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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: process TV between relationships and elements

« Last post by elr on August 13, 2025, 12:20:45 am »

Thx Jo. I will have a look on AddIn approach. Seems promissing
 

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Enterprise Architect and AI

« Last post by Takeshi K on August 12, 2025, 05:58:44 pm »

Hi Shimon,

I have changed the way to find the Enterprise Architect installed path in the x86 installer and uploaded it as version 1.9.4.1.
Please check if it works fine.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Enterprise Architect and AI

« Last post by Takeshi K on August 12, 2025, 05:37:25 pm »

Hi Shimon,

Thank you for your comment! I'm glad to hear that.

As I mentioned in my email direct to you, these installers seem to be fine. The file size does not mean that the MCP_EA_x86.msi is not an x86 installer.
If you try running the MCP_EA_x64.msi on a 32-bit Windows system, it will not work. However, the MCP_EA_x86.msi works well on 32-bit Windows.
(I have double-checked with the current files.)

Perhaps the problem lies in the way the installer finds the installed directory. The installer tries to find the EA installation directory. Perhaps your machine has information about the 64-bit version of Enterprise Architect. If there is information about the 64-bit version of Enterprise Architect, even if it has already been uninstalled, the installer tries to install the directory.

I will try to change the way the installer finds the installed directory.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Enterprise Architect and AI

« Last post by shimon on August 12, 2025, 05:30:56 pm »

No you still need a brain.  And lots of hard work.

Yeh, but these days you have to apply your brain to utilize AI.
The answer to his question is "Yes". You can use AI to create and enrich diagrams and elements in Enterprise Architect.

In order to use this feature, you have to adjust the MCP to enable edits. This is what  www.sparxsystems.jp/en/MCP/ writes.

Create models: To use these features, you need to add '-enableEdit' as an argument when launching the MCP3.exe.
create_diagram
create_element
create_connector
create_package
set_element_property
place_element_on_diagram
layout_diagram


As I am not an expert on MCP, I tried a few variations and still failed. I then "used my brain" to ask Claude how I should implement this and he showed me the correct usage ( a comma and then a new entry for the args).

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Enterprise Architect and AI

« Last post by shimon on August 12, 2025, 05:25:30 pm »

Hi,
I tried it yesterday, and this is an amazing piece of work. I gave Claude a System Engineering Requirements document and asked it to create the Classes, associations, attributes and operations for it's implementation.
I am not judging the quality of the results, as the document that I gave him underwent some drastic changes by various AI.
I am just relating the ability of a layman to create a rich class model based on a total textual description.
Thanks for a great advance in the implementation of MBSE AI integration.
Shimon

P.S. The MCP_EA_x86.msi is not really an x86 installer. It is exactly the same size as the MCP_EA_x64.msi and installed it into the 64 bit directory. I installed the 64 bit EA in order to get it working, but I can't leave it that way for long.
Thanks.
 

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Bugs and Issues / Re: SparxEA SQLServer Repository MFA Authentication - ActiveDirectoryInteractive

« Last post by Geert Bellekens on August 12, 2025, 05:24:30 pm »

This exactly what I thought you meant. But can the connection to PCS be configured to support MFA when user connects to PCS using Windows authentication? What about WebEA?

I don't know. Our users are already logged in into windows with the correct credentials, so PCS doesn't need to log them in (or use MFA)
WebEA is a different case althogether.

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / Re: SparxEA SQLServer Repository MFA Authentication - ActiveDirectoryInteractive

« Last post by Modesto Vega on August 12, 2025, 04:50:58 pm »

No, couldn't make it work, so I switched to using a database user, and encrypting the shortcut file (or use PCS)

Geert

Is PCS supposed to work with MFA? I posted the same question in the PCS forum with little success.

I mean that PCS uses a database user to connect to the database. Users connect to PCS using windows authentication.

Geert

This exactly what I thought you meant. But can the connection to PCS be configured to support MFA when user connects to PCS using Windows authentication? What about WebEA?

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General Board / Re: Can no longer post SQL Statements to this forum

« Last post by Eve on August 12, 2025, 02:23:30 pm »

I have never seen the configuration for Cloudflare, or the source for this forum. I don't want to do either.

If I assume this software is nearly perfect, but in some obscure function there is a single user input that isn't properly escaped. That's where a black box protection from Cloudflare is useful. It's not about anything being known to be broken it's about the problems that we don't know about.

I'm not sure if disabling this feature will really decrease the security.

You can argue that it's being excessive, I wouldn't necessarily disagree. The only way removing it wouldn't decrease security is if you are 100% sure that the forum and entire website is 100% bug free. I'm not convinced anyone can be 100% sure about anything or any software can be 100% bug free. By that measure, it is providing at least some security.

If you are not comfortable to disable this feature in Cloudfare, you should really not be comfortable to be using this forum software and update/change is ASAP.

I wouldn't be comfortable to change any setting in Cloudflare. That has nothing to do with this software.

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Bugs and Issues / Re: SparxEA SQLServer Repository MFA Authentication - ActiveDirectoryInteractive

« Last post by Geert Bellekens on August 12, 2025, 02:01:14 pm »

No, couldn't make it work, so I switched to using a database user, and encrypting the shortcut file (or use PCS)

Geert

Is PCS supposed to work with MFA? I posted the same question in the PCS forum with little success.

I mean that PCS uses a database user to connect to the database. Users connect to PCS using windows authentication.

Geert

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Bugs and Issues / Re: SparxEA SQLServer Repository MFA Authentication - ActiveDirectoryInteractive

« Last post by Modesto Vega on August 12, 2025, 02:55:26 am »

Has anyone been able to create a connection string using: 

Authentication=ActiveDirectoryInteractive;

Our company has turned Multi-factor Authentication using Microsoft Authenticator on for everything.  Now we can get SparxEA to connect to the repository.

We were previously, successfully, using:

Authentication=ActiveDirectoryIntegrated

Are you saying that your company has setup MFA even when connecting to databases to create, read, delete or update data?

No, couldn't make it work, so I switched to using a database user, and encrypting the shortcut file (or use PCS)

Geert

Is PCS supposed to work with MFA? I posted the same question in the PCS forum with little success.