EAExample Welcome Page

[operaman]

Hi -
I've just downloaded and installed the Trial of EA Enterprise (Corporate). I am looking at the 'Welcome' page and wondering how the page is viewed in a 'published' mode. While the page is displayed in the editor, none of the hyperlinks are active. I want to figure out how to make the hyperlinks active so that I may then click on them.
I realize this sounds like a stupid question - but I think I am missing something very basic with regard to how the pages and models might be viewed in other 'modes'.
Cheers,
-operaman

[piotr.stankiewicz]

What do you mean by 'published' mode?

[operaman]

The Welcome page in the EAExample.eap model appears to be an activity diagram. Here is a picture of the diagram:
http://www.solidus-it.com/images/EnterpriseArch/EA_welcome.png
When 'diagram' is active in Ent. Arch. none of the text on the diagram is an active hyperlink. Its just text. How do I view the diagram so that the hyperlinks are functioning hyperlinks. Is this functionality disabled for the trial version?
Cheers!

[Gary W.]

What happens if you double-click on any of them?

It should work for any of the underlined links (at the bottom) as well as the diferent topics (e.g. "Overview", "User Case Model") above.

HTH
gary

[operaman]

Okay - now I get it. Or I think I do.

The 'Welcome' page is not like an HTML page where the links are single-clicked. If I double-click the 'links' they do actually work. I am not sure why this 'Welcome' page (diagram) in the EA Example Model acts differntly than the 'Start Page' does - which actually does behave like an HTML document (when I mouse-over an active link the cursor changes into a hand and the link mouse-over properties change (link colour changes to blue and font becomes under-lined). None of this std HTML behaviour happens in the Welcome page - the cursor is the std 'move object' cursor (4 arrows) and none of the links appear active when I mouse over them (cursor doesn't change not do link properties change when mouse-over).  

I am still not sure of why the differences in link 'behavour' between the 'Start Page' and the 'Welcome' page - I would still be curious to find that out.