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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Disable 'Common' toolbox and quicklinker menu?

« on: May 08, 2012, 07:03:27 am »

Hi Günther and qwerty,

I was afraid of that... i'll post an RFC.

Limiting EA to only my MDG is not removing the common toolbox & QL menu's but at least it prevents additional clutter from other toolboxes (why didn't i think of that  ). Actually for the less informed user (my target) this would be enough since I'm going to remove a lot of menu items as well and don't expect them to go experimenting with putting those back (i'll try to keep them as uneducated as possible ).

Btw I suppose I could always create model validation scripts to report on deviations. Not ideal but maybe the only option left.

Thx for the help,

Paulus

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Disable 'Common' toolbox and quicklinker menu?

« on: May 08, 2012, 05:17:12 am »

Hi,

I'm want to create a very strict MDG that allows users to create only those elements & relations that are valid in my technology (it's meant for users that currently use visio, i want them to feel as comfortable as possible using this new tool so as to not scare them away ).

So far i've been able to create a MDG profile with custom stereotypes, diagrams, toolboxes and quicklinker configuration and that's working as expected, but there doesn't seem to be a way to suppress:

1) the 'Common' toolbox (i can define a toolbox that's used for all diagrams but it doesn't replace 'common'...)

2) the quicklinker also displays a 'common' submenu I can't get rid of, and even (for Object-Action links) additional Dependency, Trace and Information Flow items

Am i missing something or is there really no way to do this in EA?

Also, does anybody know of a way (short of perhaps writing an addin) to suppress creation of an element on a diagram? I thought of achieving this using the workflow script OnPreNewElement and OnPreNewConnector but it does not seem to be working.

regards