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General Board / Re: Exists use-case(book) translation to use-case(

« on: May 19, 2006, 03:27:08 am »

I write the trigger in the notes text of the Use Case along with other general information. I live luckily with that solution.

You are right. That might be the best way to handle this. I'll delete my post in "Suggestions and Requests".

Thanks and best regards.

Wolfgang

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General Board / Re: Exists use-case(book) translation to use-case(

« on: May 18, 2006, 09:42:23 am »

Hello David

Thank you very much for that short explanation. The problem I have. In German there is a difference between "trigger" and "precondition"

trigger means that the use case stars imedeately after this event.

precondition means that the use case is able to start if this condition is fullfilled but it does not start.

But normaly I would think, it should be the same in English, isn't it?

Best regards
Wolfgang

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General Board / Exists use-case(book) translation to use-case(ea)?

« on: May 18, 2006, 05:58:36 am »

Hello

I've added a scan of a use case example of the book "Writing effective use cases" (http://applikationssoftware.de/Sonstiges/UseCase.jpg). An now my Idea is to insert thoose data in an EA-use-case. Then I have the following problems:

Scope
In the book it is a free text and in EA only "public, protected, private, package" are availiable

Level
I cannot find in EA

Context of use
May be the note field?

Primary Actor:
I cannot find in EA

Preconditions
Ok - Precondition constraint

Trigger
I cannot find in EA

I think, that this will be enough, because you should kwno, what I mean.

Best Regards
Wolfgang

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General Board / Re: Turtorial in printable form?

« on: May 16, 2006, 01:18:53 pm »

Hello

Thank you - should be enough

Best regards
Wolfgang

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General Board / Turtorial in printable form?

« on: May 16, 2006, 12:05:14 pm »

Hello

In http://sparxsystems.com.au/registered/resources.html there are some tutorials I want to use to learn. Therefore I want to print them. But the the web page does not support a print.css-style to avoid the printing of the navigation bars and other details.

Does anyone have an idea to get a good print of a tutorial?

Thanks for any hint
Wolfgang

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General Board / Re: Code-Generation of Iconix diagramms?

« on: May 05, 2006, 07:46:10 am »

What do you mean with crash? What kind of crash?

I have this dialog an click on "Generate"

http://applikationssoftware.de/Sonstiges/EA_Error/GenerateCode.jpg

Then I got this error message:

http://applikationssoftware.de/Sonstiges/EA_Error/ErroMessage.jpg

And I got this error file:

http://applikationssoftware.de/Sonstiges/EA_Error/f12b_appcompat.txt

Best regards
Wolfgang

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General Board / Re: Code-Generation of Iconix diagramms?

« on: May 04, 2006, 12:47:12 pm »

Just to save some work, instantly create according classes in your design model and create instance classifiers (context menu of the object: Advanced/Instance...). Now, if you put the operations in the class, you will be able to pick these from the drop down when creating messages.

Thank you very much, but in this case the code generation does not work for a complete package, in this case all classes in "Domain-Modell". Then I can only synchronize instance by instance.

And furthermore: If the package name and the class name is "Domain-Modell" I get an error in code line 1, if I create the sources 2nd time. If I change the name to "DomainModell" (package and path and new sources) then EA crashes.

Best regards
Wolfgang

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General Board / Code-Generation of Iconix diagramms?

« on: May 04, 2006, 02:46:32 am »

Hello

My next problem. I have a domain-modell an I can generate some code (a class sceleton). Then I have a small use case modell and based in a Domain-Modell-Class and a use Case I've created an iconix-robustnes-diagramm (http://applikationssoftware.de/EA/SmallDemo/index.htm).

This robustness diagramm contains a note-object, an object instance of an actor a boundary-control "AdminDialog", the entity object "PrinterSearchEnginge" and an object instance of the Domain-Modell class "PrinterList".

In the Iconix-robustness-sequence-diagram, I've inserted some messages of between thoose objects.

Normally - in my opionion - thoose "messages" should be added as a methods to thoose objects, isn't it?

Best regards
Wolfgang

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General Board / Re: How can I change the code file name extension?

« on: May 04, 2006, 12:48:19 pm »

If you need two implementations (e.g. in Java and another in C++) you should create the PSM from your design model using transformation templates.

