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PCS General Board / Re: WebEA does not update diagrams

« on: September 05, 2024, 06:21:32 pm »

The answer of ea0522 is partially correct, the EAWorker is there to update diagrams automatically without manual update.

My machine works fine with EAWorker. After changing the name of an element (no diagram update) and waiting 30 seconds (default), I can confirm the diagram change via WebEA.

First you need to check that EAWorker is working correctly. Enable EAWorker with log level 'SYSTEM' (or higher). If it works, a line like the following will be added to the log file.

2024-09-05 17:14:34 [SYSTEM]:  CDiagramImageAndMapHelper updating images for 1 diagram(s)

If this fails, you may be able to find the reason in the log file why the EAWoker is not working. If there is no log file under Pro Cloud Server\Service\Worker\Logs, you need to set it up correctly.

HTH,

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Transfer from QEA to EAP fails

« on: September 04, 2024, 11:10:29 am »

There seems to be a discrepancy in the content of the conversation.

- mark.vexler and Geert : from QEA to EAP
- ea0522 : from EAP to QEA

Anyway, as Geert wrote, the 64-bit version no longer supports EAP. I have not checked if we can convert from QEA to EAP using the 32-bit version of EA.

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General Board / Re: Class operation parameter types

« on: September 03, 2024, 06:18:58 pm »

Hello tweber,

You can specify the multiplicity of parameters, but currently EA does not seem to support displaying the specified multiplicity like method(p1 : Class2[1..*]).

1. select the Class in the diagram
2. select the target operation in the Class (you can select an operation when you select the owing Class)
3. double-click the operation to open the propety dialog of the operation
4. you can specify the multiplicity from the Parameter group in the dialog

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Issues with Archimate Grouping

« on: August 16, 2024, 09:12:10 am »

Hello all,

I think that even though we can draw a relationship between an Archimate Group and other Archimate elements, we cannot say that the elements are belong to the Group because the current EA Boundary (the base of the Archimate Group) is just a graphical object. Even if we move an object into the boundary in a diagram, we have no way to confirm that the boundary has (contains) the object as model (without diagram presentation). We cannot see the relationships between the Group and elements in the Group in the current EA features.

If an Archimate Group were extended from another type e.g., Class, we could confirm a parent-child relationship in the Browser and in the Traceability window when we move an object into an Archimate Group. But to apply this implementation, there must be a constraint that an object can be belong to at most 1 Group. I could not find such a constraint like this.

From this point of view, I think the current implementation (i.e., an Archimate Group is extended from the Boundary) might be reasonable.

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General Board / Re: How to export high resolution from WebEA?

« on: August 16, 2024, 08:47:43 am »

Hello rydrecri,

I think that there are two options.

- change the user preference 'Scale Saved Bitmaps to' to generate bigger diagram images. When a user saves the changes in diagrams, EA automatically generates a diagram image for the WebEA, and the option is affected to the result. But you need to request all users who modify the diagrams to change the user preference.
- Use EA SaaS, and if a user wants to get high resolution images, he/she uses the SaaS and generates images as ea0522 wrote. You do not need to let all users install EA.
  https://sparxsystems.com/products/ea/saas/

HTH,

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General Board / Re: Keyboard shortcut or faster method alternative to quick linker?

« on: August 13, 2024, 08:41:40 am »

This is not a shortcut key, but the Relation Matrix view might be help.

Right-click background of a diagram | Switch View | Switch to Relation Matrix View

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Searching Linked Documents

« on: July 26, 2024, 11:33:41 am »

Hi Paolo-san,

I think that 'Linked' means the RTF document is linked to an element, not mean a document is stored as a separated file.
There is similar property in the 'Files' tab of the Properies dialog.

The Linked Document (right-click an element in a diagram | Linked Document)
-> the data (as RTF document) is stored in the t_document as zipped binary

The file path / URL for an element (double-click an element in a diagram | the Files group)
-> the path information (as text) is stored in the t_objectfiles as simple string

We might feel the latter is 'linked' 

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General Board / Re: Specify DataObject State in BPMN

« on: July 26, 2024, 09:46:52 am »

Hello ea0322,

Why we cannot specify a State from the Statemachine:
- BPMN and UML are not related specifications. BPMN does not care about UML, so there is no rule to connect between them. I think it makes sense that Enterprise Architect does not care about UML objects for BPMN objects (and vice versa).
- In Enterprise Architect, BPMN DataObject is extended from Artifact, not Object. Object can have current state information but Artifact cannot.

BPMN DataObject has an attribute 'dataState' and the text for the attribute is displayed in diagrams, so you can set the State manually. And you can create your own add-in to be able to select a State from the State elements in the Statemachine.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Searching Linked Documents

« on: July 26, 2024, 09:12:27 am »

The linked documents are stored in the t_document table, as Thomas wrote, but they are binary and compressed. So we have to export all the data as RTF files, decompress them and then search for them. This must be a very heavy process, so I guess EA does not (cannot) offer a feature to search in the linked documents.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: 64-bit compatible MDG products/addins?

« on: July 25, 2024, 08:25:32 am »

We do not need to install DoDAF-MODAF.exe because EA now supports UAF.
If I understand correctly, UAF is based on UPDM (the UML Profile for DoDAF/MODAF), so UAF includes both DoDAF and MODAF.
(of course, unless we need to use older versions of DoDAF or MODAF)

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General Board / Re: Reuse model element under version control

« on: July 17, 2024, 09:53:39 am »

Hello Mercurius,

I have heard of a similar problem (EA's behaviour is the same) and if I remember correctly the problem has now been fixed.
If you are not using the latest build of version 16.1, it is worth trying the latest build.

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General Board / Re: Saving a diagram to be viewed as a Relationship Matrix

« on: June 20, 2024, 10:26:36 am »

You might change Windows DPI and/or fonts to draw dialogs. About the DPI, usually Windows manages Textboxes to expand their width so the whole texts are displayed, but I know in some cases (especially, non-English Windows and default Windows screen font is different), Windows cannot display whole text in the width and then displays them with '...'.

In this case I am on the Dev side, it is very very difficult to avoid this '...' behaviour on Windows for all cases and all conditions. I hope it never happens when the DPI is 100% and the font is not changed from the original English fonts (Segoe UI maybe).

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General Board / Re: Saving a diagram to be viewed as a Relationship Matrix

« on: June 19, 2024, 09:56:36 am »

The 'Mode' is in the properties dialog of a diagram. So double-click the background of a diagram, then select 'Diagram' group and we can find the 'Mode' panel at the upper-right of the dialog. In the Mode panel, there are 4 checkboxes and one of them is the 'Always Open as Relationship Matrix'.

HTH,

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General Board / Re: MessageEndpoint and DiagramGate hidden name on creation - how to show name

« on: June 13, 2024, 08:28:35 am »

Hello satrman,

Yes, you can hide it again, but we need to right click on the label (text of the name), not the MessageEndPoint to hide the label.

I think it makes sense, basically we right-click the label because we want to manipulate the label, but this is impossible when the label is hidden, so we need to manipulate the object.

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General Board / Re: MessageEndpoint and DiagramGate hidden name on creation - how to show name

« on: June 12, 2024, 09:47:30 am »

Hello satrman,

You can show the label again by right-clicking the element | Appearance | Show Labels

HTH,