Show notes field for a profile element

[GrahamL]

Hi
I have imported a profile into a model and can use the elements from it
But when I added some notes to the element and set the diagram to show notes they are not displayed -how can I make them visible on the diagram?

Thansk

[qwerty]

Depends. If the elements are shape-scripted you can only use the note/link to element feature. Or turn of "Show Shape Scripts" in the diagram properties. Or, if you know how,  modify the shape scripts.

q.

[GrahamL]

OK thanks
Can I include the shape scripts in the profile/MDG?

[qwerty]

Yes, you can. Look into some existing MDG (they deliver tons of them). You will find something like

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<Image type="EAShapeScript 1.0"That contains the shape script in base64 encoding of a zip having a single file str.dat with the shape script. (Absolutely silly to zip a handful of bytes and them bloat them as base64. But that's Sparx design)

q.

[GrahamL]

So I have to manually edit the xml for the mdg?

[Geert Bellekens]

You could, but that would be cheating 

You can also redefine those stereotypes in your own MDG and then add the shapescript using the regular profile helper. (no need for manual xml file manipulation anymore)

Geert

[GrahamL]

Thanks for the hint