Thank you, you are right, that is the next step.

Wolfgang

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General Board / How can I change the code file name extension?

« on: May 03, 2006, 01:25:29 pm »

Hello

I have written a small class and I have switched the language to c#. Then I have generated a code file using extension .cs. Then I have changed the language to java and the other language will be accepted, but not the other extension.

What can I do there?

Best regards
wolfgang

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General Board / Re: I need a list of all ressources to run a proje

« on: May 03, 2006, 12:56:40 am »

Hi Bruno

Thanks for your answer and I'm not unrealistic but I'm something disoriented. EA is a complex program, I know, but there is no reason to hide the documentation of it.

I have read a book (Use case driven modelling with UML) and learned something. I think that this was a very good explanation and the Iconix process seems to be a very good way to start.

In the next step, I want do do a small example and insert a use case.

The question ist: Where is the place to store the use case text? Normally this question should be answered by the documentation of EA, but only I could get this answer asking here: The use case texts has to be stored in the scenario tab of the property page. By the way. The actor has a scenario tab too? But this seems to be a question for the future time.

Ok, then I have written a small use case and a small domain modell and now I wont to get a robustness diagram.

How shall I do that? Concrete: Where shall I have click too, to get such a diagramm. Ok, I can create an empty robustness-diagramm sheet. But I need to get a link of an object of a class of my domain modell and this should appear as an entity diagram for example.

Normally I'm looking for an example like a small adress database, having the use cases create, change and delete of an adress and only having the properties name, first name, street and phone number. Using such a little project, all developement steps could be described.

a) Inserting the Modell using UML, the ICONIX-Process would be a good idea because I've started learning it, but an other process could be helpful in this state too.
b) A first creating of the code scelettion
c) Reverse Engeniering to see how the code is handled

Such an Example I'm looking for. Thats all. If I need more than one book for it, ok - tell ist. But I'm not looking for an half done example and the hint "Buy the next book"

Best regards
Wolfgang

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General Board / Re: I need a list of all ressources to run a proje

« on: May 02, 2006, 01:48:21 pm »

Is that enough to finish a project or not? Or does your CD tell me: Buy another book.

Yes it does. The CD doesn't help anyway ...

Thanks for everything.

Wolfgang

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General Board / I need a list of all ressources to run a project

« on: April 13, 2006, 08:21:00 am »

Hello

Sorry for this question but I have identified a small problem. Nearly one month ago I have installed EA first time for some days. I have written a mail and told, that I need a complete example project to be able to do something with EA. I do not have any practial uml experiences. The answer was to buy and read the book "Use Case driven modelling with uml".

Realy that was a very good idea and it was the first time that I could see more than some pictures in thoose uml diagramms. But the delivery time for this books was more than 2 weeks and so I've lost some time.

Ok and now I'm designing my first hello world project. I want to put my use-case data anywhere and my first question occurs. I've got the answer and I could continue.

Now I've done my first use case diagram and my first domain model and I would to add a robustnes diagram. In the book named above, I could not find any hint, how to do that job in EA. And in the helpfile of EA I only find the hint "Buy a CD for 140 € and then we will tell you."

It may be a good idea of business to sell a product part by part but I will lost more than two weeks a second time. Therefore let me ask:

What do I need to complete a small hello world project using EA?

a) I have the book
b) I have the program
c) I'll get the CD

Is that enough to finish a project or not? Or does your CD tell me: Buy another book.

Please help me to avoid in wasting so much time!

Best regards
Wolfgang Uhr

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General Board / Re: What's the way to add a robustness diagramm?

« on: April 14, 2006, 12:42:54 am »

Thank you very much ...

Wolfgang

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General Board / What's the way to add a robustness diagramm?

« on: April 12, 2006, 11:04:10 pm »

Hello

Sorry but I've not got the CD at this time. I've installed EA and inserted robustness into the help-file-index. Then I'll get the hint "Robustness diagrams are used in the Iconix Process - you can read more about this at www.sparxsystems.com.au/iconix/iconixsw.htm.".

But I only want to add an empty robustness diagram to my project.

Can you help me?

Best regards
Wolfgang