Dockable property in shape script

[qwerty]

When I try to assign a value (off or standard as suggested by the help) the compiler claims

Error: Invalid value for orientation. Acceptable values are: "nw", "n", "ne", "e", "se", "s", "sw", "w", "nw",  and "center"'off

Has anybody at Sparx tested this shape script in any way? I do not expect an answer to that question

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[Eve]

Yes, it's used in the BPMN pool/lane scripts.

[qwerty]

So why do I get this strange error message? I even can't save the script:

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shape main {
      dockable = "off";
}The "no-op" dockable = "standard" however will pass the compilation.

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[OpenIT Solutions]

Want help with this qwerty - but could be a useful tip for your shapescript book - when i was trying to get to grips with shapescripts - i started a new project then imported the BPMN MDG. This gave my access to the scripts via Setting->UML Types-Stereotypes. So i could for example view the shapescript for Pools/Lanes/Actiivties etc to figure out how things worked and of course copy and paste sections of a script into a new stereotype/script easily...

Regards,

Jon.

[qwerty]

Thanks, Jon. That's definitely a good idea. Could have been from me ;-)

Nevertheless I will for a moment go on with a wiped brain, not influenced by any tricks which were coded by Sparx. Currently I feel like a beta tester. The help does in many parts not match reality (don't want to blame Roy who's doing a good job, but it looks as he's the only one working on the docs). Next week I'll dive into the scripts of the existing MDGs.

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[stao]

Want help with this qwerty - but could be a useful tip for your shapescript book - when i was trying to get to grips with shapescripts - i started a new project then imported the BPMN MDG. This gave my access to the scripts via Setting->UML Types-Stereotypes. So i could for example view the shapescript for Pools/Lanes/Actiivties etc to figure out how things worked and of course copy and paste sections of a script into a new stereotype/script easily...

Regards,

Jon.

Hi Jon,

how do you import the BPMN Mdg Tech.?

Neither Extensions/Import/Other Tools nor Tools/MDG Technology Import does the trick for me. I tried it with the File C:\Program Files (x86)\Sparx Systems\EA\MDGTechnologies\BPMN 2.0 Technology.xml

What am i doing wrong?

[qwerty]

That's another black magic. You can't reverse the XML. To see the script you need to decode some base64 inside which then offers a zip with the script.

Of course I will not do that since it will certainly breach some license agreement. But I have a nice glas bowl here.

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[qwerty]

stao,
actually you can do it (officially) the following way:

-Project/Resources
-MDG Technologies/Context Import Technologie
-Choose the one from the EA Program folder/MDG...

Now you can see the stereotypes for the MDG under Settings/UML. Just scroll through the list and you will find the shape script enabled ones.

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[qwerty]

Here's a little Perl script which spits out the scripts from the exported reference data:

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use strict;
no strict 'refs';

use XML::Parser;

my $p1 = new XML::Parser(Style => 'Tree');
my $file = "<path to the exported stereotypes reference file";

my @tree = $p1->parsefile($file); # parse that stuff
@tree = @{$tree[0][1][4]};
for my $datarow (@tree) {
  next unless (ref($datarow) eq "ARRAY");
  for my $column (@{$datarow}) {
    next unless ref($column) eq "ARRAY";
    my %hash = %{@{$column}[0]};
    if ($hash{'name'} =~ /(Style|Stereotype)/) { print $hash{'value'} . "\n"; }
  }
}

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