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General Board / Re: Label of Port or Required/Provided Interface not moveable, no connector

« on: October 31, 2018, 12:09:02 am »

Hi,

thanks a lot.

The solution is to change the Diagram Property PDATA HideRel from 1 to 0 (HideRel=0) or simply to activate the connector property 'Show Relationship' on Connector tab.

It may be worth a bug report.

Best regards,

Helmut

 

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General Board / Label of Port or Required/Provided Interface not moveable, no connector

« on: October 30, 2018, 06:48:13 am »

Hello,

I have in some Class-Diagrams a peculiar behavior of Labels.

The labels of Port or Required/Provided Interface are not moveable, hidable and not selectable. If I add a new Port the same behavior.

I can't draw associations, dependencies. If I draw a link it isn't selectable.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance,

Helmut

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General Board / Re: Show provided/required Interface for Port

« on: October 29, 2018, 02:22:05 am »

Thanks a lot. I thought so.

You can drag and drop the provided/required interface on the class/port. It's not as convenient as the old solution.

Best regards,

Helmut

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General Board / Show provided/required Interface for Port

« on: October 28, 2018, 01:31:25 am »

Hello,

is there a possibility to show the provided/required interface for a Port? With EA 14.

I can drag the provided Interface onto the Port. I'm more thinking about visualizing all provided/required interfaces for a Class/Component. As far as I remember there was an easy way in past releases.

Thanks in advance,

Helmut

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General Board / Re: I've been asked to overhaul our enterprise data modeling process using SAP power

« on: October 21, 2018, 06:25:12 pm »

Hi,

I would think about my goals regarding now and long-term. Also to put it in writing and discuss it in your organisation is a good idea. A little example with both tools gives you a feeling.

Then I would compare these both tools. Usually, this isn't an easy task with one paramount winner.

In live, there is no best tool only one that fits your goals better. It's always a trade-off. It's the same with buying a car. There might be the best car for you, but there isn't the best car.

Regards,

Helmut

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General Board / Re: How to enable the "Find Command..." widget

« on: October 15, 2018, 05:03:18 pm »

Hello Paolo,

try: Start, Visual Style, Microsoft Office 2016

Best Regards,

Helmut

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General Board / Re: Set Default Status

« on: September 07, 2018, 06:25:19 pm »

Hello,

EA supports the Post-New Event (http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/automation/post-new_events.html). You can write an Add-In to handle this.

You may also use EA-Matic from Geert (https://bellekens.com/ea-matic/). There is a good description and it's free.

Best Regards,

Helmut

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Use script to transfer traceability links from 1 requirement to another

« on: August 27, 2018, 04:57:18 am »

Hi,

I can recommend qwerty's book.

Additional approaches:
- EA ships with a lot of example scripts (VB, JScript, JavaScript)
- EA Automation interface (Java, C#, & more)
- Add-In, all languages which support the Microsoft COM interface

My personal approach is C# and Add-Ins for more complex situations because of type checking and the possibility to handle complex solutions with a user-friendly GUI.

Every approach has its pros and cons.

Best regards,

Helmut

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: SQL search scope

« on: August 26, 2018, 10:44:48 pm »

Hi,

There are a lot of good ways to query something, by SQL, by Add-In or by Script. Each way comes with its pros and cons.

If I need some non-trivial information out of EA, I usually use LINQPad. LINQPad is an interactive playground for the .net languages. You can easily combine code with SQL or even Linq for SQL the independent database approach.

You need some time to get familiar with it, but after that time you'll love it and use it for the more complex questions. After you have understood the solution, you may code it with Script or Add-In for a better EA integration.

By the way, with LINQPad you can quickly try a piece of code without bothering a lot about the environment.

Best regards,

Helmut

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: add in missing exception when i try to register my add-in with regasm.exe cmd

« on: August 26, 2018, 05:38:09 am »

Hi,

the best thing I know to find installation issues regarding EA Add-Ins is:
https://community.sparxsystems.com/community-resources/772-ea-installation-inspector

it saved me a lot of work.

Best regards,

Helmut

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General Board / Re: Multiselect Tag Value

« on: August 07, 2018, 12:29:51 am »

Hello,

I would use the Tagged Value Type CheckList.

http://www.sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/modeling_tools/predefinedtaggedvaluetypes.html

Best regards,

Helmut

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General Board / Re: Export matrix definitions with MDG Technology

« on: August 06, 2018, 04:30:08 pm »

Hi,

for Artifacts of type <<EAMatrixSpecification>> the definitions are stored in TaggedValue 'MatrixOptions'.

Example:
<MatrixData>
   <Profile linktype="Dependency" source="Package" target="Package" direction="0" targetpackage="{2F21949B-D75E-483b-AB78-442F733E4CAB}" sourcepackage="{ADF40143-CBBB-4656-9759-AB3E21606187}" showsourcechildren="1" showtargetchildren="1"/>
</MatrixData>

Best regards,

Helmut

 

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Signing Add-In with a strong name, sometimes it's needed?

« on: June 25, 2018, 05:57:10 am »

Hi Adrian,

it was just luck!

I wanted to check the release of the dll and used my "About" functionality which lists all dll releases. This function tries to load the dll in question and reported a meaningful error message.

After fixing the error I haven't investigated it deeper. Maybe just loading a dll is a mean for this kind of error.
 
Best regards,

Helmut

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Signing Add-In with a strong name, sometimes it's needed?

« on: June 15, 2018, 09:29:02 pm »

Hi Adrian,

it looks as if I have solved the issue. The NeutralResourcesLanguage should be correct and the same for all dlls. Maybe it's best to avoid specifying a neutral language altogether. It looks complicated but now it works.

Witout strong name for a DLL (assembly properties)
[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguage("en")]  // I had used english-europe (en-150) for one dll

or just:
[assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguage("")]

If I've correctly read the documentation strong names support dll with version and culture.

Best regards,

Helmut

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Signing Add-In with a strong name, sometimes it's needed?

« on: May 31, 2018, 07:04:54 am »

Hi Adrian,

thanks for your elaborate answer.

It is the same user, the same machine and the dll is installed as per user.

I just tried it once more with the same user, and the same machine. Without signing it doesn't install the Add-In GUI and with signing it installs the Add-In EA GUI.

Because I can live with signing I'm not that keen on testing and trying.  There is always the possibility to sign an used external dll. All other Add-Ins run smoothly.

If I come along with an explanation I'll inform you.

Best regards,

Helmut