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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: DataMiner - Accessing script class attributes

« on: October 03, 2024, 09:03:22 pm »

My VB is sort of not existing, but that's likely one of the traps where you deal with objects you need to make aware to that mumble (some call it language). Geert would know... Probably you have to declare it with dim.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: DataMiner - Accessing script class attributes

« on: October 03, 2024, 03:30:15 am »

So you got an error. And now you let us guess, which. Right?

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General Board / Re: Error message during Import - Native XML

« on: October 02, 2024, 07:31:53 am »

The native XML transport is (compared to other features) relatively new. I would recommend to contact Sparx support. Meanwhile try one of the older options.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Build 1703 „Find Command“ is missed

« on: September 27, 2024, 08:07:21 pm »

In Germany we say that "the fish stinks from its head". Looking back, most of the EAUI is caused by Mickeysoft's weirdness. Another saying: "The apple does not fall far from the tree trunk" probably applies in consequence.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Integrating with MS Visual Studio

« on: September 25, 2024, 08:05:31 pm »

I (almost) ever used scripting outside of EA. You just can't compare that editor inside EA with a real IDE.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Major connection/SQL errors since moving to v16.1

« on: September 24, 2024, 09:08:48 pm »

You did not state which DB you're using. Eventually you should contact Sparx support.

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General Board / Re: Importing and generating code

« on: September 24, 2024, 07:55:59 pm »

It's quite fun to write a compiler (I did so for my diploma) but it's nothing you can do on a free aftrenoon. And honestly a Cxx compiler with pre-compiler for the macros would give me the creeps rather than enjoyment.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Change sterotype does work for Elements, but not for Relationships

« on: September 24, 2024, 09:06:07 am »

And so do I. I can't count how often I used SQL to manipulate the database. Either for performance reason (esp. when we had to migrate our profile versions) or because the API did not offer the tool for what was needed. I have never encountered an issue. Of course I always ran tests in a sandbox before going to production. And there we made a backup before it got serious.

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General Board / Re: EA behavior for multi-threaded environment

« on: September 23, 2024, 11:25:52 pm »

EA is a single user front-end. So yes, it will be idle on a pop-up. Getting that is at least tricky, if possible at all. You might find backdoors in Windoze. But other than that EA will keep you in the dark.

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General Board / Re: Set direction of FlowProperty in SysML 1.5

« on: September 23, 2024, 11:22:10 pm »

I used to dump the table contents of an almost empty test-DB before and after a change via a Python script and then compared these via Winmerge.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 23, 2024, 06:42:35 pm »

That's right. I'm no longer a permant EA user and remembered it wrongly.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Change sterotype does work for Elements, but not for Relationships

« on: September 23, 2024, 06:38:45 pm »

Don't directly manipulate the database with SQL. You will break things.

Incorrect. You might break things.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 22, 2024, 07:23:32 pm »

Yes, not sure what your issue is. However, if you ctrl-drag from the toolbox, EA asks you whether you want to create the element or its instance. Without the ctrl it's kind of game what EA does. (for me it's obvious and I eventually delete the new element, redoing it with the ctrl)

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Urgent - Reverse-Engineering an MS Access .accdb database with Database Builder

« on: September 20, 2024, 08:06:16 pm »

Googling for "convert accdb to mdb" pointed me to a (German) Mickeysoft page...

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 20, 2024, 07:08:33 am »

It's _instanceType (not sure about case sensitivity, but that's how it' in our profile). Assign the initial value the metatype you want it to be on instantiation. As always it's a lot of trial  and error with EA. The help is also a bit helpless, but more than nothing: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/17.0/modeling_frameworks/defining_behavior_on_creating_.html

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