Add ActivityPartition to quick linker types

[Andrew Warner]

Hi all,
Is there any possibility of adding ActivityPartition to the list of allowed types in the quick linker files?

I would like to be able to create links to BPMN1.1::Lane items but the quick linker ignores my pleas. Well, it will work in creating a new Element with a link but won't create a link to an existing Lane.

Incidentally, there is an entry in the BPMN1.1 quick linker definitions that come with EA where they attempt to link TextAnnotation to Lane but it doesn't work either, as far as I can make out.

Try creating a BPMN1.1 diagram with a Lane and a TextAnnotation on it and use the quick linker to create an Association (that is (BPMN1.1::Association(UML::Dependency) I believe)

Cheers,
Andrew.

[KP]

Yes it is possible to quicklink to an activity partition: try creating a MessageFlow between two Pools in BPMN, for example. Quicklinks haven't been defined to Lanes, is all.

Incidentally, there is an entry in the BPMN1.1 quick linker definitions that come with EA where they attempt to link TextAnnotation to Lane but it doesn't work either, as far as I can make out.

Hmmm, needs investigation. TextAnnotation to Pool works as intended.

[Andrew Warner]

Thanks KP,
I should clarify what I mean by not working. The Lane to TextAnnotation link works fine from an existing Lane to an existing TextAnnotation and to create a new TextAnnotation. It doesn't work from an existing TextAnnotation to an existing Lane. Incidentally, the same applies to Pools.

From[/u]	To existing[/u]	Create new[/u]	Result[/u]
Lane	TextAnnotation		OK
Lane		TextAnnotation	OK
TextAnnotation	Lane		Not OK
TextAnnotation		Lane	OK

I hope that helps.
Cheers,
Andrew.