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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: What triggers scriptlet execution?

« Last post by Geert Bellekens on February 17, 2026, 08:12:00 pm »

So the question remains: Which action triggers the scriptlets of this diagram?

After quite a long time I had the chance to dig deeper.
Outcome:

• Repository.RefreshModelView(pkdId)
• Repository.AdviseElementChange(eleId)

trigger execution of all scriptlets from all open diagrams.
Regardless whether pkdId or eleId are related to the diagram content or not! 

To me it seems like a bug!

In most cases you can replace RefreshModelView with ReloadPackage.
This is often a lot less annoying, since it doesn't reload all diagrams.

Geert

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: What triggers scriptlet execution?

« Last post by MichPaule on February 17, 2026, 07:08:41 pm »

So the question remains: Which action triggers the scriptlets of this diagram?

After quite a long time I had the chance to dig deeper.
Outcome:

• Repository.RefreshModelView(pkdId)
• Repository.AdviseElementChange(eleId)

trigger execution of all scriptlets from all open diagrams.
Regardless whether pkdId or eleId are related to the diagram content or not! 

To me it seems like a bug!

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Eliminating an inherited connection metamodel when specializing an MDG

« Last post by Sunshine on February 14, 2026, 08:26:05 am »

Whilst not the Sparx EA version of archimate MDG I did create an externded version of the archimate MDG to add tagged values. You can find it here as EAMDGProfile.zip - Full EA Model and files, icons etc to create a ArchiMate MDG from
https://github.com/EASunshine/Sparx-EA
Instructions built into model how to build.
Might help get you started.

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General Board / Re: Keep on getting the login dialog on sparxsystems.com

« Last post by Sjaak62 on February 12, 2026, 10:52:04 pm »

I recently discovered that the browser must accept pop-ups for the website sparxsystems.com. So this solved the problem.

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General Board / Re: Sparx EA V17.1 Browser user interface

« Last post by Sjaak62 on February 12, 2026, 10:46:01 pm »

Hello Geert, Thanks!

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General Board / Re: Displaying the Z order (or another number) above an element diagram

« Last post by Modesto Vega on February 12, 2026, 08:09:35 pm »

Thank you Michael. Sparx Systems found a nice place to hide it, t would never crossed my mind to select an element in the Object ZOrder tab to get the numbers displayed in the diagrams.

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General Board / Re: Sparx EA V17.1 Browser user interface

« Last post by Geert Bellekens on February 12, 2026, 07:11:15 pm »

That is the section of the "diagram owned" elements (such as notes, boundaries etc...)

In previous versions of EA these where not visible in the project browser (so you couldn't know where they were located)
That was sometimes annoying in case these were re-used on multiple diagrams.

Geert

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General Board / Sparx EA V17.1 Browser user interface

« Last post by Sjaak62 on February 12, 2026, 06:47:03 pm »

I recently installed Sparx EA v17.1. I see something in the Browser menu, which I cannot find in the user documentation. Can anyone provide me with some explanation on what the meaning is of this item in the Browser tree? I cannot attach an image to this post, it looks like ooo {} under a node with leaves under that.

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General Board / Re: Displaying the Z order (or another number) above an element diagram

« Last post by MichPaule on February 12, 2026, 12:54:44 am »

Open a diagram and look at the Properties view.
There are 3 sub tabs named Diagram, Compartments and Object ZOrder.
The last one is what you are looking for.
Open this sub tab and select one entry ==> number will show up next to each diagram element.
HTH
Michael

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General Board / Displaying the Z order (or another number) above an element diagram

« Last post by Modesto Vega on February 12, 2026, 12:18:43 am »

Once upon a time I used a not very well documented Sparx EA feature, it displayed numbers above elements on a diagram. I would like to use it again but, on V16.1.1628, don't seem to find how to do it.

I have tried a number of Google answers, some of them AIed, none of them work. The closest was to check the "Show Sequence Numbering" option on Start/Preference/Diagram, but it doesn't do anything presumably because it is not a sequence diagram, also the elements are ArchiMate data objects.

Aliases are out of the question because they are used for something else.