-In (Proof of concept)
Certain functionality in the add-in must be 'configurable'
for example : the add-in creates sub-package - but the parent-package should be configurable.

What would be the recommended way of realizing this

thanks