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Bugs and Issues / v17 Lock Element inconsisten

« on: December 13, 2024, 01:25:10 am »

Since installing v17 we've noticed that, when you have an element on more than one diagram, you can lock the element on one diagram, and still modify it on the other diagram.
The Lock status is visible in the Project browser (red exclamation mark). From the Project browser, the Element cannot be modified when locked. An Element that is locked, can be copied to another diagram, taking along the Lock Status, but the Element need to be unlocked on both diagrams before it can be removed from the Project browser.

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Bugs and Issues / No double quotes in Script Editor

« on: November 28, 2024, 09:15:58 pm »

We have noticed that, while we can enter double quotes (") in the Shape Script editor, in the Scripting Editor we cannot. This is an issue shared by all workstations running EA, so it seems to be a general issue.
Has anyone else had this issue (and, even better, a solution)?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Export SQL query results

« on: September 04, 2024, 09:36:14 pm »

I have a SQL Query that is saved as a search in the repository.
I would like to be able to run the query (ideally from an element/button on a certain diagram), and have the result set exported to a certain CSV file (no need for processing the query result in any way).
Any suggestions? TIA

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Bugs and Issues / Custom stereotype colors not in Profile XML

« on: June 17, 2024, 11:23:30 pm »

I'm creating a set of my own Stereotypes. While I have given them a default background color, when I export the stereotype diagram to a profile XML, the background color does not export, but remains at -1 in the XML. So I have to use a shape script to give my objects a background color. That, however, prevents me from changing the background color of individual objects, as the fill color in the shape script apparently overrides the background color you can apply in a diagram.
Does anyone recognize this and is able to set me on the right path?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Specializing from Archimate "Junction" class

« on: March 26, 2024, 12:48:14 am »

We are using Archimate fairly intensively. However, we want to add custom tagged values to our Archimate components.
So far we have succeeded in creating our own MDG file, with customized versions of the Archimate classes.
Some observations: most classes need a complete Shape Script to determine the appearance. Luckily, all Archimate Shape Scripts are available. However, a small number of classes inherit the decoration part of the Shape Script from the Archimate metaclass, where most don't. Weird.
Our issue: we also want to create our own Junction class. Whatever we try, we do not succeed in having this custom class to inherit the "junctionKind" property from the Archimate Junction metaclass. Also, when we try to add our own Tagged Value for "junction Kind' to our custom class, we cannot get it to be present in the resulting MDG: our custom Junction does not have our own defined Tagged Value, but it is also missing the "junctionKind" property that it should inherit from the Archimate metaclass.
Any suggestions are very welcome.

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Bugs and Issues / Removal of Connector leads to error

« on: August 11, 2021, 11:48:53 pm »

Since some time, when I remove a connector from a diagram, after acknowledging that the connector should be removed from the model, the connector remains in the diagram.

• If I then close the diagram and reopen it, the connector is gone
• If I try to remove the connector again, I get an error message "Either BOF or EOF is True, or the current record has been deleted" (which is, of course, correct)

It would seem that the diagram is not updated correctly after removal of a connector.
Any thoughts?

EDIT: Selecting the connector a second time leads to multiple instances of the error message. However, the contents of the connector is still available after clicking away the messages.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Adding tagged value types to stereotype

« on: January 14, 2021, 10:21:04 pm »

I'm seeking to add a few custom tagged value types to an existing (Archimate Capability in this specific case) stereotype, so that when I add a new element to the repository it automatically has the tagged value types (to avoid having to add them to each new element based on that stereotype).
The EA help/user guides are not really any help (as they tell you what you can do, but not how to do it).
Can anyone give me some directions as how to achieve this (so not just what to do, but also how to do that)?

T.i.a.

Rik van der Schalie

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Bugs and Issues / Boundaries and Default Image: label visibility

« on: September 23, 2020, 06:24:41 pm »

Hi,

when I assign an image to a boundary (by using "Select a Default image..." or "Select an Alternate Image..."(by the way, what is the difference?)), the name of the boundary is no longer displayed.
Is there a way to overcome this (other than to put a Text Element on the boundary)?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Connector label visibility

« on: September 03, 2020, 05:18:40 pm »

Hi All,

I'm having an issue with connector label visibility, in that only Source and Target Bottom labels are shown, even though, in the label visibility dialogue, all labels are marked as visible. I haven't found a global setting for this, but in another post it was suggested that default label visibility might depend on the connector class it was based on (UML 2.1, vs. IDEF1X, etc.).
Does anyone have any experience with this?
T.I.A.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Elements contained within a Boundary

« on: July 30, 2020, 05:15:00 pm »

Enterprise Architect seemingly knows which elements are contained within  a boundary in a diagram; when the boundary is dragged, all elements within are dragged along.
However, when programming against EA, I do not seem to be able to find the Elements contained within a Boundary; the Boundary can be found as a DiagramObject, but the Elements and Connectors collections of the Boundary are both empty, and I cannot glance from the documentation how to find the Elements.

I'd appreciate any hints on how to proceed. T.I.A.